CEO Robert Giovannini discovered the value of eCommerce when his business of selling custom-made chess sets exploded through the online channel he built using the Magento platform.
Subsequent work building sites for friends and word-of-mouth clients was the start of the IronPlane agency. Over the next 12 years, Bob carefully built his team of highly skilled Magento designers, developers, and solutions specialists to meet the needs of his growing client list.
IronPlane is a global expert and recognized name in Magento eCommerce. We are always exploring new avenues to transform and improve commerce.
Whether you are building a new store, or need to improve and upgrade your existing one, we are passionate about using the right technologies to help you reach your business goals.
CEO, IronPlane USA Headquarters
While in Russia in 1999 Robert met some amazing artists creating handmade chess sets. To help sell these, he created his first eCommerce website. When orders began to come in from around the world, he realized this was a great opportunity to explore.
Between 1999 and 2012 he built and developed several eCommerce and digital service companies. In 2012, he co-founded IronPlane, a full-service Magento website development agency. Robert works with clients to find the right investment balance in technology to help maximize return on investment.
When not working, he is generally in his shop making furniture or off traveling with his family.
Project Administrator
Donna joined IronPlane in May 2017. She drafts client contracts, assists with onboarding, and handles client invoicing, time reporting, and much more along with a wide variety of operational responsibilities.
Donna’s passion in life is anything bagpipes. She’s been a piper and piping teacher for over 30 years. She’s from Connecticut and has lived in Maine and Niagara Falls, Ontario, but finally had enough of the cold and now lives in Florida.
Director of Engagement
As IronPlane's Director of Engagement, Tim wears several hats including sales, marketing, partnerships, and client success. With a background as a B2C eCommerce director, he's had hands-on experience working in business strategy, digital marketing, and business technology stack design. In his current role, Tim helps ensure a seamless connection from our sales and marketing efforts to our service delivery to our ongoing client support.
In addition to a passion for technology, Tim maintains an abiding love of both specialty food and the non-AI process of writing and editing.
HubSpot Academy Solutions Partner Certified
Director of Operations
While earning an MIS degree from University of Houston, Damian started working as a freelance Magento developer. His first Magento site was launched back in 2009 on version 1.3!
Since joining IronPlane in 2015, Damian has served as a Project Manager and Director for over 120 new builds and rescues. He is certified as an Adobe/Magento Solution Specialist and AWS Cloud Practitioner.
Damian now calls Zurich, Switzerland home. Apart from raising his three kids, he spends his free time cycling, sim racing, and building Legos.
Adobe Certified Expert - Adobe Commerce Business Practitioner
AWS Certified Cloud Practitioner
Head of Development
Thiago is passionate about software development. He’s a great team player who believes that teamwork is much more effective than individual work.
Thiago loves life in nature, gardening, and building small cabins.
Project Manager
Alena’s IT career started in March 2018 as a Business Analyst in an Australian IT company (eWave). During her more than 3 years with the company, she was able to participate in more than 10 e-commerce projects, which mostly were based on Magento 2 platform, and worked with clients from Australia, USA, and Europe. Some of the projects were connected to such brands as Vans, Timberland, L'oreal, DHC, Dr. Martens, and so on.
Then, Alena started to work with SoftLoft, where she had projects in not only the Magento platform, but also in BigCommerce, mobile development (social network), and received a lot of experience in pre-sale work. Currently, she also works as a Business Analysis trainer in one of the IT courses.
Alena’s hobby is aviation! She’s a civil private pilot of a small sport aircraft. :)
UX Consultant
Clara is a seasoned research scientist turned UX design expert, boasting a rich career trajectory from leading teams at a global e-commerce consultancy to freelancing. With a foundation in research methodology, Clara's transition into UX research and design was a natural evolution, driven by a passion for understanding human behavior. Her expertise lies in crafting seamless user experiences, and she now offers her invaluable insights and consulting services to e-commerce brands worldwide, guiding them toward digital success through intuitive design and customer-centric strategies.
Project Manager
Diego had been working in IT roles for more than 15 years when he joined IronPlane, including five years in eCommerce. He enjoys working in multi-culture, multi-timezone projects, allowing him to be in contact with people around the world.
During weekends you will find him making "asados" for family and friends, and participating in outdoor activities. He says he’s also a bad (but a very passionate!) basketball player.
Project Manager
Eugene had 10+ years of experience in managerial positions before joining IronPlane and worked in non-IT companies like ABI (beverage company), where he had a Lean Six Sigma Green Belt project. After that, he changed his focus to IT since it was a much more flexible environment with more room for personal growth, and he likes it very much.
Eugene enjoys snowboarding, bicycle riding, and many other active sports (he played on the basketball team in high school).
Senior Magento Backend Developer
Federico has been coding software since 2003 using various technologies and platforms. Since 2014, he's been working almost exclusively in the Magento space. He earned his Magento Associate Developer Certification in 2019 and has collaborated with the community as much as possible, including making contributions to the Magento core and organizing Mugar meetups (https://www.mugar.io).
Federico is interested in developing engaging eCommerce solutions that deliver great value to customers and users. He's always looking for ways to improve development processes and techniques to deliver high quality software.
Senior Magento Backend Developer
Gabriel had been working with E-commerce for 7 years when he joined IronPlane. During that time, he had the opportunity to work with small and large projects in several different segments, in industry and commerce, adding value and freeing clients from the tangle of business rules.
In his free time, Gabriel likes to explore the beautiful landscapes of Brazil, and play harmonica and guitar.
Senior Magento Backend Developer
Since building an ERP from scratch for his internship almost a decade ago, Ivan has spent his whole career dedicated solely to e-commerce using the Magento platform, starting from the 1.8 version.
On this journey, he has worked with more than 50 projects of all kinds, from B2C solutions to video subscription platforms and even B2B marketplaces. He also had the opportunity to know some businesses personally on some travels to meet clients, which gave him some interesting insights that he uses to better focus his technical work. Last but not least, he also learned the value of having good communication for remote working and the power of automation for common tasks to improve the team efficiency as much as possible.
Currently, Ivan is part of a Brazilian Magento community called Discorgento, which has everything Magento related from open-source modules to make daily work easier to a podcast interviewing former coworkers in the area.
During his free time, Ivan loves to spend time with friends and family, and enjoys all sorts of retrogaming as a hobby.
Marketing & Communications Manager
Jeff is a writer, editor, and marketer based in Charlotte, North Carolina. At IronPlane, he works as a Marketing & Communications Manager, creating sophisticated and insightful content designed to inform readers. He also contributes to IronPlane’s overall content and social media strategy by leaning on his years of marketing agency experience.
When he’s not working, Jeff can be found at baseball games, golfing, going to the gym, reading, watching movies, and playing video games.
DevOps
As a long-term Linux user and IT enthusiast, Krystian has developed a strong passion for technology and its endless possibilities.
With years of experience, he has honed his skills in automation, deployment, and infrastructure management.
Through his work, he strives to continuously improve and stay up-to-date with the latest industry trends and innovations.
Whether it's automating tasks or implementing innovative solutions, Krystian is always eager to learn and explore new ways to improve the efficiency and reliability of IT systems.
Senior Magento Frontend Developer
Mauricio is a Brazilian developer with over 10 years of experience in the field. He has dedicated 4-5 years to mastering Magento.
With a degree in Analysis and Systems Development and a frontend expert certification by Adobe, Mauricio brings a strong technical background to his work.
When he's not coding, Mauricio likes to play video games and play guitar!
Project Manager
QA Engineer
Minh Ly has worked as a QA Engineer since 2014 and has worked through a variety of projects and platforms. He began his journey in a mobile game company where he worked for over 2 years. Then, he pursued a career in software testing and has been working in that field ever since. He has tested everything from mobile to desktop web and desktop application on several different domains from IOT to Wealth Management to Ecommerce and recently in AI technology.
Aside from work, Minh Ly spends his time with his kid and reading books.
DevOps
Rodrigo is Brazilian, married, and living in Balneário Camboriú, a city with beautiful beaches and the tallest buildings in the southern hemisphere. He’s been a Linux user for 26 years and has worked implementing new internet providers, with IT audits in all ports and airports in Brazil, in addition to having created robust infrastructures for several large e-commerces in Brazil and Latin America, such as Asus, Ipanema, and Havan.
Rodrigo is a security enthusiast, a licensed ham radio (PU5JPJ), and loves to invent new devices using Arduindo, Raspberry Pi, and LoraNet. He’s also a sport shooting practitioner and volunteer rescuer.
Magento Backend Developer
Roman is a developer with 10+ years of experience in eCommerce and web development in PHP and JS. He started his career in 2008 on the osCommerce platform, and since 2010 he's been working with Magento projects.
Roman has also worked with other PHP frameworks, including Zend, Symfony, and Yii, and with JS frameworks/libraries like jQuery, Prototype, Knockout, Underscore.js, and RequireJS. He also had non-commercial experience with Python in his pet projects.
Project Manager
Shawn was introduced to Magento in 2017 while working as a Digital Account Strategist when her agency partnered with IronPlane on a custom Magento build. Working with the guidance and support of the massively talented IronPlane team was the inspiration that eventually led her to choose eCommerce and Magento Project Management as her primary focus, and she joined the IronPlane team for good in 2021.
Since then, Shawn has worked on new store builds, UX/UI design, Magento upgrades, and custom feature development and integrations. She's probably best known amongst her colleagues for her ... very thorough ... style of documentation. Her motto is: "Why say it with 2 words when I can use 200?"
When she's not writing project notes, you can find her at the beach, in the woods, or on a mountain somewhere around Freeport, Maine, where she lives with her husband and dog, NaNook.
Magento Full Stack Developer
Thanh started coding in 2012 with Magento 1. He started with a backend developer position, but eventually decided to become a full stack developer. His goal is pleasure from his clients.
Besides working, Thanh likes traveling, chilling with his friends, and enjoying good food.
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We have 40+ team members around the world, including certified developers specializing in frontend, backend, and integrations.
11+ team members hold Adobe Expert, Adobe Professional, and Adobe Master Certifications.
We are the organizer of Meet Commerce events.
We are on the board of the Meet Magento Association.
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