Matteo Pagani is a developer with a strong passion for mobile development, particularly within the Windows Phone platform and Microsoft technologies. He graduated in Computer Science in 2007 and became a web developer. In subsequent years he started to show great interest in mobile development, especially in the Windows Phone platform. He started to share his passion with the technical community by launching two blogs (in Italian and in English), where he regularly wrote articles and technical posts about his experience with the Windows Phone and Windows 8 platforms. Pagani is a regular writer for many technical websites and wrote the first Italian book about Windows Phone 8 development, published by FAG Editore. A professional speaker, he has joined many communities and official conferences like WhyMCA, WPC, and Community Days, and is a member of the Italian community DotNetLombardia. Since January 2011, Pagani has been a Microsoft MVP in the Windows Phone Development category and, since October 2012, he’s been awarded as a Nokia Developer Champion. He currently works in Funambol as a developer on the Windows team, where he focuses on Windows Phone and Windows 8 projects.