Hi,
I’m Alessio Maffeis.
I love building teams and products

Passionate about product design, engineering, and leadership.
I like seeing the bigger picture and putting details into perspective.

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Thick white steam billows from a manhole on a wet nighttime San Francisco street, catching the glow of streetlights as cars pass through with headlights on.
Steamy RoadSan Francisco
A yellow three-wheeled GoCar rolls past a vintage Powell and Market cable car curving through a sunny San Francisco intersection, with the blue bay and hills beyond.
Modes of transportationSan Francisco (2024)
The Golden Gate Bridge's orange towers glow in warm sunlight above crashing waves and dark rocks, with a white sailboat on the calm bay under a clear blue sky.
Golden Gate/HourSan Francisco (2024)
The Transamerica Pyramid towers over a sunny San Francisco street lined with low-rise storefronts and traffic, its tapering spire rising sharply against a deep blue sky.
Transamerica PyramidSan Francisco (2024)
A few San Francisco skyscraper tops, including a tapered spire and a rounded tower, emerge from a dense bank of white fog in this hazy black-and-white scene.
Piercing through the fogSan Francisco (2024)
A brick tower flying the Italian flag rises between ornate historic buildings, framed by a yield sign and red traffic lights under a cloud-scattered blue sky.
Finger trapTurin, Italy (2024)
Colorful fishing boats with blue, yellow, and teal trim moor side by side in dark harbor water beneath a wooden pier at Fishermen's Grotto in San Francisco.
I'll tell my grandchildren these were the Painted LadiesSan Francisco (2024)
A green double-decker tour bus lettered Unusual passes the Fisherman's Wharf sign with its crab emblem beneath a deep blue sky as a seagull flies overhead.
UnusualSan Francisco (2024)
A gray squirrel with a bushy tail perches alertly on a moss-covered boulder, framed by lush green grass dotted with small white wildflowers in soft focus.
SQUIRREL CATEGORYJapanese Tea Garden, San Francisco (2024)
Two people sit close together on stone river steps beside a backpack while another sits higher up facing the choppy grey water, with a soft blur in the foreground.
Swirling thoughtsTurin, Italy (2024)
A Donald Duck mascot walks with head bowed through a sunny Turin square, clutching wilted yellow and pink balloon swords as crowds, a fountain, and grand buildings fill the background.
Sad DonaldTurin, Italy (2024)
Sunlit green leaves in sharp focus frame a blurred rowing crew gliding along a murky river, with a grassy tree-lined bank soft behind them.
Rowing upstreamTurin, Italy (2024)
A teal three-wheeled delivery vehicle stacked with tiers of potted flowers and greenery drives down a sunlit street past ornate stone buildings and a black wrought-iron fence.
Got flowersTurin, Italy (2024)
San Francisco & Maui

San Francisco & Maui

A trip across two oceans

May 1, 2024

A vintage teal coupe parked on a steep San Francisco street in front of brightly painted Victorian houses in yellow, sage green, and tan under soft daylight.
Castro colorsSan Francisco (2024)
Black-and-white view over dense San Francisco rooftops toward downtown skyscrapers, with dark, brooding clouds filling the sky above the tallest towers at center.
Obligatory skyline shot from Twin PeaksSan Francisco (2024)
Sutro Tower's lattice silhouette fades into fog behind a web of overhead power lines, a streetlamp, and dark treetops in this moody black-and-white view over San Francisco rooftops.
Wireless and more wiresSan Francisco (2024)
A person in a red cap, headphones, and a mirrored futuristic visor walks behind a green railing past a cream building window, holding a blue water bottle.
CyberwalkingSan Francisco (2024)
Minigolf lanes with green turf and red-and-yellow borders sit behind strands of out-of-focus barbed wire, surrounded by grass, bare trees, and a yellow building in early spring light.
Maximum security minigolfStockholm, Sweden (2024) I’ll soon start posting many shots from my recent San Francisco + Hawaii trip, but let’s start with a quick backyard snap to warm up.
The dark Telefonplan tower with glowing white letters rises through thick bluish fog above Stockholm rooftops, a red beacon at its top and a few warm windows lit below.
Foggy TelefonplanStockholm, Sweden (2024)
Stockholm's skyline at dusk, with Riddarholm Church's dark spire and City Hall rising above glowing buildings, traffic streaking across bridges as the sky fades from pink to deep blue.
Trevlig kvällStockholm, Sweden (2024)
The sun rises in a vivid orange dawn sky behind a tall slender tower overlooking dark silhouetted apartment blocks in Stockholm.
God morgonStockholm, Sweden (2024)
Dark, granular plates of broken ice form a patchwork across calm water, their textured surfaces and narrow mirrored channels rendered in stark black and white.
Black iceStockholm, Sweden (2024)
A tower with a crown-like top silhouetted behind bare tree branches at dusk, its warm windows glowing against a soft purple-and-orange twilight sky in Stockholm.
Pretty MedisStockholm, Sweden (2024)