Emmanuel Tissera

Technical Director, Umbraco MVP

B.Sc (Hons) Computing & Information Systems (London Met)

As Technical Director, Emmanuel works closely with our clients while providing leadership and mentoring to the development team.

Emm knew his calling early on in life. At the age of 15, he wrote an essay on his ambition to become a software engineer. A Microsoft Certified Professional, his software and web development career officially began in 2002. He started to work with content management systems in 2004 and is currently certified on Umbraco, Kentico Xperience, Sitecore, Kentico Kontent and Contentful. Prior to joining Luminary, Emm held roles as Technical Lead for Emirates Airline and Senior Software Engineer at Australian Associated Press. His areas of expertise include Kentico Kontent, Umbraco Heartcore and other headless CMSs. 

He has been awarded for his exceptional talent with a Golden Najm (Star) Award from Emirates and a Finalist position at the AAP Awards in recognition of his excellence for innovation. Since 2020, Emm has also been recognised as a Umbraco MVP and Master, and is a member of Umbraco's Headless Community Team. 

A self-proclaimed bookworm, when he's not working he's likely to be curled up on the couch with a novel.

Emmanuel Tissera

Quick facts about Emmanuel

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Star sign

Sagittarius

Chinese zodiac

🐕Dog

Inspired by

Everyday people,  those who have a smile on their face whatever life throws at them.

Fun fact

Emmanuel and his wife were first photographed together when he was 10 years old (he was in the background of her First Holy Communion photograph). Twelve years later he phoned her by mistake and they got married a few years later. 

Emmanuel's expertise

Below is a selection of Emmanuel's achievements and writing.

Emmanuel Tissera and Mario Lopez - Umbraco MVPs

2 min read

Two Luminary developers awarded title of Umbraco MVP

Luminary is proud to announce that our Technical Director Emmanuel Tissera and Solutions Architect Mario Lopez have renewed their Umbraco MVP titles for 2022.

Tami Iseli
Tami Iseli

24 June 2022

2 minute read

Coloured cogs

8 min read

Why you should be modelling content

Content modelling is a critical part of setting a headless CMS up for success. Technical Director Emmanuel Tissera takes a deep dive into how it works.

Emmanuel Tissera
Emmanuel Tissera

22 April 2022

8 minute read

Open field beneath a blue sky

3 min read

Luminary achieves Microsoft Cloud Platform Gold Partner status

Luminary has achieved Microsoft Cloud Platform Gold Partner status, highlighting our capability to deliver cloud applications and services on Microsoft Azure.

Emmanuel Tissera
Emmanuel Tissera

15 November 2021

3 minute read

Xperience v Umbraco

7 min read

Choosing a DXP: Kentico Xperience or Umbraco CMS

Kentico Xperience and Umbraco are both very popular .NET DXP or CMS platforms. They bear many similarities, to the point that many digital agencies specialise in both platforms due to the similar skillsets required for implementation and support. Here's our in-depth comparison and guide to why you might choose one or the other for your project.

Andy Thompson
Andy Thompson&Emmanuel Tissera

25 October 2021

7 minute read

Emm presenting at UDuff 2019

2 min read

Luminary attains Umbraco Gold Partner status

Luminary has become one of just four digital agencies in Australia to be recognised as an Umbraco Gold Partner.

Tami Iseli
Tami Iseli

09 August 2021

2 minute read

Website traffic spike on Google Analytics

9 min read

Best practices for peak traffic

Luminary supports many organisations that experience significant volumes of peak traffic, particularly during campaigns. This article talks to the periodic spikes experienced by our charitable clients, and what you can do to prepare yourself to ensure you don’t miss the big opportunity when it comes knocking.

Emmanuel Tissera
Emmanuel Tissera&Liam Thomas

29 October 2020

9 minute read

DF-20 banner - Emmanuel Tissera

1 min read

GILT or GUILT – Localisation crimes

Want to learn about globalisation and localisation? I was fortunate to speak about this recently at the Dutch Festival 2020 (DF20). This is a recording from that session, along with the Q&A.

Emmanuel Tissera
Emmanuel Tissera

13 October 2020

1 minute read

Wooden map of the world with pins

4 min read

Internationalisation and localisation tips

Globalisation, internationalisation, localisation and translation (GILT) are not just buzzwords. Six billion (80%) of the world's population and nearly one million (3.5%) of Australia's population find English a barrier.

Emmanuel Tissera
Emmanuel Tissera

14 November 2019

4 minute read

What is headless cms

4 min read

Serving content to IoT devices with a headless CMS

Need a way to serve the same content to a growing range of platforms? Headless content management systems are your answer.

Emmanuel Tissera
Emmanuel Tissera

10 October 2019

4 minute read

DDD Melbourne stage with Luminary slide as backdrop

1 min read

The heads up on headless - slides from DDD Melbourne 2019

I had the honour of presenting a session on Headless CMS and Content as a Service (CaaS) at DDD Melbourne 2019 at the Melbourne Convention Centre. As promised, here are my slides from the event. I hope you enjoyed it!

Emmanuel Tissera
Emmanuel Tissera

10 August 2019

1 minute read

Umbraco logo

Umbraco is the leading open source ASP.NET Content Management System complemented by Umbraco Cloud (a PaaS offering from Umbraco HQ) and Umbraco Heartcore (SaaS Headless CMS). Home to two Umbraco MVPs, two Certified Masters and multiple certified developers, Luminary has a strong Umbraco team.

Kontent.ai logo

Kontent.ai – formerly known as Kentico Kontent – is a headless CMS with native AI functionality, that provides easy-to-use content management tools for marketers. Luminary is a Kontent.ai Premium Partner and a global leader in its implementation.

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