Giacomo Marini (; born 1951 in

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, Italy) is founder and Managing Director at

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, an early-stage technology

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firm, based in

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. From 2013 to 2017 he was Chairman and CEO of

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, a home robot company until its acquisition by

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Career

In 1981, Marini co-founded

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(Nasdaq: LOGI) with

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and

Pierluigi Zappacosta Pierluigi Zappacosta (born Chieti, Italy, on July 2, 1950) is an Italian businessman and chairman of Faro Ventures. He has co-founded, directed, and served on the boards of several prestigious companies, including Logitech and Sierra Sciences. ...

. He was with the company until 1992 as a board member and member of the management team launching Logitech. He served most recently as Executive VP, Chief Operating Officer. Earlier, he was Executive Vice President, Engineering and Operations; and Vice President of Engineering. Prior to

, he held technical and managerial positions with

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and IBM. From 1993 to 1995 Marini was President and CEO of No Hands Software (later known as Common Ground Software). No Hands Software created one of the first electronic publishing software, in the style of, and competitive to

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. From 1998 to 1999, Marini served as interim Chief Executive Officer of FutureTel, a digital video encoders company. Marini is Board Member of PCTEL and of NextLabs. Previously he was Chairman of Velomat from 2012 and 2020 until its acquisition by Sacmi, Chairman of

from 2006 to 2018 until its acquisition by Vorwerk, Chairman of Teknema, an Internet appliances company, director of Aurora Algae, Bitfone, Minerva Networks, Sygate and Silicon Valley Advisor for CDB Web Tech, a venture capital

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. Marini is a former Board Member of NIAF, the National Italian American Foundation and a former member of the Board of Trustees of the

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Foundation.

Personal life

He holds a Laurea Degree, ''cum laude'', in Computer Science from the

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, Italy. Marini lives in Northern California with his wife, Ellen Jamason, and daughter Serena.

External links

Logitech

Noventi Ventures

Neato Robotics

NIAF National Italian American Foundation

University of California Davis Foundation

References

{{DEFAULTSORT:Marini, Giacomo 1951 births Living people People from the Province of Pescara American financial businesspeople Italian chief executives Venture capitalists American technology chief executives Chief operating officers University of Pisa alumni