Lorenzo De Leo

Managing Partner

2018 - Current

Responsible for the growth and expansion of the company in international markets, building lasting connections that promote global entrepreneurship, and fostering an exponential mindset. Lorenzo spearheaded the creation and development of Rokk3r’s Cobuild courses, which enabled the launch of 10xU, a Rokk3r subsidiary dedicated to providing education and consulting services to entrepreneurs and companies. Currently focused on designing and running Rokk3r's accelerator programs.

Managing Director, Partner

2015 - 2018

As MD, Lorenzo manages the strategic direction and operational oversight of Rokk3r Cobuild, and its senior team of Entrepreneurs-in-Residence. Lorenzo provides leadership across cobuild engagements with entrepreneurs and organizations of all sizes, focusing on the deconstruction, evaluation and rethinking process of ideas that could turn into Rokk3r Labs portfolio companies or help enterprises innovate on the edge. He works with Rokk3r Labs leadership to create and drive inventive ideas to advance and scale cobuild.

Think Lead

2014 - 2015

The Think Phase is a smart combination of a scientific-like approach, developed thanks to Rokk3r Labs’ extensive experience in the digital world, and the understanding that every idea, company and entrepreneur is different. Think applies a systematic and holistic approach to convert an idea into a successful company. It is a methodology to vet but also to morph ideas with potential and steer them by defining such factors as value proposition, product versioning, user-based design, technological platform and structure, go to market strategy and growth strategy.

Partner

2023

Founder & CEO

2017

Senior Program Manager & Business Developer

2011 - 2013

Develop research projects for Arquimea Enterprises (industrial group formed by 4 companies) in fields including Aerospace, Security, Robotics, Science Systems, Bioengineering, Video Games - Solicit and secure capital for Arquimea Enterprises at both National and European Level - Responsible for the group’s entire portfolio of publicly funded projects - Whole-cycle coordination (technical definition, budget and schedule, negotiation, preparation of contracts and consortia agreements, monitoring) of international and multi-field projects, managing tech partners as prestigious as the German Space Agency and ETH Zurich - Extensive experience in the development and proposal presentation to the European Space Agency

Program Manager

2008 - 2011

Develop R&D projects for Arquimea Ingeniería: Artificial Intelligence; Music Information Retrieval; Sensing, Electronic and Mechanical Systems - Secure capital of R&D projects - Consultant of the Business Development Division, responsible for the preparation of proposal for research projects

Senior Researcher

2008 - 2010

Develop projects focused on technology transfer from research to industry in fields including Aerospace, Security and Robotics.

Researcher & Instructor

2004 - 2008

- Instructor: “General Topology” (07-08) - Graduate Teaching Assistant: “Differential Geometry and Topology” (04-08) - Member of several international research projects. Author of papers in international journals. Invited speaker at several international congresses