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"My passion has always been helping customers be successful."
"For more than 20 years I have provided customers with solutions based on complex technologies, now I support them by providing my experience."
Fabio Esposito
Fabio Esposito is an entrepreneurial executive with 25+ years of global experience with large and small enterprises. Throughout his career, he brought to market disruptive technologies including Artificial Intelligence, Advanced Robotics, Computer Vision, 3D Printing, and AR/VR.
He is currently CEO at Leia Inc, bringing to market a new 3D technology platform, leveraging advanced display-optics and AI, to provide immersive experiences on any personal device to consumers.
Additionally, he is Venture Partner at Innovation Industries, a Dutch VC fund investing in industrial, medical and agri-food tech companies.
Prior to Leia Inc, he served as CEO of Luxexcel BV, where he introduced a new 3D printing technology for the manufacturing of AR/VR devices for the Metaverse. While building the business, Mr. Esposito increased valuation more than 20x, architected and completed the sale to Meta Platform [NASDAQ: META] in 2022. Subsequently, he led Operations and Integrations at Meta Reality Labs D&O.
Before joining Luxexcel, Mr. Esposito was the CEO of Solidscape Inc, the maker of 3D printers, materials and software for the manufacturing of high precision metal parts. During his 12-year tenure he delivered a 25% CAGR with EBITDA margins in excess of 30%; played a key role in the sale to Stratasys [NASDAQ: SSYS] in 2011, in the divestiture to Prodways Group [EPA: PWG] in 2018; and, as member of Stratasys Leadership Team, in the merger between Stratasys and Objet in 2012 to create a $3B firm.
Prior to Solidscape, Mr. Esposito was the Vice President of Parsytec Inc, the American subsidiary of ISRA Vision AG [FSE: ISR], a global supplier of machine vision systems and optical robots, for quality management and process automation. Before moving to Chicago, IL to lead the business in the Americas and introduce a new decision support system, he set up and developed the business in Southern Europe.
Mr. Esposito began his career as a Management Consultant with Consorzio CONICA in Italy, a consortium of high-tech companies providing technology consulting services to SMB’s.
Fluent in Italian and English, Mr. Esposito holds a BS/MS degree in Electronic Engineering from Federico II University of Napoli, Italy, and Executive Education from Harvard Business School. He resides between the US and the Netherlands.
"I joined companies that weren't companies, to sell products that weren't products, into markets that weren't markets."