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Motorola
Ferrari-Maserati
P&G
Pininfarina
Google
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Franco Lodato is an accomplished and global recognized creative leader, he has expansive success in integrating nature inspired design, human-centered innovation and technical insight into design-driven solutions that results in meaningful and dynamic products that improve the lives of users. His comprehensive industry expertise includes corporate, startups, and design consul ng agencies across industries including personal and health care, lifestyle and luxury, education, consumer electronics, and wearable and mobile technologies.
Franco has extensive experience in full concept to market product design in diverse contexts: from home environments (Herman Miller and Gillette) to consumer-high tech (Motorola- Google) to high-end consulting (Pininfarina, Continuum). He was recognized as “Master Innovator” at Motorola-Google and holds 80 U.S., and International invention patents, including the first wireless ECG, a multi-blade conformable razor (precursor to Gillette's Mach3), and the Motorola i833.
His academic assignments include: Associate Professor at the University of Montreal School of Design, Designer in Residence at the University of South Florida, Visiting Lecturer at the MIT Media Laboratory, and Vice President of the Industrial Designers Society of America (IDSA), Florida Chapter. He is executive member of the U.S. National Academy of Inventors.
As 2023 he is US Business Advisor for Pininfarina of America, enhancing their standing in the American design industry and was appointed as research associate at the Florida Institute of Human Machine Cognition ( IHMC)
Lodato is also a published author and a Ted Talk speaker “What Woodpeckers, Sharks and Snakes Teach Us About Design”
CV available upon request.
