Luca Z.

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Engineering Director, US at Neural Concept

New York City Metropolitan Area, United States

Overview

Luca Z. is the US Engineering Director for Neural Concept, leading the companys American engineering initiatives. With a strong foundation in Deep Learning and Numerical Analysis from EPFL and Politecnico di Milano, he is focused on implementing AI-driven engineering at scale. He has been with Neural Concept since its early stages.

Luca has a deep passion for tackling difficult engineering challenges. He is an active voice in the industry, presenting at symposiums like CDFAM on topics such as empowering organizations with engineering intelligence to revolutionize product development. His career trajectory shows a consistent focus on applying advanced computing to complex problems.

His machine learning internship was part of the project that later spun off to become Neural Concept.

Personality Overview

Information Seeker

Objective Thinker

ROI Driven

They choose to analyze logically and value facts to emotions.  They don’t appreciate bells and whistles unless backed by data. They like to do things independently and don’t look for support from others.

Topics They Care About

AI in Engineering
He leads the US engineering team for a company focused on AI for product development and frequently speaks on implementing "Engineering Intelligence" at scale.
Team Leadership
As the US Engineering Director, he is responsible for leading and growing the engineering team in North America and actively posts about hiring for his team.
Computational Design
He was a featured speaker at the CDFAM - Computational Design Symposium in New York, presenting on revolutionizing product development.

Media Appearances

Luca Z. - Director Of Engineering at Neural Concept | The Org. Featured in The Org

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Work History

1-2025
Engineering Director, US at Neural Concept
3-2023 - 1-2025
Chief of Staff to the CTO and Worflow Lead at Neural Concept
3-2022 - 3-2023
Application Lead at Neural Concept
2-2019 - 11-2019
Machine Learning Intern at EPFL (École polytechnique fédérale de Lausanne)
7-2019 - 9-2019
Research Software Engineer Summer Student at CERN

Education

2016 - 2019
Master of Science (M.Sc.) from EPFL
2016 - 2019
Master's degree from Politecnico di Milano

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Insights For Selling To Luca

During A Call Or A Meeting

DO's

  • Keep some extra margin while sharing pricing, they are likely to negotiate later
  • Be formal and objective, they will appreciate it more
  • Leverage facts and figures wherever possible; use percentages, numbers etc.

DONT's

  • Don’t try to give too many examples of other users, they like to make their own decisions
  • Do not use very emotional or colorful language
  • Make extra effort to not seem pushy or confrontational

When Cold Calling

When Writing An Email

While Negotiating & Closing

    The secret to closing fast with Luca is

  • Proven ROI, pricing and objective proof points are the factors that sway their decision.
  • Will you ever get a clear answer from Luca

  • They are comfortable saying no if they are convinced that it is the correct decision.

Insights For Deal Planning

    How fast (or slow) will Luca move?

  • They are neither the fastest nor the slowest decision makers, they are somewhere in the middle.
  • Can Luca take some risk or not?

  • They can bear some risk if their analysis backs the decision.

You And Luca

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