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Paolo Maresca

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Executive Advisor Tech, Data&AI and Cybersecurity at Primary Venture Partners
📍 Lausanne Metropolitan Area, Switzerland

Paolo Maresca is a global technology executive specializing in AI orchestration, data mesh, and cyber-resilience. An Executive MBA graduate and former Global Head of Cloud Security at Philip Morris International, he now advises tech ventures at Primary Venture Partners. Colleagues describe him as a passionate, visionary, and natural-born leader.

Paolo is deeply committed to social impact, co-founding and serving as Vice President for Liberi Dentro, an NGO focused on prisoner rehabilitation through education, for which he received a Sustainability and Impact Award. He also actively builds professional communities as an alumni leader and club co-founder.

He is the co-inventor on multiple US patents, including one for a method to federate geographically distributed networks of message brokers.

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Experience
17 Years
Current Role
Executive Advisor Tech, Data&AI and Cybersecurity
Location
Lausanne Metropolitan Area, Switzerland
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AI Strategy
His work focuses on "AI Orchestration" and he frequently posts about the shift to "AI Factories" and Europe's strategic role in artificial intelligence.
Cybersecurity Leadership
As a former Global Head of Cloud Security and current advisor, he writes about advanced topics like implementing AI within Zero Trust Architecture.
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Career

Work history

7-2025
Executive Advisor Tech, Data&AI and Cybersecurity
Primary Venture Partners
6-2025
Chapter Leader
POLIMI GSoM Alumni - Swiss Chapter
6-2023
Vice President and Co-Founder
Liberi Dentro
2-2023
Board Member and Co-Founder
Business and Digital Transformation Club @ POLIMI Graduate School of Management
10-2024 - 6-2025
Global Head of Cloud Security
Philip Morris International
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Education
4-2025 - 12-2025
Certificate of Advanced Studies in Digital Acceleration
IMD
10-2020 - 9-2022
Executive MBA
POLIMI Graduate School of Management
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