Location São Paulo, Sao Paulo, Brazil Regions Latin America Gender Male
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Fabio Bottacci is a relationship builder, creative problem solver, and strategic thinker. Senior industrial executive and former strategic consultant, he acquired a solid background in large multinational organizations across Brazil, US, and Western Europe. He is known for his ability to deliver results despite ambiguity and obstacles, to build
bridges between people, and to manage conflict and negotiations.
Fabio graduated in Economics & Business Administration from Università Bocconi and from Stanford University School of Engineering in Internet of Things [IoT]. Recently, Fabio has successfully completed a Private Equity & Venture Capital course by SDA Bocconi [Final Grade: 94%], and two accredited certifications: Generative AI by Databricks Academy and Generative AI by Andrew Ng, founder @DeepLearning.AI [Final Grade: 96%].
He began his career at Accenture Italia, strategy practice, while attending MBA courses. He then moved to Brazil, where he consistently proved, during more than 20 years of professional experience, strong clients' network, industry knowledge and business development expertise in the Automotive, Oil & Gas, Energy, and Utilities verticals.
Since 2015, he has been the founder and CEO of VINCI Digital | IIoT + AI / GenAI Strategic Advisory, being recognized internationally as a thought leader by well-known organizations, such as the World Economic Forum, the IOT Solutions World Congress, the BNDES (Brazilian Federal Development Bank), and - lately - the Harvard Business Review Advisory Council.
Recently, Fabio has been contracted by Bain & Company as Senior Advisor to its Advanced Manufacturing & Services and Energy & Natural Resources global practices, with a particular focus on Industry 4.0 / Industrial IoT [IIoT] + AI / Generative AI's end-to-end solutions and their actual deployment, at-scale, within the Pulp & Paper, Oil & Energy / Utilities, Metals & Mining, Automotive, and Industrial Equipment sectors.
In 2023, he joined the European Research Executive Agency (REA) as an Industrial IoT and Generative AI Expert / Evaluator for the HORIZON Europe Programme of the European Commission / European Research Executive Agency (REA), and Kobo Funds as Venture Partner, focused on Deeptech Seed/Series A startups, helping investors work successfully with entrepreneurs.
Fabio's mission is to help startups, SME, and corporations to thrive within the current digital transformation environment, by increasing productivity, developing new business models, and delivering actual results / ROI in months, not years!
