is founder and Managing Director at Noventi,[1] an early-stage technology venture capital firm, based in Silicon Valley. From 2013 to 2017 he was Chairman and CEO of Neato Robotics, a home robot company until its acquisition by Vorwerk (company).
In 1981, Marini co-founded Logitech (Nasdaq: LOGI) with Daniel Borel and Pierluigi Zappacosta. He was with the company until 1992 as a director and member of the management team launching Logitech. He served most recently as Executive VP, Chief Operating Officer. Earlier, he was Executive Vice President, Engineering and Operations; and Vice President of Engineering.
Prior to Logitech, he held technical and managerial positions with Olivetti and IBM.
He holds a Laurea Degree, cum laude, in Computer Science from the University of Pisa, Italy.