Ludovico Fassati

Ludovico Fassati

Head of IoT, Vodafone Americas

Ludovico joined Vodafone in August 2014 thanks to the acquisition of Cobra Automotive Technologies. Ludovico is now leading Vodafone IoT business in the Americas based out of the New York City office. Before this he was heading Vodafone IoT vertical market development, with responsibility for driving new business, new technologies (as NB-IoT and IoT satellite) and developing vertical industries, such as smart metering, home automation, industrial equipment and m-health.

Prior to joining Vodafone, Ludovico was the CEO of Cobra Telematics (now Vodafone Telematics), leading 450 employees in seven different countries. Ludovico started his career in the private equity industry in Italy and in the UK, leading investments in different sectors such as logistics, luxury goods, gaming, renewable energies and food.

Ludovico holds a degree in economics and financial institutions from Università L. Bocconi of Milan (Italy). As well as his native Italian, he is fluent in English and French.