Putting Technology to
Public Service

About

Leonardo Quattrucci works to put technology to public service. He has over a decade of experience across government and big tech, startups and academia.

Leonardo served the European Commission’s President in his council of advisors, providing strategic foresight and policy analysis on critical priorities. He then joined Amazon Web Services, where he built an in-house think-and-do tank, led the COVID-19 response with the World Health Organization, and helped launch the Centre for Quantum Networking, including a first-of-its-kind partnership with Harvard University

Today, Leonardo is an Adjunct Professor of innovation at Sciences Po, Paris, and an advisor to Deep Tech startups and public institutions. His work has been recognized by the World Economic Forum, Forbes, the Aspen Institute, Schmidt Futures, and the BMW Foundation.

Work

  • Creating the innovation ecosystem of the future requires the best of academia, business, and government. I help businesses become enablers of national strategies, and governments balance precaution with innovation.

  • Customer obsession, culture of candor, and relentless optimization. With these ingredients I built top-performing teams. Now I bring them to organizations because operational excellence means better outcomes.

  • Policymaking is too often a tennis match between competing interests. I approach it as a relay race, brokering a space where innovation is a common pursuit among allies. To do so, I leverage my experience as a civil servant in tech, and a techie in government.

  • I invest in DeepTech and GovTech companies, with a positive bias towards public sector impact.

  • Featured Talks: World Economic Forum; AWS Summit; Transatlantic Digital Forum; United Nations; NATO.

  • “Leo was core to the leadership of the European Commission’s first-of-its-kind think tank. He navigated institutional complexity like a seasoned civil servant, while injecting innovative thinking in the administration.”

    Ann Mettler, former Director-General, European Commission

  • "Leonardo sets himself apart for strategic thinking, brokering unlikely coalitions, and building high-performing teams. He is the purpose-driven, inventive, and entrepreneurial leader that every modern organization needs."

    Manuel Muñiz, Provost, IE University and former Secretary of State for Global Spain

  • "Leonardo has unique cross-sector experience, wit, and deep thinking. He has been our compass in navigating these transformative times. "

    Andrea Rocchetto, CEO, Ephos - Quantum Technologies

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