Pierluigi Zappacosta

Pierluigi Zappacosta is CEO of Sierra Sciences, Inc. an anti-aging biotechnology company, Chairman of Digital Persona, a fingerprint biometrics company, and Chairman of Quindi, a software productivity tools company. In 1981 Mr. Zappacosta was a co-founder of Logitech (NASDAQ: LOGI). From 1981 to 1998 he held a variety of managing roles, including president and CEO. He was instrumental in making Logitech one of the best-known brands of the computer industry and in taking it public in Switzerland in 1988 and on NASDAQ in 1997. Mr. Zappacosta attended the University of Rome, Italy (Laura in Electrical Engineering, "cum laude") and Stanford University (M.S. in Computer Science). He is a trustee-elect of the Reason Foundation, a libertarian think-tank.