Mary Franzese

Co-founder and CMO of Neuron Guard

Social Media Manager and Vice President of Women&Tech® - Women and Technology Association - ETS

Mary Franzese is co-founder and CMO of Neuron Guard, and SMM and Vice President of Women&Tech® - Women and Technology Association – ETS.

After graduating in Business Administration from LIUC, completing an Erasmus program at the Turku School of Economics (Finland), attending the Winter School at Universidad de Belgrano (Argentina), and the Summer School at Fudan University in Shanghai (China), he served for two years as General Manager in a cooperative in the social-healthcare-assistance sector. In 2013, he ended this experience to enroll in the Master’s program in Entrepreneurship and Business Strategy at SDA Bocconi. In May, he participated as a Startup MBA Partner in an acceleration program and became the business, strategic, and communication driving force of the founding team of Neuron Guard, an innovative SME that patented and developed a temperature management system to be used in the medical field for the treatment of acute brain injuries, and in the sports field to improve cognitive performance.

She loves traveling, sharing her story and passions, and helping other women in their entrepreneurial journey. These qualities led her to join Women&Tech® ETS, whose goals include promoting female talent in technology, innovation, and scientific research, guiding boys and girls of all ages towards future professions and sustainable entrepreneurial models. Since 2018, she has been a board member and social media manager.

She has received several awards, including the Giuliana Bertin Communication Award (2016) as the best communicative entrepreneur, the "Germoglio d’oro" (2017) from the Marisa Bellisario Foundation, and most recently the "UK Italy Women in Business Award" from the Department for International Trade (DIT). In 2017, she was among the finalists of the European Prize for Women Innovators (WIPrizeEU, European Commission) in the Rising Women Innovators category.