PHYSICAL AI · INTELLIGENT PRODUCTS · MARKET STRATEGY
I am Maurizio Caporali, an executive leader with 20+ years of experience across embedded systems, Edge AI, digital services, and intelligent devices. I work where product vision, technology platforms, and market value come together.
My Work · UDOO Portfolio
As UDOO co-founder, I led five product programs from concept and design to Kickstarter campaign strategy and go-to-market operations (2013-2021). My leadership in launching four UDOO campaigns on Kickstarter garnered $2.5M in funding, with more than 140k UDOO computers sold worldwide and coverage from TechCrunch, Wired, and CNN.
Impact
$2.5M
Kickstarter funding across flagship UDOO launches.
140k+
UDOO computers sold worldwide.
2021
I led the concept and launch of UDOO KEY as a fully programmable RP2040 + ESP32 platform with Wi-Fi and BLE. RP2040 was the first chip ever designed and produced by Raspberry Pi. With KEY we kept UDOO’s core idea: one chip dedicated to physical-world I/O and sensors, one focused on digital connectivity and logic.
2018
I drove UDOO BOLT from product strategy to Kickstarter as our high-performance leap: AMD Ryzen Embedded V1000 (4 cores / 8 threads, 12-25W TDP), Radeon Vega 8 graphics, plus an Arduino Leonardo-compatible ATmega32U4 to keep physical prototyping simple and immediate.
2016
With UDOO X86 I focused on bringing PC-class x86 power into a compact low-consumption board: Intel 64-bit quad-core (14nm, 5-6W) with integrated Arduino 101, BLE, and onboard 6-axis motion sensing. The Kickstarter campaign reached 4,245 backers and validated strong market demand.
2015
For UDOO NEO I pushed a credit-card-sized architecture based on NXP i.MX 6SoloX, combining two specialized cores to keep the UDOO principle intact: one dedicated to physical-world I/O and sensors, the other to digital workloads. We integrated Wi-Fi, Bluetooth, and 9-axis sensors for real Android/Linux edge scenarios.
2013
This was the first UDOO I co-founded and launched: built on the iconic NXP i.MX6, it united Linux, Android, and Arduino in a single board and opened full access to both i.MX6 and Arduino I/O. It defined the product DNA we scaled across all the following generations.
Capabilities
Selected Experience
2022 - Present
Leading product strategy across embedded computing, Edge AI, device software, and digital platforms, contributing to the evolution of intelligent products, device management solutions, and selected capabilities of the Clea Framework.
2010 - 2021
Built and scaled the UDOO single-board computer family, while driving the development of connected software platforms including UDOO Cloud, Edgehog Device Manager, and Edgehog OS, later evolved into SECO’s official device management platform integrated with Clea.
2004 - Present
Bringing together product vision, user experience, software platforms, and service design to build connected products and digital services with measurable business impact.
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