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Rafael Patron

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Rafael Patron

Chief AI Officer (CAIO) | AI Strategy, Transformation & Governance. Enterprise AI, Generative AI, Agentic AI and AI Governance.

Official portrait of Rafael Patron
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§ 01 Summary

Artificial intelligence strategy, transformation and governance.

Rafael Patron is Chief AI Officer (CAIO) at Intarget DMCC, where he leads the artificial intelligence strategy across Enterprise AI, Generative AI, Agentic AI and AI Governance.

He chairs the Technical-Scientific Committee of the Italian Association of Artificial Intelligence Professionals (AIPIA). He is the author of four books, the latest published by AIPIA in 2026 in Italian and Spanish editions.

§ 02 Roles

Intarget DMCC, from 2019 to today.

Intarget DMCC2019 → 2026
  1. previous role

    AI Program Manager

    October 2019 – June 2026

  2. Appointed CAIO · current role

    Chief AI Officer (CAIO)

    June 2026 – present

AI Program Manager, October 2019 – June 2026. Chief AI Officer (CAIO), June 2026 – present.

  1. June 2026 – present Chief AI Officer (CAIO)Intarget DMCC
  2. October 2019 – June 2026 AI Program ManagerIntarget DMCC · previous role

§ 03 Association role

President of the AIPIA Technical-Scientific Committee.

Rafael Patron is President of the Technical-Scientific Committee of the Italian Association of Artificial Intelligence Professionals (Associazione Italiana Professionisti dell’Intelligenza Artificiale, AIPIA).

AIPIA official website ↗ (opens in a new tab)

§ 04 Education

Education.

  1. 2026–2027, in progress MIT Professional EducationNo Code and Agentic AI
  2. 2023 Harvard University / CS50CS50's Introduction to Artificial Intelligence with Python
  3. 2022 SDA Bocconi School of ManagementArtificial Intelligence in Action
  4. 2008–2011 Università degli Studi di GenovaUniversity studies in Business Economics

§ 05 Entrepreneurial path

The entrepreneurial path.

Before Intarget, Rafael Patron’s entrepreneurial path runs through Patron Multimedia, his historical business between 2012 and 2017.

In 2017 a digital project developed during that entrepreneurial path was acquired by Snap Inc.

Patron Multimedia archive ↗ (opens in a new tab)

§ 06 Publications

Four books, 2023–2026.

2026

Non è mai troppo tardi per l'intelligenza artificiale

Italian edition · AIPIA
ISBN 979-12-986684-4-7
Spanish edition · AIPIA
ISBN 979-12-986684-5-4
Copertina di Fatti trovare da ChatGPT

2025 · withFilippo Fassone

Fatti trovare da ChatGPT

Copertina di Growth Hacking: i segreti di una crescita rapida e sostenibile

2024

Growth Hacking: i segreti di una crescita rapida e sostenibile

Copertina di AIO — Il tuo prossimo collega è un robot

2023

AIO — Il tuo prossimo collega è un robot

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§ 07 Verifiable

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