$BURU NUBURU Appoints Gianluca Trezza as CEO of TEKNE and Provides Commercial Update
Experienced defense executive to lead industrial execution and development of electronic warfare and special vehicle opportunities across Italian and international markets
DENVER--(BUSINESS WIRE)--NUBURU, Inc. (NYSE American: BURU) ("NUBURU" or the "Company"
, a dual-use Defense & Security platform company, today announced the appointment of Gianluca Trezza as Chief Executive Officer and General Manager of TEKNE S.p.A. ("Tekne", effective October 26, 2026. The appointment follows NUBURU’s acquisition of a 70% controlling interest in Tekne on October 15, 2026, and places industrial execution and commercial development at the center of the next phase of integration.
Trezza brings more than three decades of experience across Italian institutions and the international defense industry. Following service in Italy’s Guardia di Finanza, where he attained the rank of Major, he held senior leadership roles at ELT Group, a major player in EW and defense industry, across the Middle East, Asia-Pacific and global business development. His experience spans electronic warfare, cyber intelligence, C4ISR and international industrial partnerships.
His priorities will include aligning customer commitments with procurement and production, strengthening program controls, engaging the relevant Italian authorities on potential program reactivation, and developing Tekne’s electronic-warfare, special-vehicle and defense-mobility businesses. This mandate supports NUBURU’s strategy of combining Tekne’s industrial capabilities with the group’s photonics, software and systems-integration capabilities, subject to technical qualification, customer requirements and applicable approvals.
“With Tekne now part of NUBURU, our priority is execution,” said Alessandro Zamboni, Executive Chairman and Co-CEO of NUBURU. “Gianluca brings the sector knowledge and international experience to connect customer opportunities with industrial delivery. We intend to demonstrate progress through confirmed awards, reliable deliveries and the conversion of those deliveries into revenue.”
Experienced defense executive to lead industrial execution and development of electronic warfare and special vehicle opportunities across Italian and international markets
DENVER--(BUSINESS WIRE)--NUBURU, Inc. (NYSE American: BURU) ("NUBURU" or the "Company"
, a dual-use Defense & Security platform company, today announced the appointment of Gianluca Trezza as Chief Executive Officer and General Manager of TEKNE S.p.A. ("Tekne", effective October 26, 2026. The appointment follows NUBURU’s acquisition of a 70% controlling interest in Tekne on October 15, 2026, and places industrial execution and commercial development at the center of the next phase of integration. Trezza brings more than three decades of experience across Italian institutions and the international defense industry. Following service in Italy’s Guardia di Finanza, where he attained the rank of Major, he held senior leadership roles at ELT Group, a major player in EW and defense industry, across the Middle East, Asia-Pacific and global business development. His experience spans electronic warfare, cyber intelligence, C4ISR and international industrial partnerships.
His priorities will include aligning customer commitments with procurement and production, strengthening program controls, engaging the relevant Italian authorities on potential program reactivation, and developing Tekne’s electronic-warfare, special-vehicle and defense-mobility businesses. This mandate supports NUBURU’s strategy of combining Tekne’s industrial capabilities with the group’s photonics, software and systems-integration capabilities, subject to technical qualification, customer requirements and applicable approvals.
“With Tekne now part of NUBURU, our priority is execution,” said Alessandro Zamboni, Executive Chairman and Co-CEO of NUBURU. “Gianluca brings the sector knowledge and international experience to connect customer opportunities with industrial delivery. We intend to demonstrate progress through confirmed awards, reliable deliveries and the conversion of those deliveries into revenue.”
