Paul Acito

Paul Acito serves as a Part-Time Lecturer in the Marketing Department at the Carlson School of Management, University of Minnesota, leveraging four decades of executive leadership across global technology, healthcare, industrial, and safety sectors.

His academic credentials include:

• Master of Business Administration from Kelley School of Business, Indiana University
• Bachelor of Science from Rochester Institute of Technology

His expertise spans Leadership, Operations Management, Marketing Strategy, Channel Marketing, and Sales Management. As a certified Lean Six Sigma Master Black Belt with ten patents, he integrates deep industry experience—from serving as 3M's President of multibillion-dollar divisions and worldwide Chief Marketing Officer to leading Medtronic's Diabetes Business Group—into his teaching.

Acito actively contributes to community and academic governance through board roles at Bicycle Alliance of Minnesota and Penumbra Theatre and Center for Racial Healing, plus over a decade of service on Indiana University’s Kelley School Global Dean’s Council. He extends his adjunct faculty appointments to Indiana University’s Kelley School and St. Catherine University, while judging the Carlson School’s MN Cup entrepreneur competition.

His entrepreneurial ventures in safety and AI startups further enrich his classroom instruction with real-world innovation perspectives.