Joe Paluska is a 🏷️#marketing-executive and the first Chief Marketing Officer of 📝Commonwealth Fusion Systems, where he has led overall marketing and communications strategy for the fusion energy company since September 2023. He has spent more than 15 years marketing mission-driven climate technology companies, building categories and global campaigns across Silicon Valley, Washington, DC, and Paris.

His career spans startups and the world's largest communications agencies. He was a founding team member and CMO of Better Place, the clean-tech pioneer behind battery-swapping electric vehicle infrastructure, where he established the company's European headquarters in Paris. He later served as CMO of One Concern, a climate-risk analytics startup, where he opened the company's first market, Japan, securing a $100 million strategic partnership. On the agency side, he led global technology practices at Edelman and Hill & Knowlton, and co-founded Heroes.Run, a brand-first consultancy whose clients included will.i.am's i.am+ and IKEA's sustainability leadership team. He holds an MBA from Lehigh University.