Lodato was founder of the pre-engineering program at American Heritage School Plantation and an instructor in the program from 2007 to 2015. As of 2019 he is SVP Design & Innovation for Kids2, one of the fastest growing baby product companies in the world. Lodato holds 57 U.S. and 14 international implementation and design patents and is an executive member of the National Academy of Inventors.

Lodato served as the managing director for the Americas Operation for Pininfarina, a leading design service for automotive, luxury lifestyle, consumer electronics, and technology industries, where he was instrumental part of the team that developed the Maserati Birdcage 75th. His corporate work assignments and consulting career includes research and design for leading global enterprises such as Gillette, Herman Miller, DuPont, Coca-Cola, Ferrari-Maserati, Boeing, Bombardier, Challenger Powerboats, and as a Master Innovator, in Wearable technology for Google-Motorola and VSN Mobil, Inc.