EF Alumni

Avishek Kumar

CEO, V-Flow

Founded:

Cofounder:

Arjun Bhattarai

Interests / background:

Energy, Manufacturing

Location:

Singapore

Cohort:

Dr. Avishek Kumar is an expert on renewable energy technologies with PhD from NUS, Singapore. He brings product design and manufacturing experience.

He is a serial entrepreneur with consulting experience of several MW level renewable energy projects across south east Asia and India.

Company:

VFlowTech

Safe, long-lasting, high-performing, low-cost flow batteries for large scale energy storage application

Fannie Lin

Repeat Entrepreneur and founder. PhD.

Justin Macorin

2x founder focused on ML & cybersecurity. Built & sold enterprise SaaS to Fortune 500s

Anna Wang

Experienced investor in renewable & infrastructure projects. Helped companies with energy transition

Naveen Vedula

Artificial Intelligence PhD with expertise in computer vision and hardware

Ajay Gupta

Domain expert with 20 years at GE and previous start-up founder (exit 2019)

Dr Saeid Masudy Panah

CTO, SunGreenH2

Award-winning scientist in field of nanoscale materials and renewable energy devices

Tulika Raj

CEO, SunGreenH2

Experienced commercial leader, scaled renewable energy companies and led large project investments

Arjun Bhattarai

PhD on vanadium redox flow batteries

Simon Spurrier

Engineer and product manager, built financial optimisation algorithms

Petar Besevic

Conducted research in Chemical Engineering, worked on energy policy

Francesco Montomoli

PhD in Energy Engineering, Imperial College reader and REng Enterprise Fellow.

Animesh Kumar Jha

Co-founder, Volt14

Degree in Mechanical Engineering, developed novel nanomaterials and nanomanufacturing methods

Aashish Mehta

CEO, TransferFi

Serial innovator, IoT and big analogue data expert

Christian Schiller

Led and scaled BlaBlaCar Germany to 6 million registered users

Volkan Bilici

Full-stack software and blockchain developer

Chris Choy

CTO, Carnot Innovations

Data scientist and full stack developer, PhD in Statistics

Ashish Justin

CEO, Carnot Innovations

Certified Energy Manager with a Master’s in Automation

Leon Farrant

CEO, Green Li-ion

Accomplished leader with experience in energy and engineering sectors

Reza Katal

CTO, Green Li-ion

Industry expert in lithium battery recycling

Vladimir Chuchkin

CEO, Waste Labs

Experienced in business development for tech and energy companies

Hubert Tse

Experience in capital markets, launched successful energy trading ventures

Dr Vishvak Kannan

CTO, Surge Analytics

PhD in Chemical Engineering with a focus on energy systems

Shivani Shah

PhD from French Nuclear Research Institute CEA, applied Machine Learning to large datasets

Laurent Bourgouin

Experienced in energy industry, led digital transformation for industry heavyweights

John C. Waite

CEO, Phycobloom

Developed technology for sustainable energy with a background in Material Science

Mark Aaron Chan

CTO, Thermosphr

PhD in Mechanical Enginereing, expert in thermal systems

Nicolas Le Borgne

CEO, Thermosphr

Experience in startups, Master's in Economic Law from Sciences Po

Emir Nurov

Expert in product development and commercialisation

Jayantika Soni

Expert in the development of control algorithms for energy and power systems

Chong Chieh Tseng

CTO, Energy Lite

Experience in tech companies in software and hardware sectors

John Michael Bernil

CEO, Energy Lite

Experience in energy infrastructure projects

Ali Naderi

Deep researcher in field of gas processing membranes

Andre Lorenceau

Experienced in scaling and raising from VCs

Clemens Tepel

MSc in Sustainable Energies, began his career at McKinsey

Ali Safari

Trained as a nuclear engineer, passionate about using technology to impact climate change

Jakub Stojek

CEO, Orbital Matter

Founder of the 22nd fastest growing company in Europe @ FT 1000. Forbes 30 Under 30 Finalist.

Pierre Yser

Double expert in simulation and Deep Learning, PhD in computational fluid dynamics (CFD)

Nicolas Rasamimanana

Entrepreneur with tech background, PhD in Machine Learning

Shehroz I. Hussain

Creative leader with first-principles approach. Ex-Tesla, SpaceX, & Kepler Communications.

Reza Larimi

Background in design, control systems & automation. Multiple international patents & publications

Sivam Pillai

PhD from NUS, previously founded factory analytics startup and worked as data scientist at Siemens

Ilan Palacci

Engineer, former CPO of AI startup

Jack Reid

CEO, Unicorn Biotechnologies

Trained chemist and philosopher, experience developing and commercializing new technologies

Martin Postel

Expert in automation and optimisation for supply and production, with a PhD in AI in Manufacturing

Rishita Changede

CEO, TeOra.Life

Award-winning scientist, experience in genetic engineering, biosensors and biophysics

Jedd Cheong Jia Hao

Co-founder, Qandela

PhD in Electrical & Electronic Engineering, expert in medical imaging

Pragjyoti Samal

MBA-software engineer, experience in sales and business development in the fragrance industry

Sankar Seramani

CEO, Connectify.AI

Machine learning expert and telecommunications engineer

Audrey Gayman

Chief Artificial Intelligence Officer, TOffeeAM

PhD in Additive Manufacturing, expertise in robust analysis

Marco Pietropaoli

PhD in Fluid Dynamics, expertise in AI software for Additive Manufacturing.

Francesco Montomoli

PhD in Energy Engineering, Imperial College reader and REng Enterprise Fellow.

Aashish Mehta

CEO, TransferFi

Serial innovator, IoT and big analogue data expert

Ulf Bissbort

CTO, Synchronous

PhD in Theoretical Physics, experience in simulation and machine learning

Jeffrey Lee

CEO, Synchronous

Experience working at SaaS startups

Avni Agrawal

Computer science engineer, experience in big data analytics and machine learning

Akanksha Jagwani

Mechanical engineer, led digital product design and management teams

Gideon Farrell

Astrophysicist with software experience

Raphael Scheps

Trained theoretical physicist, with experience in large-scale data analytics

Abhishek Agrawal

Experience in high precision manufacturing sector

Long Hoang

Computer scientist, built machine learning models that analyse millions of transactions

Surbhi Krishna Singh

Award-winning engineer, experience in manufacturing and industrial automation

Matthew Morrison

MSc in Computer Science, experience in financial services

Mo Shana’a

Experience improving productivity in construction, implemented digital transformation

Bashir Beikzadeh

CTO, Metis Labs

Experienced software engineer with a background in electrical and electronic engineering

Alex Appelbe

CEO, Metis Labs

Mechanical engineer, experienced in factory operations and new product development

Wilfried Jahn

Leading innovator in curved sensor manufacturing, PhD in electro-optical system design

Michael Bailly

Former strategy consultant and industrial project director

Anterpreet Singh

CEO, Subconscious Compute

Proven expertise scaling tech ventures, IIM Ahmedabad alumnus

Kunal Sandeep

Co-founder, Polymerize

Industry experience in product development and management

Dr Abhijit Salvekar

Co-founder, Polymerize

Polymer scientist with expertise in Process-Structure-Property Relationships and DoE.

Lucas Lopez

CTO, Volatile AI

Award winning digital smell researcher, built cutting-edge artificial neural networks

Adomas Malaiska

Co-founder, Volatile AI

Former strategy consultant and investor, built novel AI algorithms

CJ Cassar

PhD with a focus on building augmented and virtual reality tools for engineers

Chris Whitehead

Former systems engineer and technology specialist, experience in B2B sales

Christos Ellinas

CTO, Nodes and Links

Award-winning researched in Complex Systems

Greg Lawton

CEO, Nodes & Links

Astrophysicist with experience managing defence programmes and in BAE systems

Yassir Al-Refaie

MSc in IC Design, youngest department head in former company's history

Tawfiq Nasr Allah

Developed breakthrough methods for converting CO2 into chemicals

Benoit Illy

Award-winning PhD in Nanotechnology, scaled projects from the lab to industrial success

Dennis Xenos

Expert in optimisation and data analytics for industrial applications.

Jamie Potter

Mathematics and statistics expert

Vasileios Katranidis

PhD in Digital Manufacturing, developed first predictive software tool for thermal spray coatings

Nagmanjunath Shivakumar

CEO, PakkaProfile

Deep understanding of talent acquisition

Dr. Mohammad H. D.A. Farahani

Entrepreneurial scientist, PhD in Chemical and Biomolecular Engineering

Pramod Ghadge

CEO, Unbox Robotics

Master's in Industrial & Systems Engineering from NUS

Shahid Memon

CTO, Unbox Robotics

MSc in Autonomous Robotics Engineering, experienced in AI and robotics

Leopold Spenner

MSc Industrial Engineering, expert in cement and concrete industries

Robert Meyer

PhD in Machine Learning

Theo Saville

Manufacturing and Mechanical Engineer, background in metals 3D printing

Chris Emery

Engineer programming since age 12, expert in 3D graphics and high-performance computing