EF Alumni

Vladimir Chuchkin

CEO, Waste Labs

Founded:

Cofounder:

Dr Elias Willemse

Interests / background:

Energy, Transportation and Logistics

Location:

Singapore

Cohort:

Vladimir spent has experience in Business Development across large international Tech and Energy companies. He has worked closely with governments in Asia, Middle East and Africa. He originated and structured Energy and Power Generation projects that are worth over US$10 billion, including those in the waste-to-energy sector.

Waste Labs pitch at our Singapore 7 Demo Day.

Company:

Waste Labs

Optimising waste collection with AI to make cities cleaner and more sustainable.

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

Avishek Kumar

Expert in renewable technologies with product design and manufacturing experience

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

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

Sarthak Shrivastava

Has experience in logistics and building multiple business verticals at Indian startups.

Alexander Reichenbach

Former lead product owner at Mercedes-Benz. Master’s in Computing/Machine Learning from Imperial

Karl Johan Clausen

Background in road logistics and experienced sales manager. Recently helped scale a startup

Fuad Becirbasic

CTO, Forwardize

Full stack developer, expertise creating scalable marketplaces and leading engineering team

Benjamin Noyan

CEO, Forwardize

Passion for transforming the freight industry, advised Europe's largest transportation businesses

Carmine Paolino

Began programming at 5, developed machine learning and anti-corruption systems

Aswin Ramachandran

PhD in Decentralised Systems Communication, built hardware and software for autonomous robots

Victor Borsche

Master's in International Management, previous founder in travel and manufacturing, ex-BMW

Avik Mukhija

Machine learning scientist & entrepreneur, developed & sold AI solutions to grocery retailers

Martin Postel

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

Helen Murphy

Strong expertise in leading commercial and technical businesses across consumer goods and operations

Walter Frank Pintor Ortiz

Expertise across industrial robotics and automation

Dr Dirk-Jan van Veen

Expert in optimising software agents to communicate and collaborate

Jedd Cheong Jia Hao

Co-founder, Qandela

PhD in Electrical & Electronic Engineering, expert in medical imaging

Thomas Yue

Co-founder, MechaniX

PhD in Computational Physics, experience in algorithmic trading

Navid Nourani Vatani

CPO, Imperium Drive

Roboticist with experience developing autonomous trucks, trains, and off-road vehicles

Sandip Gangakhedkar

CTO, Imperium Drive

Wireless systems engineer, developed the first 5G-based teleoperated driving prototype

Koosha Kaveh

CEO, Imperium Drive

Experience in strategy consulting, MEng in Electrical Engineering

Dennis Sandmark

Full stack software engineer, built robust, scalable systems

Chris Jones

Ex-Merchant Navy, experience conducting cargo ships

Boris Ploix

Degree in Applied Mathematics, experience in the transport industry

Lingxiao Xia

Expert in data analytics, machine learning and artificial intelligence

Nidhi Gupta

Experience in the logistics industry

Christian Schiller

Led and scaled BlaBlaCar Germany to 6 million registered users

Volkan Bilici

Full-stack software and blockchain developer

Abhinav Warrier

In-depth knowledge of robotics, worked on navigation and battery management

Anurag Dutta

Experienced in warehousing, supply chain and operations

Dr Elias Willemse

CTO, Waste Labs

Expert in optimisation modelling, developed AI to optimise waste collection

Prateek Gaur

Extensive background in computer science and machine learning, ex-Head of Data

Dmitri Ameriei

Experienced leading logistics, shipping products in over 45 countries

Simon Jordan

Machine learning expert, ex-researcher in Silicon Valley and led development teams at Volkswagan

Alexander Palffy

Experienced in warehouse operations and logistics

David Meyer

Former LEK consultant, experience in fast-growing mobility startups

Juan Barragan

Experienced in software development with work on pattern recognition in finance and advertising

Hubert Baya Toda

Expert in remotely characterising materials using electromagnetic waves

Mehdi Adjaoue

Machine learning expert, deployed autonomous museum guides as an undergraduate

Abhishek Anand

Co-Founder, Marlin AI

Award-winning data science with experience in product development and cybersecurity

Aditya Singh

Co-Founder, Marlin AI

Expert in the shipping and transportation space

Manasa Nadipally

Co-founder, Litmus Eye

Expert in Computer Vision, Pattern Recognition and Medical Image Processing

Nikhil Sharma

Co-founder, Litmus Eye

Expert in logistics with experience from corporate and startup worlds

Sudeept Sinha

Ex-quantative trader, developer price prediction algorithms

Kaushik Reddy

Experienced in shipping across Asia and Europe

Nicolas Ang

Co-founder, F-drones

Aeronautical Engineering specialist, experienced bringing investment to Singapore

Yeshwanth Reddy

Co-founder, F-drones

Aerospace engineer, experienced in drone product development

Puneet Chhabra

CTO, Headlight AI

Experienced in LiDAR, Radar, and Sonar technologies, PhD in Electrical Engineering

Jean-Baptiste Clouard

Experienced in supply chains, previously Anaplan, Quintiq, and Dassault Systèmes

Karim Benchaaboun

Machine learning engineer, previously Axa and Criteo

Ramakrishna Nanjundaiah

MSc in Computational Mechanics, built city-scale simulations

Maria Meier

CTO, Phantasma Labs

MSc in Software Engineering, previously TU Munich, Brown University and Oracle