EF Alumni

Volkan Bilici

CTO, Cirplus

Founded:

Cofounder:

Christian Schiller

Interests / background:

Energy, IOT, Retail and Commerce, Transportation and Logistics, web3

Location:

Berlin

Cohort:

Volkan is a full-stack software and blockchain developer who has worked at industry leaders including Brickblock and FCG. He brings hands-on IoT and plastic manufacturing automation process experience.

Company:

cirplus

cirplus is the global marketplace for recycled plastics.

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

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

Samarth Shyam

3rd time founder, investor. Secured deals with large airlines and telco's in MENA and Europe.

Jacob John

Former product lead and second-time founder with experience taking startups from 0-1

Mohammad Reza Vedady

Award-winning engineer and pioneer researcher

Sivam Pillai

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

Daniil Moskovtsov

Fullstack engineer with experience in marketplaces and e-commerce. Ex-Redmart and Shopback

Jan Gasparic

Ex-DJI with sales and marketing experience in IoT

Aashish Mehta

CEO, TransferFi

Serial innovator, IoT and big analogue data expert

Gideon Farrell

Astrophysicist with software experience

Morris He

CEO, Caelus Technologies

Experience in chip and circuit design

Chi Fung Lok

CTO, Caelus Technologies

Design experience in analog, mixed-signal and RF architectures and circuits

Mislav Stipetic

CTO, Magic Sandbox

Full-stack engineer, previously led the IoT platform at Infarm

Mo Shana’a

Experience improving productivity in construction, implemented digital transformation

Puneet Chhabra

CTO, Headlight AI

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

Rubal Chib

Electronics engineer, previously Havells and IOTA

Shrishti Batra

PhD in Computational Biology & Chemical Ecology, previously NCBS, Max Planck Institute

Nimantha Baranasuriya

PhD in Computer Science, specialist in wireless networks

Mobashir Mohammad

Expert in IoT and wireless networking

Saikrishnan Ranganathan

CEO, Sensorflow

Built energy solutions across multiple industries, previously Goldman Sachs

Max Pagel

CTO, Sensorflow

Expert in wireless networks, previously Universität zu Lübeck

Dan Swygart

Experienced founder. Consumer addictiveness & networking effects. Worked with Celebrities & Creators

Edward Alun-Jones

3x founder experienced in building, scaling B2B SaaS businesses & streamlining compliance workflows.

Daniel Parekh-Hill

3x founder. 5 years building, scaling and advising companies from MVP to IPO.

Rumessa Raja

CEO, Celerity Labs

Designed & scaled e-commerce platforms leading B2B companies in advanced industries (ex-McKinsey).

Matthias Richard

Studied Computer Vision at Stanford and ESTP, award-winning entrepreneur

Lancelot Salavert

Built and managed two of the largest e-commerce ventures in Southeast Asia

Aditya Mehta

Technologist with a passion for sales who’s built and sold recommendation systems across domains.

Prathmesh Mise

Launched & scaled retail distribution business, deep understanding of industry's challenges

Raghav Toshniwal

Extensive experience in data science and e-commerce analytics

Shyam Nallasenapathy

Extensive experience in ecommerce and consumer analytics, ex-Myntra

Christoph Sträter

PhD in Theoretical Physics with expertise in deep learning and software development

Nat Wollny

Former VC with expertise in FashionTech

Carmine Paolino

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

Avik Mukhija

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

Alexandros Pantalis

Tech entrepreneur, built & managed successful startups in e-commerce, software development & fintech

Lorenzo Sani

CTO, Shopscribe

Product-obsessed full-stack software engineer. Imperial dropout

Alexander Zhou

CEO, Shopscribe

Went to #1 school in the world for hospitality, previously Y Combinator-backed founder

Daniil Moskovtsov

Fullstack engineer with experience in marketplaces and e-commerce. Ex-Redmart and Shopback

Jan Gasparic

Ex-DJI with sales and marketing experience in IoT

Lorenzo Ampil

CTO, Hawksight.co

Data scientist, built financial AI software for global enterprises and asset management firms

Bradian Muliadi

CEO, Hawksight.co

Built and sold Indonesia's largest creator platform, scaled leading social SaaS startup

Prashant Maurice Dhara

Built multiple deep learning solutions, experience building tech in startups

Sreenadh Narayanan

Degree in Engineering, helped tech companies accelerate growth and monetise new products

Sagar Setu

CTO, Milky Way AI

Robotics and computer vision expert, PhD in Aerospace Engineering

Eunice Wong

CEO, Milky Way AI

Award-winning retail professional

Dominik Eggert

Founder, Better by Less

Experience in B2C ecommerce

Andre Woons

Founded peer-to-peer payment application, led development team

David Sutton

Expertise in all aspects of the diamond industry

Christian Schiller

Led and scaled BlaBlaCar Germany to 6 million registered users

David Wood

Data scientist, PhD in Computational Neuroscience

Alex Reed

Degree in commerce, led creation of AI driven buying experience

Jonathan Dory

Specialist in brand strategy, product and marketing development and managing retail networks

Trevor Stunden

Experienced commercial Director, previously early employee and senior leader in a PropTech startup

Arvind Venugopal Nair

CEO, NeuroPixel AI

Experience across Fashion E-Commerce and Consulting

Tom Walker

Worked at the cutting-edge of mathematical optimisation and on production machine learning

Tom Barber

Experience at the intersection of fashion and technology

Kannan Reghu

Experienced in product and tech, ex-VP of Engineering at Grover

Amita Goyal

Led large teams globally, worked with Fortune 50 CEOs on B2B sales, strategy and ecommerce

Pramod Ghadge

CEO, Unbox Robotics

Master's in Industrial & Systems Engineering from NUS

Anshul Gupta

CTO, Retail Pulse

Engineering degree from NIT, led winning team in P&G Global AI Challenge

Ahmed Isber

Experienced in B2B sales, passionate about sustainability as a service.