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CTO and Co-founder of Play2Speak
Based in Madrid, Fabio Polimeni is an Italian computer engineer from Torino Polytechnic. After completing a MSc in Videogames Programming at the University of Hull in 2009, he worked for almost three years in Cambridge UK for Ninja Theory as an engine programmer.In 2013, he worked as a senior core-tech programmer at the Lionhead Studios in Guildford UK, designing and maintaining low-level and multi-thread systems, physics library integration, as well as gameplay optimizations.Together with Alberto Gordillo who also worked at Lionhead Studios, he co-founded Poligor Studio in 2016 as CTO to develop a VR tech-demo and simulation of the Great Fire of London 1666. They left the London startup a year later and went to Madrid to set up Play2Speak with Polimeni as CTO. Since 2019, he is also a core-tech consultant for Polystream.
Based in Madrid, Fabio Polimeni is an Italian computer engineer from Torino Polytechnic. After completing a MSc in Videogames Programming at the University of Hull in 2009, he worked for almost three years in Cambridge UK for Ninja Theory as an engine programmer.In 2013, he worked as a senior core-tech programmer at the Lionhead Studios in Guildford UK, designing and maintaining low-level and multi-thread systems, physics library integration, as well as gameplay optimizations.Together with Alberto Gordillo who also worked at Lionhead Studios, he co-founded Poligor Studio in 2016 as CTO to develop a VR tech-demo and simulation of the Great Fire of London 1666. They left the London startup a year later and went to Madrid to set up Play2Speak with Polimeni as CTO. Since 2019, he is also a core-tech consultant for Polystream.
Founder and CEO of So-Young
Jin Xing has more than 10 years of experience in internet technology, including at TOM (as development manager), MOP.com (product operations director), and Tencent’s Tenpay (product operations director).
Jin Xing has more than 10 years of experience in internet technology, including at TOM (as development manager), MOP.com (product operations director), and Tencent’s Tenpay (product operations director).
Co-CEO and co-founder of Pula
Dutch-born Rosa Goslinga has spent most of her career working in Africa and speaks five languages, including Swahili. She graduated in business, economics and international development at the University of Amsterdam in 2004. She also completed a master’s in political economy of development at the School for Oriental and African Studies (SOAS) in London in 2005.In 2006, she worked as an economist at the Ministry of Agriculture and Animal Resources in Rwanda where she realized there was an urgent need for small-scale farming insurance to protect the local farmers’ livelihoods against natural hazards.In 2008, she joined Syngenta Foundation for Sustainable Agriculture (SFSA) in Kenya, where she initiated a pilot Kilimo Salama in Nairobi as program director. The program was a success, starting with 185 farmers taking up index insurance and growing to be the largest in Africa with over 185,000 participants. Goslinga also met and started working with Thomas Njeru, the lead actuary for UAP Insurance for the Kilimo project.In 2013, with investors backing her project, she developed and patented a system and method for providing a site-related weather insurance contract. She left SFSA in 2014 and went on to set up Kenya’s pioneering insurtech Pula with Njeru as co-founder in 2015.Both are now co-CEOs of the Nairobi-based startup, education and helping over 4m small-scale farmers to protect their livelihoods from environmental hazards with tailor-made micro-finance and insurance products.
Dutch-born Rosa Goslinga has spent most of her career working in Africa and speaks five languages, including Swahili. She graduated in business, economics and international development at the University of Amsterdam in 2004. She also completed a master’s in political economy of development at the School for Oriental and African Studies (SOAS) in London in 2005.In 2006, she worked as an economist at the Ministry of Agriculture and Animal Resources in Rwanda where she realized there was an urgent need for small-scale farming insurance to protect the local farmers’ livelihoods against natural hazards.In 2008, she joined Syngenta Foundation for Sustainable Agriculture (SFSA) in Kenya, where she initiated a pilot Kilimo Salama in Nairobi as program director. The program was a success, starting with 185 farmers taking up index insurance and growing to be the largest in Africa with over 185,000 participants. Goslinga also met and started working with Thomas Njeru, the lead actuary for UAP Insurance for the Kilimo project.In 2013, with investors backing her project, she developed and patented a system and method for providing a site-related weather insurance contract. She left SFSA in 2014 and went on to set up Kenya’s pioneering insurtech Pula with Njeru as co-founder in 2015.Both are now co-CEOs of the Nairobi-based startup, education and helping over 4m small-scale farmers to protect their livelihoods from environmental hazards with tailor-made micro-finance and insurance products.
CEO and co-founder of Everimpact
Mathieu Carlier is CEO and co-founder of Everimpact, a GHG monitoring company that uses satellites, ground sensors, AI and machine learning to deliver more accurate and immediate carbon emissions data to public bodies, municipalities, and businesses. He has over 20 years of experience as an advisor to governments, public institutions at the likes of the UN, the European Commission and EU Agencies, the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation and large corporations in international development. Prior to Everimpact, much of Carlier’s career was spent in complex data systems projects for government elections or for health ministries in war-torn or post-conflict developing countries. This included delivering multimillion-dollar biometric and big data projects in the run-up to 50 presidential elections in countries like Afghanistan, Iraq, Pakistan, Libya, the Congo and Benin. Carlier is based in Copenhagen, Denmark and holds an MSc in Business Administration from the Burgundy School of Business.
Mathieu Carlier is CEO and co-founder of Everimpact, a GHG monitoring company that uses satellites, ground sensors, AI and machine learning to deliver more accurate and immediate carbon emissions data to public bodies, municipalities, and businesses. He has over 20 years of experience as an advisor to governments, public institutions at the likes of the UN, the European Commission and EU Agencies, the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation and large corporations in international development. Prior to Everimpact, much of Carlier’s career was spent in complex data systems projects for government elections or for health ministries in war-torn or post-conflict developing countries. This included delivering multimillion-dollar biometric and big data projects in the run-up to 50 presidential elections in countries like Afghanistan, Iraq, Pakistan, Libya, the Congo and Benin. Carlier is based in Copenhagen, Denmark and holds an MSc in Business Administration from the Burgundy School of Business.
Co-Founder and COO of IDNtimes
Magna cum laude University of Southern California (USC) graduate, William Utomo, financed his studies through the A. Robert DeHart Memorial Scholarship and the Joseph Drown Foundation Scholarship. He co-founded IDNtimes with his brother, Winston Utomo, and became the COO of IDN Media group in June 2014. He had also worked as a Portfolio Manager at the USC Marshall Undergraduate Student Investment Funds and as an investment analyst at Cabrera Capital Markets LLC and AIA during 2013 and early 2014.
Magna cum laude University of Southern California (USC) graduate, William Utomo, financed his studies through the A. Robert DeHart Memorial Scholarship and the Joseph Drown Foundation Scholarship. He co-founded IDNtimes with his brother, Winston Utomo, and became the COO of IDN Media group in June 2014. He had also worked as a Portfolio Manager at the USC Marshall Undergraduate Student Investment Funds and as an investment analyst at Cabrera Capital Markets LLC and AIA during 2013 and early 2014.
Founder of Alkemis Games
A master’s degree holder in Entertainment Technology from Carnegie Mellon University, Pennsylvania, USA, Tedo Salim also graduated with a diploma of the same major from Nanyang Polytechnic, Singapore in 2007.Prior to running Alkemis Games, Tedo had worked as a Senior Software Engineer at GREE International Inc in San Francisco, from March 2012 to August 2014. He was with Schell Games in Pittsburgh as a Game Engineer for over three years, working mainly on iOS and Android mobile games such as War of Nations.
A master’s degree holder in Entertainment Technology from Carnegie Mellon University, Pennsylvania, USA, Tedo Salim also graduated with a diploma of the same major from Nanyang Polytechnic, Singapore in 2007.Prior to running Alkemis Games, Tedo had worked as a Senior Software Engineer at GREE International Inc in San Francisco, from March 2012 to August 2014. He was with Schell Games in Pittsburgh as a Game Engineer for over three years, working mainly on iOS and Android mobile games such as War of Nations.
Co-founder and CTO of Limakilo
Arif Setiawan is an experienced web and mobile app developer who loves competition. He still runs Futsalholic.com that he co-founded in 2013 while in Bandung, prior to joining Limakilo as the CTO in November 2015. Arif is Limakilo’s Backend and API developer and also its Frontend Web developer.He also works on other projects at Rakki Studio as a web developer. An alumni of the Institute of Technology Bandung (ITB), Arif gained a master’s in Informatics (Media Technology and Mobile Apps) in 2016.
Arif Setiawan is an experienced web and mobile app developer who loves competition. He still runs Futsalholic.com that he co-founded in 2013 while in Bandung, prior to joining Limakilo as the CTO in November 2015. Arif is Limakilo’s Backend and API developer and also its Frontend Web developer.He also works on other projects at Rakki Studio as a web developer. An alumni of the Institute of Technology Bandung (ITB), Arif gained a master’s in Informatics (Media Technology and Mobile Apps) in 2016.
Co-founder and CFO of Conclave
Graduating with a bachelor’s in Business Management and Finance from the Institut Teknologi Bandung (ITB) in Indonesia, Aditya Hadiputra became the CFO of Utoyo & Partners in August 2011. He left the financial services company with its founding partner Marshall Utoyo in 2013. They decided to set up a coworking space hub Conclave in Jakarta, together with two other graduates from ITB. Based in Jakarta, Aditya has been CFO of Conclave since January 2013. He has also been working as an investment associate since July 2015 at MDI Ventures, Telkom’s venture capital arm.
Graduating with a bachelor’s in Business Management and Finance from the Institut Teknologi Bandung (ITB) in Indonesia, Aditya Hadiputra became the CFO of Utoyo & Partners in August 2011. He left the financial services company with its founding partner Marshall Utoyo in 2013. They decided to set up a coworking space hub Conclave in Jakarta, together with two other graduates from ITB. Based in Jakarta, Aditya has been CFO of Conclave since January 2013. He has also been working as an investment associate since July 2015 at MDI Ventures, Telkom’s venture capital arm.
Co-founder and CEO of Printerous, Co-founder of Tiket.com
Kevin Osmond was a Bina Nusantara University graduate in Computer Science. He co-founded Printerous in July 2012, together with his friends, Christian Soeseno Boenarso, David Soong and Paulus Hyu.A serial entrepreneur, he is currently a shareholder of Fimela.com, an Indonesian online fashion and lifestyle magazine. He was also a co-founder and CEO of Weekend Inc which he left after two years in 2014. Other previous ventures include Filmoo.com, tiket.com (from which he left after eight months), Bouncity and AITINDO.
Kevin Osmond was a Bina Nusantara University graduate in Computer Science. He co-founded Printerous in July 2012, together with his friends, Christian Soeseno Boenarso, David Soong and Paulus Hyu.A serial entrepreneur, he is currently a shareholder of Fimela.com, an Indonesian online fashion and lifestyle magazine. He was also a co-founder and CEO of Weekend Inc which he left after two years in 2014. Other previous ventures include Filmoo.com, tiket.com (from which he left after eight months), Bouncity and AITINDO.
Co-founder and CTO of Unbabel
Unbabel Co-founder and CTO Graça is a machine learning and natural language processing specialist and holds a Ph.D. in Computer Science from the Instituto Superior Técnico (IST) in Portugal, where he majored in Computer Engineering. He is also a former postdoctoral researcher at the University of Pennsylvania. Besides working at Unbabel, Graça is a researcher at the IST's Spoken Language Systems Lab (L2F) in Lisbon and an official member of Forbes Technology Council. He also briefly worked at adtech startup Dezine as Chief Scientist.
Unbabel Co-founder and CTO Graça is a machine learning and natural language processing specialist and holds a Ph.D. in Computer Science from the Instituto Superior Técnico (IST) in Portugal, where he majored in Computer Engineering. He is also a former postdoctoral researcher at the University of Pennsylvania. Besides working at Unbabel, Graça is a researcher at the IST's Spoken Language Systems Lab (L2F) in Lisbon and an official member of Forbes Technology Council. He also briefly worked at adtech startup Dezine as Chief Scientist.
Co-founder and CEO of Xhockware
Lecturer-turned-entrepreneur Joao Paulo Rodrigues spent nearly a decade at the Computer and System Engineering Institute of Porto (INESC) as a researcher, and at Porto Business School (PBS). While at INESC and PBS, Rodrigues co-founded Xarevision, an INESC spinoff. In February 2014, he left his position as Xarevision’s CTO to start Xhockware. He continues to work at Xhockware as CEO and has an educational background in engineering, in which he holds a PhD. from the University of Porto, as well as in business management.
Lecturer-turned-entrepreneur Joao Paulo Rodrigues spent nearly a decade at the Computer and System Engineering Institute of Porto (INESC) as a researcher, and at Porto Business School (PBS). While at INESC and PBS, Rodrigues co-founded Xarevision, an INESC spinoff. In February 2014, he left his position as Xarevision’s CTO to start Xhockware. He continues to work at Xhockware as CEO and has an educational background in engineering, in which he holds a PhD. from the University of Porto, as well as in business management.
Co-founder and CTO of HelloBeauty
After graduating in 2014 with a bachelor’s in Political Science from Indonesia’s Universitas Katolik Parahyangan, Pradana Dyaksa joined PT IDS Medical Systems Indonesia as a management trainee. He later became the e-commerce manager of Bhuwana Ubud Hotel before working in business development at Rocket Internet’s Zen Rooms until he was promoted to become Head of Community in 2016.While still at Zen Rooms, he teamed up with colleague and fellow Parahyangan alumnus Dennish Tjandra to establish HelloBeauty, Indonesia’s leading platform for beauty services.
After graduating in 2014 with a bachelor’s in Political Science from Indonesia’s Universitas Katolik Parahyangan, Pradana Dyaksa joined PT IDS Medical Systems Indonesia as a management trainee. He later became the e-commerce manager of Bhuwana Ubud Hotel before working in business development at Rocket Internet’s Zen Rooms until he was promoted to become Head of Community in 2016.While still at Zen Rooms, he teamed up with colleague and fellow Parahyangan alumnus Dennish Tjandra to establish HelloBeauty, Indonesia’s leading platform for beauty services.
Co-founder & CBDO of Parclick
Iván Rodriguez is co-founder of Parclick, a parking reservation app, where he is responsible for commercial matters and go-to-market strategies. He has over 10 years of experience in business development, sales and account management in B2B service industries and has held IT-related positions in business intelligence and business analytics projects. Rodriguez holds a master's in Computer Science and an MBA from IESE Business School. He also attended an executive program at Harvard Business School where he specialized in new internet ventures.
Iván Rodriguez is co-founder of Parclick, a parking reservation app, where he is responsible for commercial matters and go-to-market strategies. He has over 10 years of experience in business development, sales and account management in B2B service industries and has held IT-related positions in business intelligence and business analytics projects. Rodriguez holds a master's in Computer Science and an MBA from IESE Business School. He also attended an executive program at Harvard Business School where he specialized in new internet ventures.
Co-founder and CEO of Datary
Daniel Jadraque is a trained Civil Engineer who co-founded Datary, a data exchange marketplace, soon after graduating from the Polytechnic University in Madrid. In addition to being Datary's Managing Director, Jadraque is a startup mentor at Google's Madrid Campus and a visiting professor at the Polytechnic University in Madrid. He is also advisor to the BBVA and ING banks for the development of digital products as well as consultant on data flow and data protection to members of the European Commission and its parliament.
Daniel Jadraque is a trained Civil Engineer who co-founded Datary, a data exchange marketplace, soon after graduating from the Polytechnic University in Madrid. In addition to being Datary's Managing Director, Jadraque is a startup mentor at Google's Madrid Campus and a visiting professor at the Polytechnic University in Madrid. He is also advisor to the BBVA and ING banks for the development of digital products as well as consultant on data flow and data protection to members of the European Commission and its parliament.
Co-founder of SVARA
Since 2005, Hemat Dwi Nuryanto has been the CEO and Chairman of Zamrud Technology, an Indonesian software development firm. Hemat co-founded SVARA in 2017 as a spin-off of Zamrud; SVARTA develops apps and services for consumers and radio stations while managing the radio broadcast management software previously developed at Zamrud. From 1988 to 1992, Hemat studied at Université Paul Sabatier, France, where he earned bachelor's and master's degree in Mechanics and a master's in Energy Systems.
Since 2005, Hemat Dwi Nuryanto has been the CEO and Chairman of Zamrud Technology, an Indonesian software development firm. Hemat co-founded SVARA in 2017 as a spin-off of Zamrud; SVARTA develops apps and services for consumers and radio stations while managing the radio broadcast management software previously developed at Zamrud. From 1988 to 1992, Hemat studied at Université Paul Sabatier, France, where he earned bachelor's and master's degree in Mechanics and a master's in Energy Systems.
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