Evangelos Simoudis is a recognized expert on next-generation mobility, artificial intelligence and big data, and corporate innovation. He has been working in Silicon Valley for 30 ...lihat lebih banyakEvangelos Simoudis is a recognized expert on next-generation mobility, artificial intelligence and big data, and corporate innovation. He has been working in Silicon Valley for 30 years as a venture investor, senior advisor to governments and global corporations, entrepreneur, corporate executive, and technologist. He is co-founder and managing director of Synapse Partners, a firm that advises global corporations on artificial intelligence, big data, and next-generation mobility, and invests in early-stage startups developing enterprise software AI applications.
Evangelos is the author of the book The Big Data Opportunity in Our Driverless Future, a groundbreaking book that presented the importance of data and AI in transportation systems comprising autonomous vehicles and on-demand mobility services.
Evangelos' investing career started in 2000 as a partner at Apax Partners, continued as a senior managing director at Trident Capital, and more recently at Synapse Partners. He has served on numerous private company boards and today chairs the board of Amobee/Singtel. Prior to his investing and advisory career, Evangelos was the CEO of two Silicon Valley startups and held executive roles with IBM and Digital Equipment Corporation.
Evangelos is a member of Caltech's advisory board, the advisory board of Brandeis International School of Business, the advisory board of the U.S. Department of Transportation's Connected Cities for Smart Mobility Center, and the advisory board of Securing America's Future Energy. He has served on several commissions and task forces focusing on artificial intelligence, autonomous mobility, and corporate innovation.
He earned a PhD in computer science (machine learning) from Brandeis University and a BS in electrical engineering from Caltech.lihat lebih sedikit