Evangelos Simoudis
PhD
CA, USEmpower your organization to 1) understand and use AI to exploit big data, 2) develop strategies for new mobility, and 3) take advantage of startup-driven corporate innovation.
Evangelos has been working in Silicon Valley for over 30 years as a VC, entrepreneur, corporate executive, and technologist. His firm Synapse Partners, which he co-founded in 2016, advises global corporations on new mobility, AI and big data strategies, and startup-driven innovation, and invests in early-stage startups developing AI applications.
Evangelos is the author of two books; The Big Data Opportunity in Our Driverless Future and Transportation Transformation. As a recognized thought leader on big data/AI, next-generation mobility, and corporate innovation, he speaks globally on these topics.
His investment career started in 2000 at Apax Partners where he was a Partner and continued at Trident Capital as a Senior Managing Director. In 2014, Evangelos was named a Power Player in Digital Media, and in 2012 as a top investor in online advertising.
Prior to his investing and advisory career, Evangelos had a 20-year career in high technology. He has managed research and engineering groups developing enterprise AI systems and applications. As an IBM executive, he led the worldwide division providing business intelligence and machine learning solutions to the corporation's largest customers across several industries including financial services, telco, retail, consumer packaged goods, and automotive. He has also served as the CEO of two successfully exited startups that provided AI solutions to enterprises in the financial services industry.
Evangelos has broad corporate board experience. Directorships include Amobee/Singtel (where he was the board's chairman) Brightroll (acquired by Yahoo!), Bristol Technology (acquired by Hewlett-Packard), Composite Software (acquired by Cisco), Confluent Software (acquired by Oracle Corporation), Exelate (acquired by Nielsen) and Princeton Softech (acquired by IBM).
Evangelos is a member of Caltech's Advisory Board, the Advisory Board of Brandeis International School of Business, the Advisory Board of C2SMART, the Advisory Board of New York's Center for Urban Science and Progress, and the Advisory Board of Securing America's Future Energy. He earned a Ph.D. in computer science from Brandeis University in the area of machine learning and large databases, and a BS in electrical engineering from Caltech.
Evangelos has been working in Silicon Valley for over 30 years as a VC, entrepreneur, corporate executive, and technologist. His firm Synapse Partners, which he co-founded in 2016, advises global corporations on new mobility, AI and big data strategies, and startup-driven innovation, and invests in early-stage startups developing AI applications.
Evangelos is the author of two books; The Big Data Opportunity in Our Driverless Future and Transportation Transformation. As a recognized thought leader on big data/AI, next-generation mobility, and corporate innovation, he speaks globally on these topics.
His investment career started in 2000 at Apax Partners where he was a Partner and continued at Trident Capital as a Senior Managing Director. In 2014, Evangelos was named a Power Player in Digital Media, and in 2012 as a top investor in online advertising.
Prior to his investing and advisory career, Evangelos had a 20-year career in high technology. He has managed research and engineering groups developing enterprise AI systems and applications. As an IBM executive, he led the worldwide division providing business intelligence and machine learning solutions to the corporation's largest customers across several industries including financial services, telco, retail, consumer packaged goods, and automotive. He has also served as the CEO of two successfully exited startups that provided AI solutions to enterprises in the financial services industry.
Evangelos has broad corporate board experience. Directorships include Amobee/Singtel (where he was the board's chairman) Brightroll (acquired by Yahoo!), Bristol Technology (acquired by Hewlett-Packard), Composite Software (acquired by Cisco), Confluent Software (acquired by Oracle Corporation), Exelate (acquired by Nielsen) and Princeton Softech (acquired by IBM).
Evangelos is a member of Caltech's Advisory Board, the Advisory Board of Brandeis International School of Business, the Advisory Board of C2SMART, the Advisory Board of New York's Center for Urban Science and Progress, and the Advisory Board of Securing America's Future Energy. He earned a Ph.D. in computer science from Brandeis University in the area of machine learning and large databases, and a BS in electrical engineering from Caltech.
Introduction to AI for Business
Artificial Intelligence (AI) has emerged as a key corporate technology with the opportunity for high ROI when used correctly. Many senior corporate management teams do not yet fully appreciate the power AI can bring to their operations. This workshop addresses misconceptions surrounding AI and discusses the techniques that will turn it into a transformative corporate strategy. It introduces the technologies comprising AI and their managerial implications.
The Big Data Opportunity In Our Driverless Future
This talk focuses on two areas of new mobility. First, it presents the central role of data and AI in the driverless future that includes autonomous vehicles, and mobility services for passenger transportation, e.g., ride-hailing, and goods delivery, e.g., grocery deliveries. Second, it discusses the impact of startups on disrupting industries that are relevant to new mobility and transportation. Industries that range...
Transportation Transformation
Urban mobility is facing several challenges. Some are the result of long-term urbanization trends and others are the outcome of more recent changes in population behaviors. Addressing these challenges requires systems thinking and broadening collaboration between automakers, mobility services companies, and cities.
Before this can be achieved, each of these constituencies will need to transform. The transformations they undertake will determine their roles in the new urban...
Startup-driven Corporate Innovation
Format: 3-hour workshop
This program is perfect for
- Mid-level and senior corporate executives
- Startup corporate scouts, innovation executives
The audience will leave with:
- How to engage with startups and their venture investors
- How to structure partnerships between startups and the corporation in order to maximize returns
- How to...
