Intelen, Inc: a successful case of transforming Greek applied research to a world-class product

Τίτλος: Intelen, Inc: a successful case of transforming Greek applied research to a world-class product

Ομιλητές: Vassilis Nikolopoulos PhD,  Konstantinos Staikos MSc OCP

Αίθουσα: Ε

Ώρα: 14.30

Περίληψη:

Intelen is a market leader and innovator in Smart Building Energy Analytics. It obtains real time energy use data from buildings (down to 1-2 second intervals) and provides real time advanced data analytics using a web based interface and specific cloud-based algorithms. Intelen uses proprietary technology to connect to buildings and is not dependent on the presence or type of utility smart meter installed. It then uses game mechanics principles to engage users in energy save initiatives and achieve a sustained reduction of energy use of 25-30% on average.
Intelen is the result of four years (2006 - 2010) applied research @ the Multimedia Technology Laboratory of NTUA (ECE dept) that was transformed into a world-class product portfolio. Intelen’s global market is the billion smart grid market and the combination of software, the social web 2.0, data mining technologies and IT methods for energy efficiency analytics in big buildings (also called the “Soft Grid”). Intelen has filed so far two Greek patents (OBI) and two US patent applications to USPTO.
The presentation will have two main parts: in the 1st part, Dr. Ing. V. Nikolopoulos will present the basic applied research theory that Intelen is using, including data mining algorithms, the RKM algorithm and some insights on game mechanics, social energy networks and knowledge data fusion theory, applied to the energy domain. Also, some basic entrepreneurship concepts and how we can transform research findings to a product that solves a society/market problem
In the 2nd part, Mr. Konstantinos Staikos, MSc (OCP) will present Intelen’s core technology and technical/software background on data analytics and general cloud architectures (ie. IPv6, IoT, etc). The complexity of combining real-time meter data, interoperability, streaming information, security, computational complexity and decision theory is rather difficult to reduce and manage. Intelen’s approach produces a very scalable and efficient technology model, capable of analyzing and correlating huge amounts of data in real-time, by applying in-house advanced algorithms for data analytics.

Σύντομα βιογραφικά:

Vassilis Nikolopoulos, PhD: Vassilis is an active entrepreneur, innovator and passionate with technology futurology and trend forecasting. He is the CEO and co-founder of Intelen, Inc, a New York based startup, in the domain of smart grid big data applications and energy analytics/gamification, which recently completed two seed investment rounds (~$600K) and is currently under high growth. From 2005 to 2010, he worked on technical trend forecasting methodologies and innovation management procedures, focusing on the Big Data problems applied to Utilities and the Energy Sector (Smart Grids). He has many awards and global recognitions with his start-up, in top innovation and entrepreneurship contests (Red herring global, Kouros Entrepreneurship prize, SVASE Silicon Valley Launch, OECD best eco-innovation model) and was voted as the best new entry researcher in Greece in 2007. He is a valedictorian Electrical Engineer from Dundee University, Scotland. He also holds a Master and Diploma in Control theory from Imperial College London, specializations in Marketing and Entrepreneurship from LSE, Engineering majors in Applied Maths and Theoretical informatics (+ French classes preparatoires, Maths Physique MP) from the Ecole Polytechnique of Paris and obtained his PhD from NTUA in Knowledge Engineering with application to on Smart grids.

Konstantinos Staikos, MSc OCP: Multinational certified Senior IT Architect with over 10 years experience in the IT industry. CTO & co-founder of Intelen, a New York based startup, in the domain of smart grid big data applications and energy analytics/gamification, which recently completed two seed investment rounds (~$600K) and is currently under high growth. Many awards and global recognitions achieved with Intelen, in top innovation and entrepreneurship contests (Red herring global, SVASE Silicon Valley Launch, Siemens global smartgrid innovation award, OECD best eco-innovation model). He has extensive experience in managing and coordinating IT projects and engineering teams in building complex enterprise software systems. Portfolio includes a broad line of successful EU Projects from a position of Technical Manager. Konstantinos holds a B.S in Chemical Engineering from National Technical University of Athens (NTUA) and a M.S in Software Engineering from Technical University in Munich (TUM). Certified in several IT (Oracle, Sun, ISTQB etc) and Project Management (PMI PMP& ACP) certifications programs.