AI and Digital Twin technology
2024
Will Klippgen
Singapore
Overview
Aleph Technologies is a Singapore-based enterprise software company revolutionizing industrial process optimization with cutting-edge AI and digital twin solutions. Spun out from the NUS Graduate Research Innovation Programme (GRIP), Aleph’s flagship product, the Aleph AI Co-Pilot™, dynamically optimizes industrial processes, delivering up to 40% improvements in yield and efficiency while significantly reducing energy costs and carbon emissions.
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Suwira Teo
Co-founder
Suwira Teo is the CEO and Co-founder of Aleph Tech. Before founding Aleph Tech, he built a diverse career in consulting and business development at PricewaterhouseCoopers (PwC), Circles.Life, and Shopee. He also played a pivotal role in expanding his family’s textile manufacturing business from a local to a nationwide market. With deep expertise in strategy and business growth, Suwira has led Aleph Tech to secure multiple awards and recognitions from esteemed organisations, including A*STAR, the Infocomm Media Development Authority (IMDA), and the National Supercomputing Centre (NSCC) Singapore.
Dr. Sushant Garud
co-founder
Dr. Sushant Garud is the CTO and Co-founder of Aleph Tech, leading technological innovation in AI-driven process optimisation. He earned his PhD in Chemical Engineering from the National University of Singapore (NUS) and conducted doctoral research at Cambridge CARES. With over a decade of experience in the process manufacturing industry, including roles at AspenTech and Yokogawa, Sushant has specialised in industrial digitalisation, process modelling, simulation, optimisation, and machine learning. His career spans the development of advanced machine learning solutions for diverse sectors such as refineries, petrochemicals, pharmaceuticals, and metals & mining.
Dr. Iftekhar Karimi
co-founder
Prof. Iftekhar Karimi is a distinguished chemical and biomolecular engineer with a prominent presence in the Asia Pacific and the US. He earned his BTech in Chemical Engineering from IIT Bombay and holds an MSc and PhD in Chemical Engineering from Purdue University. A pioneer in advancing chemical engineering technologies, Prof. Karimi is an academic leader with over 300 publications in process optimisation, energy systems and integration, planning and scheduling, and chemical logistics. With more than 30 years of consulting experience, he has advised leading international chemical and logistics firms, including SLNG, Sumitomo Bakelite, ExxonMobil, Shell, Berlian Laju Tankers, and Odfjell.