# Akanksha Jagwani

> Co-Founder & CEO at SixSense.ai

Location: San Francisco Bay Area, United States
Profile: https://flows.cv/akankshajagwani

Experienced Founder with a demonstrated history of working in the enterprise sales, product management and digital product design. Skilled in computation modeling and customer experience. Strong business development professional with a Bachelor of Technology (BTech) focused in Mechanical Engineering from Indian Institute of Technology Gandhinagar (IITGN).

## Work Experience
### Co-Founder & CEO @ SixSense Pte. Ltd.
Jan 2018 – Present | Singapore
SixSense is an AI-powered manufacturing analytics platform built using Deep learning and IoT Analytics. We detect and predict defects to build a future where the world does not worry about defects anymore.

### EFSG4 Founder in Residence @ Entrepreneur First
Jan 2018 – Jan 2018 | Singapore

### Product Design Manager @ Indiavidual Learning
Jan 2018 – Jan 2018 | Bengaluru Area, India

### Product Designer @ Headout
Jan 2017 – Jan 2017 | Bengaluru Area, India

### 0–100: From no experience to a Product Designer in 6 months @ -
Jan 2016 – Jan 2017

### Pizza maker @ Pizza Hut
Jan 2016 – Jan 2016 | Bengaluru Area, India
Getting out of my comfort zone was the top priority until I figured out what was next. Eventually, I took up a job at Pizza Hut that involved everything from taking orders, dealing with hungry-angry customers, making pizzas to sweeping the floor.

### Senior Software Engineer @ Altair Engineering India Pvt. Ltd.
Jan 2016 – Jan 2016
•	Focused on improving overall experience of custom tools by applying user-centered design framework; visited customer sites, observed how they are using it, understood their pain points, and made changes to GUI and functionality accordingly.
•	Provided training sessions to tool users ~30 users in a session
•	Developed the practice to use MVC framework and OOPs concept in codes, and also trained interns and hires on it
•	Organised biweekly technical meetings for the team

### Software Engineer @ Altair Engineering India Pvt. Ltd.
Jan 2014 – Jan 2016 | Bangalore
•	Designed and developed custom tools that aid in the use of Altair’s Core Software Products
•	Automated part of FEA and CAE processes to reduce the cycle time for customers such as Tata Elxsi, Hyundai Motor India, GE Aviation.
•	Understood customer requirements and prepare functional design documents.  
•	Tested developed tools taking into account all edge cases.

### Student Intern @ A*STAR - Agency for Science, Technology and Research, Singapore
Jan 2013 – Jan 2013
Development of energy efficient waste heat driven liquid desiccant dehumidification system
Advisor: Dr. Aung Myat, Experimental Power Grid Centre, A*STAR, Singapore                             
                                       
•	Built a simplified model of a regenerator and dehumidifier coupled system with liquid desiccant to achieve the desired comfort level of humidity for commercial buildings in Singapore using first principle

### Summer Intern @ Indian Institute of Science
Jan 2013 – Jan 2013 | Bangalore Area, India
Synthesis of microencapsulated phase change particles using electrospraying
Advisor: Dr. Vinod Srinivasan

•	Evaluated the enhancement in thermal conductivity and effective heat capacity of thermal energy storage systems by adding phase change materials (PCMs) to the carrier fluids
•	Characterized the polymer solutions and synthesized polymer microspheres using electrospraying

### Summer Research Intern @ Washington University in St. Louis
Jan 2012 – Jan 2012 | Greater St. Louis Area
Modeling of Silicon solar cells
Advisor : Dr. Venkat Subramanian and Prof. Pratim Biswas
MAGEEP funded

•	Developed a 1-D continuum steady state silicon solar cell model using Maple 
•	Simulated the variation of carrier concentration, electric potential and current density along the length of cell

Presentations:
•	Lawder M., Jagwani A., Northrop P., Ramadesigan V., Biswas P., Subramanian V. Modeling and Optimal Control of Energy Storage Devices for a Lithium-Ion Battery-Photovoltaic Hybrid System, 224th ECS Meeting, San Francisco, California, Oct 27- Nov 1, 2013	
Link: https://ecs.confex.com/ecs/224/webprogram/Paper25382.html
•	Lawder M., Jagwani A., Suthar B.K., Biswas P., Subramanian V. Modelling and Simulation of Solar Cell Coupled with Recycled/reusable Lithium-ion  Batteries, MAGEEP 4th International Symposium of Energy and Environment: ACCESS, Mumbai, December 9-12, 2012


## Education
### Bachelor of Technology (BTech) in Mechanical Engineering
Indian Institute of Technology Gandhinagar


## Contact & Social
- LinkedIn: https://linkedin.com/in/akanksha-jagwani-a7489041

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