Hi, I'm Georges El Aily: Co-Founder & CEO.
Chief Executive Officer
A specialist in the field of telecommunications, he participated in designing and developing Mobile Broadband Wireless Access technologies in 2003 which led to the formation of the Kleos platform and the establishment of Kleos as an entity in 2006.
In 2004 he was the Technical Director of Ericsson Cordless Solutions Australia. Since 2008, Georges has managed to secure several partnerships between Kleos and prominent players in the US, Europe, the Middle East, Africa and China. Since 2013, he has been directing the design and development of Kleos’s latest platform, Pegasus. Georges holds a Bachelor’s Degree in Telecommunications Engineering from the University of Sydney (Australia) with 1st Class Honors. He is also the recipient of several academic and industrial awards and has been invited to guest speak at international telecommunications conferences.
Hi, I'm Pierre Navidi: Co-Founder & CTO.
Chief Technical Officer
Pierre is an expert in Multiphysics numerical simulation and inverse problem solving using machine learning. He obtained his PhD at the age of 25 in a laboratory of the Ecole polytechnic (France), where he continued working as a research engineer in applied mathematics for many years.
His work, using machine learning and HPC, pioneered tools and methods in design and optimization, setting new frontiers in engineering with the fusion of experimental data and mathematical models used in numerical Multiphysics simulations. Some of these methods are still used in various industries such as banking, defense and forensic, biomedical and telecom.
Before joining Kleos, first as CTO and then as CSO, Pierre led major transformation change projects for telecom operators moving to field of packet based communication.
Hi, I'm Russel Shields: Advisor
Advisor
Russel is an American entrepreneur who is known for investing in and leading Navteq to profitability and finally selling it to Nokia for US$ 8 billion.
Under his leadership, Shields Enterprises International (SEI) developed systems for Time Inc., Motorola, Budget Rent a Car, McDonald’s, as well as helped develop fundamental systems for the U.S. Veterans Administration, Social Security Administration, and Central Intelligence Agency. Mr. Shields holds a BA in mathematics from Wichita State University and two degrees (an MA in history and an MBA) from the University of Chicago.