Praveen Mandal

About Praveen Mandal

Builder. Operator. Technologist. Inventor.Currently:+ Co-founder @ JoulesAI (Stealth); focused on the energy sector.+ Passion and interests lie in building and scaling AI-led solutions to transform critical industries — from energy and manufacturing to agriculture and infrastructure.+ Also: MIT Connection Science Fellow, MIT Media Lab Research Affiliate, and Advisor to bold deeptech founders.Past - Impact at Scale:I’ve led and built market-shaping products across 7 startups and 4 public tech companies, with teams delivering over $10B worth of shipped innovation:+ GenAI-based Analyst Platforms — in energy, drug manufacturing (Phorum), and agtech (BankBarn and CropGuard)+ ML Predictive Systems — at 2predict for ConocoPhillips, Syntiant, Volta, Poly+ EV Charging Infrastructure — at ChargePoint and Volta+ High-Performance Computing — at SGI+ Next-Gen Networking & Telecom — at Lucent, Riverstone, Redback, Pipal, ZeitNet+ Early Firewalls — at Global InternetQuick Bio:+ 3x Founder, 7 startups total → 4 acquisitions, 3 IPOs/SPACs+ 4x CTO / SVP R&D at publicly listed companies+ Former Software Engineer (wrote device drivers, wrote kernel modules, and led system architecture)+ 10+ Patents Granted+ Academic Appointments: MIT Connection Science, MIT Media Lab, IIT Chicago+ B.S. in Computer Engineering, Santa Clara University

Experience

1. Research Affliate

   Mit Media Lab

   Jun 2022 — Present

   Founded in 1985, the MIT Media Lab is one of the world’s leading research and academic organizations. Unconstrained by traditional disciplines, Media Lab designers, engineers, artists, and scientists strive to create technologies and experiences that enable people to understand and transform their lives, communities, and environments.

Education

• Santa Clara University

  Bachelor's Degree, Computer Engineering

  1985 — 1989