Simba J.

Founder

United States8 yrs 10 mos experience

AI EnabledAI ML Practitioner

Key Highlights

Founder and CEO empowering America's industrial base.
Co-authored the 2024 AI Index with top researchers.
Knight-Hennessy Scholar focused on AI and national security.

Stackforce AI infers this person is a leader in AI and engineering management within the industrial and technology sectors.

Contact

tjonga@stanford.edu LinkedIn

Skills

Core Skills

LeadershipOperations ManagementResearchAiTeachingCommunity BuildingConsultingProcess DevelopmentProject ManagementEmpowermentChemical EngineeringBiomolecular Engineering

Other Skills

Agile Project ManagementBusiness Intelligence (BI)Business Process ImprovementBusiness Process ManagementBusiness Process MappingCapital ProjectsCloud ComputingCollaborationCommunicationContinuous ImprovementEngineeringEngineering ManagementMicrosoft OfficeMicrosoft PowerPointNLP

About

“The method of the enterprising is to plan with audacity, and execute with vigor; to sketch out a map of possibilities; and then to treat them as probabilities” - Christian Bovee

Experience

Laborup

Founder and CEO

Apr 2024 – Present · 1 yr 11 mos · United States

Supporting America's Industrial base.
Proud to serve critical industries and the manufacturing worker. These are the people building the products that keep the world moving and protect our democracy. From engineering and machining to welding, fabrication, maintenance, quality control, and mechatronics, these are the experts driving innovation and resilience in American manufacturing. The resurgence of America’s Industrial Base depends on them.
We’re honored to be backed by mission-driven, world-class investors who share our vision of empowering workers, strengthening industries, and revitalizing America’s industrial base.

LeadershipOperations ManagementEngineering ManagementBusiness Process ImprovementStrategyProgram Management

Zoox

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Feb 2023 – Sep 2023 · 7 mos

AI on wheels. Reimagined mobility.

Stanford institute for human-centered artificial intelligence (hai)

Researcher

Jan 2023 – Jan 2024 · 1 yr · Stanford, California, United States

Kept up with the pace of AI. Co-author of the 2024 AI Index alongside leading researchers at OpenAI, Google, Stanford, Anthropic etc.

ResearchAICollaboration

Threshold ventures

Fellow

Jan 2023 – Aug 2023 · 7 mos · Menlo Park, California, United States

Learning from the amazing Heidi Roizen!

Stanford university

Grad Student / Knight-Hennessy Scholar

Jan 2022 – Jan 2024 · 2 yrs

Left to start a company.
1) Knight-Hennessy Scholar and Grad Student focusing on AI. Did research on agentic behavior.
2)Taught MBA and Executive MBA students what data and AI can do.
3)Taught a class on national security.

AITeachingResearch

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Host

Jan 2022 – Jan 2024 · 2 yrs

Learning from people that run Silicon Valley.

Various startups

Co-Founder

Mar 2021 – Nov 2022 · 1 yr 8 mos

1) Tried to build a community-first renter platform🚀 but ultimately failed, and learned a ton!
2) Started a student-focused venture fund
3) Consulted at a Series A startup applying NLP to predictive maintenance in manufacturing. Axion Ray backed by Bessemer Venture Partners

Community BuildingConsultingNLP

Oak ridge national laboratory

Researcher

Jan 2020 – Jan 2022 · 2 yrs

Developed "circular" metal recovery processes from nuclear waste for a metal that's critical to battery technology.

ResearchProcess Development

Microsoft

PM

Jan 2020 – Jan 2021 · 1 yr

Bought into Microsoft’s culture and empowered others to do more!

Project ManagementEmpowerment

Various companies

Chemical and Biomolecular Engineer

Aug 2018 – Dec 2020 · 2 yrs 4 mos · Tennessee and Texas

Pharma and biotech engineer at Bayer. Chemical engineer at the largest materials manufacturer in the world — Dow. Taught fluid flow and thermodynamics at UT.

Chemical EngineeringBiomolecular Engineering

Various companies

Various

Feb 2017 – Jul 2019 · 2 yrs 5 mos · Brentwood, Tennessee, United States

Started a trucking company with my dad ($60K+ MRR), an insurance business ($20K+ MRR), was a lifeguard at a YMCA, and cleaned toilets at a grocery store (Publix)