Alan Nichol

CEO

Berlin, Berlin, Germany14 yrs experience
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Key Highlights

  • Co-founder of a leading Conversational AI platform.
  • Expert in building resilient contextual assistants.
  • PhD research focused on machine learning algorithms.
Stackforce AI infers this person is a Conversational AI expert with a strong foundation in machine learning and software development.

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Skills

Core Skills

Conversational AiMachine Learning

Other Skills

StickersData PrivacySecurityConversation-Driven Development

About

Doing chatbots since before they were good.

Experience

14 yrs
Total Experience
3 yrs 2 mos
Average Tenure
9 yrs 4 mos
Current Experience

Rasa

Co-founder & CTO

Dec 2016Present · 9 yrs 4 mos · Berlin Area, Germany

  • Rasa supplies the standard infrastructure for conversational AI, providing the tools required to build better, more resilient contextual assistants. With more than 50 million downloads since launch, Rasa is loved by developers worldwide, and supported by our friendly, fast-growing community working together and learning from each other to make better text- and voice-based AI assistants.
  • There are two key components to Rasa’s Conversational AI offering. Rasa Open Source is the most popular open-source framework for conversational AI. Rasa Enterprise is the company’s commercial offering, providing an enterprise-grade platform built on top of Rasa Open Source for developing contextual assistants at scale. Rasa runs in production everywhere from startups to Fortune 500s and provides the data privacy and security needed by enterprises of every size.
  • Rasa is privately held with funding from Accel, Andreessen Horowitz, Basis Set Ventures, and others. The company was founded in 2016 and is remote-first with a presence in San Francisco, Berlin, London, and Belgrade.
StickersConversational AIMachine LearningData PrivacySecurity

Treev

Co-Founder & CTO

Jun 2014Oct 2015 · 1 yr 4 mos

  • treev was a cloud-based productivity tool. The company was funded by Techstars, but after multiple product-market-fit iterations, we decided to shut down the product because of low user retention.

The university of cambridge

PhD Student

Jan 2012Jun 2015 · 3 yrs 5 mos

  • My PhD research was about developing machine learning algorithms for use in computer simulations of matter at the atomic scale.

Procter & gamble

Research & Development Engineer

Jul 2010Jun 2011 · 11 mos

  • Developed analytic and numerical models for the properties of novel materials, as well as multiphysics tools enabling virtual material design.

Eindhoven university of technology

Guest Researcher

Jul 2010Jun 2011 · 11 mos

  • Developed finite element simulations of highly nonlinear biphasic materials in the department of orthopaedic biomechanics. Adapted models of physiological systems to enable simulation of commercial technology.

University of edinburgh

Carnegie Scholar

Jun 2009Aug 2009 · 2 mos

  • Worked with the Nuclear Astrophysics group developing Monte Carlo simulations of experiments at the TRIUMF accelerator in Vancouver, B.C.

Edinburgh international science festival

Science Communicator

Mar 2009Apr 2009 · 1 mo

  • Ran workshops for children and parents on the theme of renewable energy. Explained the science behind wind and wave power to a diverse audience.

Education

The University of Cambridge

Doctor of Philosophy (PhD) — Engineering

Jan 2012Jan 2015

The University of Edinburgh

MChemPhys — Chemical Physics with Industrial Experience

Jan 2007Jan 2012

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