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San Jose. Prior to joining Taylor's University, Edwin was an Innovation Consultant with Kwerkus Six - a startup he co-founded with five other ex-Intel staff from Intel's IT Innovation Centre. During his time with Intel's IT Innovation Centre & Kwerkus Six, he has introduced Design Thinking to a number of organisations. Since joining Taylor's University, he has introduced an undergraduate engineering design module that introduces students to Design Thinking and TRIZ. Edwin like to consider himself as a computer scientist and an electrical & computer systems engineer by training, an ASIC (application specific integrated circuit) design engineer by planning, and now, an innovation catalyst and an educator by accident. Edwin is the Director for Knowledge Transfer and Commercialisation at Taylor's University and the General Manager for Taylor's Consultancy Sdn Bhd.

Professor Dr. Satesh Namasivayam has over a decade's worth of experience in higher education. He has held several academic leadership positions where, he has played an instrumental role in the execution of various strategies that have helped in positioning academic schools. As a third-generation mechanical engineer, he is a Fellow of the Institution of Mechanical Engineers and a Chartered Engineer, registered with the Engineering Council, United Kingdom. He is also a Professional Engineer with Practicing Certificate, registered with the Board of Engineers Malaysia. Dr. Satesh is an evaluator with the Engineering Accreditation Council, Malaysia and has been involved in evaluating engineering degrees for accreditation in the country. He possesses a first class honours degree in Mechanical Engineering and a PhD in Thermo-fluids Engineering, both degrees awarded to him by the University of London.

Dr. Mohammad Hosseini Fouladi started his career as an engineer in one of the subsidiary companies of the South Pars Gas Field, Iran. He was a postdoctoral researcher at the National University of Malaysia (Universiti Kebangsaan Malaysia) before joining the Taylor's School of Engineering in January 2010. He bagged the prestigious Vice Chancellor's Award as 'Taylor's Most Cited Academic 2014'. Dr. Hosseini is a Chartered Engineer and a member of MIMechE, UK. He was promoted to Associate Professor in January 2015. His areas of expertise are sound and vibration as well as machine condition monitoring.