Akhil Francis

I am an MEng from Industrial Control Systems with previous work experience in IBM as a Technical Support Analyst, TUDelft, and M.S.S.R.F Wayanad as Research and Development Intern, and as a Teaching Assistant at Concordia University.

I have published papers in renewable energy and completed projects on Heat exchangers, design of control Systems, Robotic manipulators, Industrial Automation, and microprocessors and Application. My skill set also comprises experience using software like ANSYS, AutoCAD, Catia V5, NX-Siemens, Solidworks, MATLAB, and Simulink, and the ability to program in languages like C++, C, and C#.

Monamifoods

Founder- Kitchen to Customer Business model Jan 2023 – Present

• Founded a product startup to connect home businesses to customers via different marketing strategies
• Pitched a sustainable end2end business model to increase reach to customers at Upstart Competition
• Handling Social Media Marketing, Customer Support, Delivery optimization and business continuity (monamifoods.com)

GoLead Activate 

Cofounder- Worked on Business Model and Engineering Dec 2021 – Oct 2022

• Pitched an idea of using vertical axis wind turbines; was supported and approved to work on
• Lead and distributed work to conduct market research and pitch a business model to a panel of investors including the Life Cycle Analysis and Business Model Canvas

IBM India Pvt. Ltd

Position- Technical Support Associate Nov 2019-Aug 2021

• Assessed and fixed 100+ type of software and network compatibility issues within Windows OS 
• Managed active directory of various systems and fixed hardware issues via firmware updates or BIOS fix
• Promoted to ‘level II’ for advanced technical support and role of trainer for educating fresh recruits

TU Delft, Netherlands

Position – Research and Development Intern Aug 2019 –Nov 2019

• Numerically developed a biomass gasifier and simulated its effectiveness on Indian biomass resources
• Thermodynamic analysis done on every stage of pyrolysis, combustion and reduction
• Aided in Carbon Neutrality push by government and Paper Published

SAE EFFICYCLE, India

Position - Senior member of Chassis and aerodynamics subsystem, Lead of Design team Oct 2017 – Aug 2018

• Spearheaded the chassis design and structural analysis in SOLID WORKS for the first EFFICYCLE.
• Prepared a business plan presentation along with the marketing team members for SAE India Efficycle
• Participated in SAEIndia Efficycle 2018 - All India Ranking – 20

M.S.S.R.F, Wayanad Jun 2017 – Aug 2017

Position – Research and Development Intern

• Collaborated with TU-Delft and Kannur Govt, College to map carbon as part of the Carbon Neutrality initiative

Presented Research in Govt. Seminar and published book chapter

Master of Engineering – Mechanical Engineering (Thermofluids and Industrial Automation) 2021-2023

Concordia University, Montreal, QC

• GPA 3.5/4.30 

Relevant Courses: Standards, Regulations and Certifications, Combustion, Aerodynamics, Turbomachinery, Gas Dynamics, HVAC, Industrial Automation, Robotics, Design of Industrial Control Systems