David Knezevic
Co-founder & CTO at Akselos
Boston, Massachusetts, United States
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Top SchoolDavid Knezevic is a co-founder and CTO who has translated deep academic expertise in numerical analysis and reduced-order modeling into a commercial digital twin platform that delivers ~1000x speedups for large-scale engineering simulation. With a Rhodes-funded PhD from Oxford and postdoctoral work at MIT on the Reduced Basis method, he blends rigorous applied mathematics, supercomputing experience and software engineering to make high-fidelity PDE modeling practical in industry. He led Akselos’ technology from research to production, applying it across aerospace, energy and mining to simulate critical assets in the cloud. Previously a Harvard lecturer in advanced numerical methods and CFD, he also brings proven teaching and communication skills alongside research impact (16 peer-reviewed articles). Based in Boston and with 13 years of industry experience, he is a rare CTO who equally understands the theory, high-performance implementation and productization of advanced simulation technology.
13 years of coding experience
Bachelor, Engineering, Mathematics and Computer Science, Bachelor, Engineering, Mathematics and Computer Science at The University of Western AustraliaPh.D., Numerical Analysis, Ph.D., Numerical Analysis at University of Oxford
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Github Skills (11)
golang10
simulation10
finite-element-analysis10
parallel10
amr10
petsc1
snl-applications1
hpc1
sensitivity-analysis1
multiphysics1
modeling-tool1
Programming languages (2)
Github contributions (3)
dknez/libmesh
Jan 2015 - Jan 2025
libMesh github repository
Contributions:368 pushes, 275 branches, 4 comments in 10 years 2 months
golang
libMesh/libmesh
Dec 2012 - Dec 2022
libMesh github repository
Contributions:13 reviews, 415 commits, 273 PRs in 10 years 1 month
golangfinite-element-analysisfemparallelfinite-element-methods
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