Summary
Gideon Kowadlo is a multidisciplinary technology leader and entrepreneur with 14+ years of experience building award-winning product teams, startups and research programs spanning medtech, mobile apps and computational neuroscience. He co-founded and directs Atidia, applying AI-driven decision support to perioperative care, and leads Cerenaut, an independent research group that co-supervises postgraduate brain-inspired AI projects at Monash and UNSW. Previously he scaled Outware Mobile to a 250-person studio acquired by Melbourne IT, demonstrating deep expertise in organisational leadership, innovation strategy and product engineering. Holding a PhD in robotics engineering, Gideon combines hands-on R&D in computer vision, motor control and protein modelling with a long-term focus on novel architectures for continual learning and new modes of cognition. He’s notable for bridging rigorous academic research and practical product delivery, frequently translating neuroscience insights into deployable AI systems.
14 years of coding experience
11 years of employment as a software developer
High School, High School at McKinnon Secondary
PhD, Electronics and Computer Systems Engineering, PhD, Electronics and Computer Systems Engineering at Monash University