Ali Junaid
Ali Junaid is the founder and CEO of effecon, a company he founded in January 2025, and is based in Leuven. Since September 2024 he has also been a product owner at BASF.
Before that he was a project manager at Colruyt Group Smart Technics from August 2022 to August 2024. He spent three years at Flanders Make, joining in September 2019 as an associate robotics application engineer, becoming a robotics application engineer in April 2021 and then a project manager from August 2021 to July 2022. Earlier he was a technical project manager at Unmanned Life, a research associate at KU Leuven from 2017 to 2019, a research associate at Kingston University, a consultant robotics engineer at Aidrivers Ltd., a researcher at Gyeongsang National University from 2013 to 2016 and an intern at Pakistan Aeronautical Complex.
He holds a PhD in industrial engineering technology from KU Leuven, a master's degree in control systems engineering from Gyeongsang National University and a bachelor's degree in mechatronics from Air University.
Career
EffeconFounder & CEOJan 2025 – Present
- BASFSenior Robotics & Automation Expert | Product OwnerSep 2024 – Present
- Colruyt Group Smart TechnicsProject Manager | Technical Block LeaderAug 2022 – Aug 2024
- Flanders MakeProject ManagerAug 2021 – Jul 2022
- Flanders MakeRobotics Application EngineerApr 2021 – Aug 2021
- Flanders MakeAssociate Robotics Application EngineerSep 2019 – Mar 2021
- Unmanned LifeTechnical Project ManagerApr 2019 – Sep 2019
KU LeuvenResearch AssociateMay 2017 – Mar 2019
- Aidrivers Ltd.Consultant Robotics EngineerSep 2016 – Feb 2017
- Kingston UniversityResearch AssociateMay 2016 – Apr 2017
- Gyeongsang National UniversityResearcherSep 2013 – Feb 2016
- Pakistan Aeronautical ComplexInternJun 2012 – Aug 2012
- Gyeongsang National UniversityMaster’s Degree, Control Systems Engineering2013 - 2015
- Air UniversityBachelor’s Degree, Mechatronics2009 - 2013
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