Founder/CEO of NEO Aeronautics, Prof Neo is an engineer, educator and entrepreneur who has successfully launched DeepTech ventures in MedTech, Fintech, GreenTech & Electronics. He has raised more than $20M funding and build companies to more than US$100 million valuation, and has worked in Silicon Valley & Shanghai

He is an adjunct Professor with NUS Business, NUS Engineering and NUS Enterprise; and has been visiting innovation faculty with Harvard, Stanford, Tsinghua and the Indian School of Business.

Prof Neo is the recepient of the President’s Design Award, Honorary Fellowship of ASEAN Federation of Engineering Organizations, and US Veterans’ Affairs Innovation Initiative (VAi2) Award.

Chandruth is a self-professed aviation geek. As a child, nothing was more exciting for him than to travel on every possible aircraft model. At an early age, he decided to pursue a career in aviation. Making every academic choice to bring himself closer to his goal, he earned his Bachelor of Engineering in Aerospace Systems with Honours and the skills to pay the bills.

He recently developed a further interest in Unmanned Aerial Vehicles(UAVs), innovating new ways to use UAVs in new industries to drone racing. His passion has grown to helping people, teams and organisations figure out how they can implement UAVs to make a positive impact.