Nicolas is an IT specialist who has spent his career to almost equal parts in academia and commercial web development. He holds a bachelor’s degree in Cognitive Sciences from the University of Osnabrück (Germany), a master’s degree in Artificial Intelligence from the Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam and in 2016 he defended his Phd dissertation in Computer Science at TU Delft (topic: flexible planning in smart grids) . Nicolas has been a programmer and data scientist in two IT startups, enabling neurosience-based web design and energy trading services. He also co-created a new data backend for an established B2B company, which is cloud-based and requires very high (99.9999%) availability. He lives with his family in Amsterdam-Noord and enjoys practicing his handstand.

Felix is a physicist specialised in energy science. After 5 years at Centrum Wiskunde & Informatica (CWI), where he designed and analysed market mechanisms for smart energy systems, Felix founded Seita in 2016 as a CWI spin-off. His vision was to match sound academic solutions to sustainability challenges. He is a former design team member and currently ambassador for the USEF foundation, which provides an international common standard for smart energy systems. In his spare time Felix enjoys documentary films which have shaped and continue to shape his views on systemic sustainability.