A programmer for more than 20 years and in energy optimization for more than 10. Nicolas defended his Phd dissertation in Computer Science at TU Delft (topic: flexible planning in smart grids). He has been a programmer, cloud engineer and data scientist in two IT startups, enabling neurosience-based web design and energy trading services.

Felix is a physicist specialised in energy science. As a researcher, he designed and analysed market mechanisms for smart energy systems, and finally created Seita as a spin-off. He involves himself with standards for smart energy systems, as a former design team member for the USEF foundation and the S2 protocol.