Thouheed Abdul Gaffoor

Co-Founder & CEO | AI for Pharma & Chemical Manufacturing | Ex-Autodesk

Toronto, Ontario, Canada

About

I’m a repeat founder that’s passionate about building AI for foundational industries. I’ve spent 10+ years developing, commercializing and deploying ML/AI platforms in heavy industry and manufacturing environments. In the past, I co-founded Emagin.ai (acquired by Autodesk Water Infrastructure), and then served as the Head of AI at Autodesk. Over my career, I've successfully built, scaled and exited a tech startup; patented a novel industrial AI framework; raised capital from global VCs; and sold enterprise tech to Fortune 500 companies.

Experience

  • Chief Executive Officer at Basetwo AI
    Feb 2022 - Present · 4 yrs 5 mos

    Basetwo is a venture-backed AI company helping pharma, specialty chemical, and cosmetics manufacturers bring products to full-scale production faster and with less risk. We provide manufacturers with a “digital twin” of their production process that lets them simulate, test, and optimize manufacturing before running it in the real world.

  • Vice President of Artificial Intelligence at Autodesk Water Infrastructure
    Dec 2019 - Feb 2022 · 2 yrs 3 mos

    Responsible for post-acquisition engineering, product and sales integration of Info360 AI SaaS platform (Emagin) within broader product portfolio

  • Chief Executive Officer, Co-Founder (Acquired by ADSK Water) at EMAGIN Clean Technologies Inc.
    Sep 2015 - Dec 2019 · 4 yrs 4 mos

    Co-founded the first AI company in the water industry! Emagin provided water and wastewater utilities with a real-time operational decision support platform that enables them to reduce costs as well as their carbon and water footprint

  • University of Waterloo (Waterloo, Ontario)
    • Lecturer
      May 2017 - Aug 2017 · 4 mos

      Taught undergraduate course (ENVE 320) on optimization algorithms, Monto Carlo simulations and trend analysis for Environmental/Civil Engineering systems.

    • Research Associate, Environmental Modelling & Analysis Group
      Sep 2015 - Apr 2017 · 1 yr 8 mos

      Development and application of real-time process control algorithms for water distribution systems (Python)

  • Integrated Modelling Intern, National Water Research Institute at Environment Canada
    Apr 2014 - Aug 2014 · 5 mos

    - Numerical model development and calibration of hydrological and water quality prediction models for Toronto and Grand River watersheds