Ivan Orlov, CEO
With a background in materials science, electronics and management, Ivan is the visionary behind Scientific Visual, leading the company from its inception. He has a passion – and, reportedly, a creativity – for developing breakthrough solutions in high-tech markets. Recognized as an inventor on multiple patents, Ivan is also a contributing member of the SEMI Task Force on sapphire standardization in China and a Forbes magazine contributor.
Education: PhD in Materials Science from the Swiss Federal Institute of Technology (EPFL) in Lausanne, preceded by an MSc in Electronic Engineering and IMD Business School.
Frédéric Falise, COO
Experienced business developer and manager with entrepreneurial drive, Frédéric leverages an engineering and computer science degree with 30+ years’ experience in the high tech industry producing tangible products. His profile is complemented by business administration courses from Kellogg School of Management and IMD. His other activities include consulting mandate for Private Equity Investment firm in NY, and due diligence activities in the context of Merger and Acquisition.
Caroline Chèze, Lead Scientist
Caroline Chèze joined Scientific Visual team as an R&D lead engineer in 2021 to work on the development of systems for quality control of synthetic crystals. She has 15 years’ experience in research on epitaxial growth and characterisation techniques of group III-Nitride epitaxy in the shape of layers and nanostructures in different institutes in Germany, Poland and Italy.
She earned her PhD in Experimental Physics from the Humboldt University in Berlin and has an engineer diploma from Ecole Nationale Supérieure de Physique de Grenoble.
Jaafar Wesam, Head of Software Development
With a Master’s degree in computer vision and robotics and an accomplished track record in machine vision, Jaafar is leading the implementation of tomography, data preprocessing and scanner control software. His expertise includes deep learning, point cloud processing, 3D reconstruction, feature detection and self-supervised learning.
Konstantin Sopov, Head of 3D Visualisation
Konstantin joined Scientific Visual after completing his Master’s degree at École Polytechnique Fédérale de Lausanne (EPFL) in Switzerland, specializing in the Laboratory of Computational Science and Modeling. Prior to that, he graduated with honors earning a Bachelor’s degree in Physics. As the Head of 3D visualisation, Konstantin ensures the conversion of scanner data into 3D twins and actionable insights for crystal manufacturers. He is the driving force behind Scientific Visual’s YieldPro software suite.
