Thiru Vikram

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Thiru Vikram
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Born (1995-07-25) 25 July 1995 (age 29)
Udumalaipettai
Nationality American
Citizenship Naturalized U.S. Citizen
Alma mater
Occupations
Employer Buffalo Automation
Organization United States Army Reserve
Title CEO of Buffalo Automation
Relatives D. Selvaraj (Maternal Grandfather)
HonoursDistinguished Alumni (University at Buffalo)

Thiru Vikram (born July 25, 1995) is an inventor, engineer and entrepreneur, who is the CEO of Buffalo Automation, a technology company headquartered in Buffalo, New York, that provides autonomous navigation technology for commercial ships and recreational boats. [1] [2] [3] [4]

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Early life and career

Vikram attended the Lawrence School, Lovedale, in Ootacamund, Tamil Nadu, India. [5] Vikram was a Head Boy and a member of the Robotics Club at Lovedale. [6]

He studied computer science and electrical engineering at the University at Buffalo School of Engineering and Applied Sciences, where he founded Buffalo Automation with fellow students. [7] [8] The company was founded to design and build an artificial intelligence system called AutoMate that enables ships and boats to self-navigate. [9] [10] In 2016, Vikram left the University at Buffalo to focus on the company full-time. [11] [12] [13] [14]

Vikram is a Dravidian Indian-American originally from the state of Tamil Nadu in South India and is a Hindu. [15] [16]

Vikram served in the US Army Reserve as a combat engineer. [17]

Awards

Vikram was awarded first place in the 2018 Entrepreneurs' Organization Global Student Entrepreneurship Awards Western NY Competition. [18]

In 2021, Vikram was recognized as a distinguished alumnus by the University at Buffalo. [19]

In 2022, Vikram was featured as one of the United States’ 18 Top CEOs in the Assistive Technology Startup Space and among the Top 44 in Navigation by Boardroom Media. [20] [21]

Inventions

Vikram is listed as an inventor in a few patents, including:

  1. A sensor system for maritime vessels. [22]
  2. A deep learning intelligent sensing system integration. [23]
  3. Training a deep learning system for maritime applications. [24]
  4. A deep learning intelligent sensing system for port operations. [25]
  5. A lane and object detection systems and methods. [26]

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