Michael Lochinvar Sim Abundo is currently the CEO at OceanPixel Pte Ltd and the Chief Thinking Officer at BluC53 Pte Ltd. Contributing to sustainability (especially in green and blue economy development), research, innovation & enterprise development , Mike enables ecosystems building with appropriate mindset, frameworks, suitable technologies including autonomy, data analytics, machine learning and systems thinking approach.Michael was previously the Programme Integration Manager at the Saab-NTU Joint Lab (2019-2024), the Rolls-Royce @ NTU Corporate Laboratory (2016 to mid 2019), a joint investment of ~S$88million (Phase 2 - 2019 to 2023) and S$75 million (Phase 1 - 2013 to 2018) by Nanyang Technological University, Rolls-Royce and the National Research Foundation, Prime Minister’s Office, Singapore.Michael did his Research Fellowship with the Wind and Marine Renewables Group in the Energy Research Institute @ Nanyang Technological University (ERI@N) from 2011 to 2016. He is also a Director at OceanPixel Pte Ltd, a spin-off company from ERI@N focusing on supporting the Marine Renewable Energy sector in South East Asia and beyond.Michael’s specialization fields include ocean renewable energy, environmental monitoring, biomedical engineering, data acquisition and telemetry, embedded systems, and integrated sensor design and prototyping. He is also interested in technopreneurship, product and method innovation, and enabling ecosystems for inclusive development of industries.He completed his PhD in Electrical and Electronics Engineering focusing on Tidal In-Stream Energy and his MS in Electrical Engineering on Brain-Machine Interface (Instrumentation and Control). He has served as a faculty member and research laboratory head for the Instrumentation, Robotics, and Controls Laboratory at EEEI, University of the Philippines, Diliman. He actively holds directorships in technology companies in the Philippines.