ideaXme ambassadors

ideaXme ambassadors are subject matter experts who support the growth of ideaXme to move the human story forward!™

Mandar Apte, Executive Director From India With Love

Mandar Apte, ideaXme ambassador ID NUMBER:10

Mandar Apte Executive Director Cities4Peace, World Summit on Countering Violence and Extremism and From India With Love.In 2016, Mandar started the From India With Love a social impact initiative to reinvigorate the message of nonviolence (or ahimsa) in the world.

Until 2016, Mandar worked at Shell for 17 years at Shell International. In his last role, he managed Shell’s prestigious GameChanger social innovation program investing in ideas that create “shared value” – both business value and social impact. Mandar is an acclaimed expert on leadership, entrepreneurship and social innovation and has spoken on these topics at many prestigious forums including TEDx, Wharton Business School, Social Innovation Summit, Sustainable Brands, London Business School, etc.

Ana Guzman, ideaXme
Space ambassador. ID NUMBER: 11

Ana Guzman has worked at NASA’s Johnson Space Center and with the private sector of the aerospace industry for 13 years. She started as an engineering technician archiving video downlink received from the Space Shuttle and International Space Station.

Hollie Fraser, ideaXme Literature,
Reading and Writing ambassador. ID NUMBER:12

Hollie Fraser is a Creative Director, Art Director based in New York. She is a serial entrepreneur and founder of Books on the Underground and Books on the Subway, a global book sharing initiative.

Dr Samer El Sayary, ideaXme ambassador ID: 001

Samer El Sayary is an assistant professor of Architecture, researcher, and award-winning architect with a special passion for outer space architecture.
He graduated in 2001 with honors, top of his class. He has received 39 awards, national and international, from 4 different continents.

Michael Mannino,

ideaXme Neuroscience ambassador

Michael Mannino, MA, Ph.D. Director of Computational Science, University of Miami. My background is in the fields of neuroscience, complex systems, critical thinking, philosophy, and science communications. I recently completed my PhD in computational neuroscience…

Michael Seres, ideaXme Human Health and Medical Innovation ambassador

In memory of Michael Seres. Michael was Founder and CEO of 11Health, an organisation which offers connected medical smart care using patients as coaches. He was considered one of the strongest patient voices and patient advocates in the world, moreover was an accomplished speaker and co-facilitator on Patient…

Richard W Smith, ideaXme World’s
Oceans ambassador. ID NUMBER: 13

Richard W Smith, is an Oceanographer at Global Aquatic Research, Doctor of Philosophy (PhD), Chemical Oceanography. Moreover, he is ideaXme Ambassador for the World’s Oceans.

Sheefali Asija Artist and ideaXme ambassador and creator

Sheefali Asija, ideaXme Humanism ambassador. ID NUMBER 002.

Sheefali Asija, is ideaXme humanism ambassasdor. Moreover, she is an award-winning artist. See her work here: Sheefali Asija. In a world increasingly dominated by “exploitative narratives of fear and pessimism”, she..

Pia Puolakka, Psychologist and Leader of the Smart Prisons Project

Pia Puolakka, Psy.Juridica, ideaXme
ambassador. ID NUMBER: 007

Pia Puolakka is Project Manager, Smart Prison Project at the Criminal Sanctions Agency, Finland.

Ms Pia Puolakka has been working for the Criminal Sanctions Agency since 2012. She started as a prison psychologist. Since 2017 she has been working in the Central Administration. There, she first worked as a senior specialist responsible for rehabilitative services including programme work, family work, and psychological and spiritual services in prisons. In 2018 she was appointed as the project manager of the Smart Prison Project. Her current post includes developing digital services for rehabilitative purposes and leading the implementation of the smart prison system.

Sanga Kanthema, Founder and CEO Dolphin Malawi, ideaXme ambassador

Sanga Kanthema, ideaXme ambassador. ID Number: 100

Sanga Kanthema is a founder and CEO at Dolphin, a start-up that is developing IoT biosensors like ECG to connect remote area based patients to Physicians/Doctors for easy heart examination and patients management. He’s a CTO at Qubix, a digital manufacturing company that develops industrial CNC machines and 3D printers locally to advance and accelerate manufacturing in Africa. He is a co-founder at The Makers-Space and TME education Ambassador in Malawi.

Dr. Sam Illingworth, Associate Professor of Academic Practice.

Sam Illingworth, PhD, ideaXme ambassador. ID Number: 23

Dr. Sam Illingworth is an Associate Professor in Academic Practice and internationally-recognised expertise in interdisciplinary studies, with a background in environmental science. His current research involves using poetry and games to engender meaningful dialogue between different audiences. He has an MA in Higher Education and is a Senior Fellow of the UK’s Higher Education Academy, with 60 publications and a h-index of 15.

Efe Ezekiel Youth Mentor and founder Ushine Ishine

Efe Ezekiel ideaXme mentor. ID NUMBER: 8

Efe Ezekiel, BEM (British Empire Medal), BS media, is the founder of the youth mentoring company ‘Ushine Ishine’ which has been running for over a decade. She has designed, hosted and facilitated workshops, events and mentoring sessions for over 100,000+ children, young people, teachers and educators all over the UK and Europe.

Efe has worked with in Nurseries, Schools, Universities, Charities, Prisons and Corporate companies to design and delivery workshops and sessions to provide life skills, happiness, confidence and empowerment to young people of all ages, backgrounds, cultures and religions.

Amy Karle bioartist and ideaXme ambassador

Amy Karle, ideaXme ambassador. ID Number: 015.

Amy Karle is an internationally award-winning bioartist working at the nexus of where digital, physical and biological systems merge. Karle is also a provocateur and a futurist, opening future visions of how art, science, and technology could be utilized to support and enhance humanity while making advancements in the technology towards those goals in the process of making her artworks. Current projects probe who we could become as a result of our exponential technologies and how interventions could alter the course of our future.

Amy is seeking collaborations in deep learning for 3D, evolutionary computing and/or blockchain.

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Dr Pramod Kumar, Principal Scientist, QuantLase Imaging Laboratory.

Dr. Pramod Kumar ideaXme ambassador.ID NUMBER: 009.

Dr. Pramod KUMAR ( M.Phil Physics & Ph.D.-Laser Tech.), is the Principal Scientist and Research team leader at QuantLase Imaging Laboratory, Abu Dhabi, U.A.E. Recognizing the value of Laser technology for healthcare and research, Dr. Kumar champions its study. He invented the ”Laser-based DPI technology (Diffractive Phase Interferometry)”, a novel advanced technique to screen and detect COVID-19 infection by examining tiny blood samples.

This technology allows the health authorities to carry out large-scale screening within a few seconds. Before joining the QuantLase Lab, Dr. Kumar joined AiFi Technologies LLC, UAE, as a Senior Experimental Research Scientist– Quantum Physics (July 2019 –March 2020).

Roberto Garcia, ideaXme ambassador. ID NUMBER: 003.

Roberto Garcia is an IT Consultant, Artificial Intelligence technologist, a public speaker and LinkedInLocal Co-Host.

Roberto has 17 years of consulting and outsourcing experience (IBM, Accenture, 3CON and Provider IT) working on projects in the telecommunications, natural resources, financial and insurance industries; 11 years performing consulting or team management roles in development projects and software testing for Data Warehouse solutions with various technologies (IBM DB2 EEE, Oracle, Teradata, Informatica Power Mart / Center, IBM Data Stage, SAS, Hyperion Essbase, Business Objects).

Professor Lorna Harries, Professor of Molecular Genetics University of Exeter. ideaXme ambassador and ideaXme mentor.

Professor Lorna Harries, Professor of Molecular Genetics University of Exeter. ID NUMBER: 005.

Lorna Harries is Professor of Molecular Genetics at the University of Exeter College of Medicine and Health. She gained her PhD in Genetics from University College London in November 1994 and now leads the RNA-mediated disease mechanisms group at the University of Exeter College of Medicine and Health. Her group has interests in alternative messenger RNA processing, non-coding RNA and epigenetic gene regulation in the context of ageing and chronic disease.

Professor Lorna Harries holds a personal chair in molecular genetics at the University of Exeter Medical School, where she leads the RNA-mediated disease mechanisms group, and a position as Co-Founder, SENISCA (www.senisca.com).

Vladimir Zabavskiy Graphic Design Director at National Building Museum

Vladimir Zabavskiy, B.S. History, History of Art, Philosophy, Law, Archeology and Psychology. Art League School: Oil and Watercolour Painting, Ink….ideaXme ambassador. ID Number: 018.

Zabavskiy began drawing when he was in kindergarten but his fascination increased when he was older and able to draw humans and animals. His parents always encouraged him, especially his mother who worked at a film studio in Moscow. It was here that he became familiar with the cinematic arts. His grandfather, Arkadiy Zabavskiy, a student of Kazimir Malevich at Kiev Art Institute in the 1930s introduced him to his personal library. His vast collection of books contained visual information that, to the Soviet Union, was controversial and unwelcome at the time, much of it to do with Impressionist and Post-Impressionist art, as well as German and American Expressionists art. It was eye opening to Vladimir and he was hooked.

Stephen Spender, ideaXme
arts ambassador

Stephen Spender graduated from the London Academy of Music and Dramatic Art. He is a successful singer songwriter and actor. He has appeared in many feature films and written and performed a huge portfolio of music.

Pamela Kensley founder Cormorant by the Coast

Pamela Kensley, ideaXme ambassador. ID Number: 016.

Pamela Kensley is the Co-Founder of CBTC INTL, Cormorant by the Coast, a small business with a mighty mission. Working with her daughter, their “designs that make a difference,” along with collaborations and partnerships, work to support global Change Makers and Game Changers. Moved and mindful of the SDG’s, our personal and professional actions and activism strive to #ChangeItForward for future generations. Cormorant by the Coast, a brand that honors heritage and home, pays homage to the poignant and powerful influence of her Norwegian grandmother. The inaugural collection focused on coastal stewardship and also included focus on raising awareness as to the importance of carbon sequestration. The current collections reflect zero waste circular fashion that is ethically and sustainably sourced and powered by renewable energy. This small brand continues to do better as they expand.

Mohit Sodhi, BSc, MSc and MD candidate, ideaXme ambassador ID NUMBER: 14

Mohit Sodhi, BSc, MSc and MD candidate (2024) is a 2nd year medical student at the University of British Columbia. He is a seasoned researcher in pharmaco-epidemiology. He has published over 25 peer reviewed manuscripts, many of which are published in some of the top medical journals in the world including the Journal of the American College of Cardiology, Gastroenterology, and Chest. His work has also been featured in several national and international media outlets including the New York Times, Yahoo News, Reuters, and the Daily Mail. During his master’s degree, he was also awarded the Governor General’s Gold Medal, the most prestigious award a Canadian student can receive.