Genevieve Victoria Kayat

France saw my growing up, India and China seduced me, but California and New Zealand conquered my heart. I have build up a multicultural entourage to promote a better understanding between people from different nations. Engineers Without Borders brought me to Guinea-Conakry. The Swiss Institute of Technology in Lausanne enabled me to perfect my mountaineering skills. Programming at the French Space Agency, the Aero-Engine Manufacturer Snecma (Safran) or researching at UCSB fulfilled my aerospace and fluid mechanics passion. After obtaining my French Engineering Degree at Ecole Polytechnique Feminine EPF in 2005, thanks to a Rotary International Ambassadorial Scholarship, I studied at UCLA. This was a life-changing experience. I obtained my Master of Science in Mechanical and Aeronautical Engineering in 2006 while discovering the entrepreneurial vibrant scene at UCLA Anderson Business School and nurturing my passion for clean technologies and start-ups ecosystems.

After holding a position of Continuous Improvement Program Manager at Lisi Aerospace, a leading aircraft fastener manufacturer, I started Enthalpi Advisory to bridge the gap between clean technologies research, innovations and their commercialization. My professional entrepreneurial journey led me to India, China, Singapore, New Zealand and back to France discovering new customers challenges across the realm of energy problems, from Concentrated Solar to Carbon precipitation, Electrochemical storage, Micro-fluid arrays, material nano-science or floating wind turbine!

My warm and fuzzy pro-bono volunteering activities led me to a a Rotary International Exchange to Bangladesh to support clean technologies implementation. Shear joy came out of leveraging Samasource-like IT outsourcing in a school in Chittagong or to the installation of solar panels to power a computer lab. I also worked on the inception of JIHI.ORG, an Los Angeles-based internet start-up NGO micro-donation community. In L.A, I socialized and talked about sustainability at Mindshare, a monthly event bringing technologists, entrepreneurs and creative bright minds together. Today, after living in New Zealand and France, I am sharing my time between California and Auckland for new projects and adventures.