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Waseem Ashraf Qureshi
Inventor, entrepreneur, and investor

Waseem Ashraf Qureshi (born 1971, Pakistani) is a Pakistani inventor, entrepreneur, and investor known for his work in renewable energy and energy storage. He is the co-founder and CEO of Kilowatt Labs and Amber & Waseem.

Early Life
Waseem Ashraf Qureshi was born on April 2, 1971, in Lahore, Pakistan. He developed an interest in science and technology early in his life and regularly won school science competitions with his unique and innovative projects. In 1987, at the age of 16, he became the youngest ever recipient of the National Science Award in the country for building the first Uninterruptible Power Supply (UPS).

Inventions
Waseem has spent the past 35 years developing and launching initiatives that have changed the technology landscape in which they operated. His main focus in energy innovation lies in deploying existing parts and materials (usually ‘off-the-shelf’) and creating new efficient alternatives operating in an environment with limited resources. In his early years, Waseem has always believed that there is a better and cheaper way of doing things.

Waseem is focused on developing technologies that solve today’s complex energy-related problems and tackle climate change. Notable inventions include:


 * An Energy Server: the first fully integrated power control system with proprietary software and hardware that blends multiple generation sources and delivers a single 3-phase output, handles 1000% surge load for 2 seconds and corrects power factor losses on the line to 1;
 * The first supercapacitor-based Energy Storage system, a degradation free, long-lasting, fast-charging alternative to chemical batteries;
 * The Peltier-based air-conditioning system without a compressor, an alternative to existing air-conditioners;
 * Wireless electric charging;
 * Wireless information and energy delivery system;
 * Solid-state energy capacitor;
 * High-speed (1 minute) EV charger.

Several of these technologies, like the Energy Server, Supercapacitor Storage, and high-speed EV charger have been commercialized and are being sold all over the world, while others are at various stages of commercialization. In 1996, he developed and commercialized a GPS tracking system for car tracking and fleet management services to individual, corporate, and government customers. To develop the GPS tracking system service, Waseem partnered with Karachi Municipality Corporation and digitized the entire map of Karachi (similar to what Google maps do now).