Asit Rairkar

Asit Rairkar is a Senior Analyst at Predictum. He specializes in Design of Experiments, process and product development, and operations scale-up. He has over 18 years of experience in companies ranging from small startups such as MiaSolé to technology giants such as Apple, Applied Materials, and Lam Research. At Apple, he led two large projects in battery engineering, including building up its largest, on-site, battery-testing lab. At MiaSolé, a former thin-film solar start-up, he led efforts in process development, and the commissioning and running of its 24/7 pilot plant.

In addition, Asit is also an adjunct faculty member in Electrical Engineering at California Polytechnic University and has been a board-member and vice-chair for a non-profit organization.

Asit holds a PhD in Materials Science and Engineering from Arizona State University, a BS in Engineering from University of Pune, India and several specialization certificates in data science, machine learning, and deep learning.