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Ben Richards

Ben Richards

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  • Timeline

  • About me

    Software Engineer @ Pactio | YC W21 | Physics @ MIT, Imperial

  • Education

    • Y Combinator

      2021 - 2021
      W21 Batch

      • One-to-one and group mentoring from the founders of Twitch, Pebble, PlanGrid, and others

    • Wells Cathedral School

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      A Levels Physics, Mathematics, Further Mathematics, Chemistry 4 A*s

    • Massachusetts Institute of Technology

      2019 - 2020
      MIT Junior Year Exchange Master's Thesis Project GPA: 5.0/5.0

      • Graduate, senior and undergraduate level classes in plasma physics, climate dynamics, entrepreneurship, and negotiation analysis• Masters thesis under Prof. Tim Cronin in atmospheric and climate physics which led to discoveries in seasonal atmospheric radiation hysteresis, published as lead author in Geophysical Research Letters• Took 8 additional courses not for credit, including international relations at Harvard University, astrophysics with celebrity physicist Max Tegmark and… Show more • Graduate, senior and undergraduate level classes in plasma physics, climate dynamics, entrepreneurship, and negotiation analysis• Masters thesis under Prof. Tim Cronin in atmospheric and climate physics which led to discoveries in seasonal atmospheric radiation hysteresis, published as lead author in Geophysical Research Letters• Took 8 additional courses not for credit, including international relations at Harvard University, astrophysics with celebrity physicist Max Tegmark and epidemiology with guest lecturer Anthony Fauci M.D. OMRI Show less

    • Imperial College London

      2017 - 2023
      Master of Science (MSci) Physics with a Year Abroad (MIT, USA) | Dean's List 1st, 2nd, 3rd & 4th Year 1st Class, 4x Dean’s List

      • Took a two year pause in my final year to found a consumer startup backed by Y Combinator.Activities and societies:• Head of Sponsorship and Media at Imperial Formula Racing• Imperial College Symphony Orchestra Cellist• IC Caving Club Committee Member• Imperial Photography Society member• IC Drone Society member and researcher• IC Jiu Jitsu Society member

  • Experience

    • Quill

      May 2020 - Dec 2020
      Co-Founder

      Quill is machine learning powered meeting automation software that transcribes, summarises, and curates data insights.

    • Massachusetts Institute of Technology

      Jun 2020 - Sept 2020
      Undergraduate Researcher

      Designed, built and ran global atmospheric radiation simulations of novel seasonal hysteresis on the MIT high-performance computing cluster, leading to a publication as lead author in Geophysical Research Letters.

    • Medley Thermal

      Aug 2020 - Sept 2020
      Research Consultant

      Medley Thermal provides intelligent industrial control software that manages switching between energy sources optimally without steam supply disruption (acquired 2023).

    • Clear

      Dec 2020 - May 2022
      Co-Founder and CTO

      Clear (YC W21) is the social commerce app for skincare that helps people buy, track and share their skincare.

    • Imperial College London

      Jan 2023 - Jun 2023
      Completion of undergraduate studies

      After taking a two year interruption to go through Y Combinator, I returned to Imperial College London to complete the final 6 months of my undergraduate degree in physics.

    • Fluent

      Jun 2023 - Sept 2023
      Founding Engineer

      Full stack founding engineer building the business intelligence tool of the future with GPT4. Fluent allows anyone to build complex dashboards in seconds, with no knowledge of SQL.

    • Pactio

      Nov 2023 - now
      Software Engineer

  • Licenses & Certifications

  • Honors & Awards

    • Awarded to Ben Richards
      Dean's List Honouree, Fourth Year Physics - Jul 2023 Honoured on the Dean's List for Outstanding Academic Achievement in the Fourth Year
    • Awarded to Ben Richards
      Dean's List Honouree, Third Year Physics - Jul 2020 Honoured on the Dean's List for Outstanding Academic Achievement in the Third Year, for my studies at MIT
    • Awarded to Ben Richards
      Dean's List Honouree, Second Year Physics - Jul 2019 Honoured on the Dean's List for Outstanding Academic Achievement in the Second Year
    • Awarded to Ben Richards
      Imperial - MIT Exchange Programme - Mar 2019 Awarded the single MIT exchange placement for the cohort of over 250 physicists, on the basis of outstanding academic achievement, independence and a willingness to embrace uncertainty
    • Awarded to Ben Richards
      Dean's List Honouree, First Year Physics - Jul 2018 Honoured on the Dean's List for Outstanding Academic Achievement in the First Year

  • Volunteer Experience

    • Mentor

      Issued by Imperial Entrepreneurs on Oct 2022
      Imperial EntrepreneursAssociated with Ben Richards

    • Peer Reviewer

      Issued by Springer Nature Group on Aug 2022
      Springer Nature GroupAssociated with Ben Richards