Jovan Rebolledo is Co-founder and CEO of SkySpec.
SkySpec is a SpaceTech startup based in Tokyo, Japan. SkySpec is focused on satellite and aerial-driven Earth observation, combining real-time satellite images with AI monitoring. Through its technology, SkySpec helps businesses, governments, and other organizations in the real-time monitoring of oil spills and wildfires, as well as in the optimization of high voltage electricity grids. SkySpec is currently building pilots for power companies, has produced two patents, won an entrepreneurship contest in Japan, was selected in an acceleration program in Australia, and is participating in the XPRIZE Wildfire, a global competition for wildfires recognition.
Jovan is originally from Xalapa, Mexico. He is an innovator, scientist, and engineer focused on the application of exponential technologies to solve the world’s greatest challenges. He has more than 20 years of experience in AI research and applications. He is a serial entrepreneur who has founded companies across Mexico, USA, Japan, and other countries in different domains like SpaceTech, EdTech, and Drones, all having exponential technologies at their core. He is also a fellow and a faculty member of the Singularity University, a US-based global organization focused on exponential technologies. In addition, Jovan leads Exponential Japan, a Japanese consultancy helping clients like SONY to succeed in the creation of new disruptive business models leveraging exponential technologies.

Content:
03:20 Jovan’s roles as a future creator, innovator, inventor, scientist, and engineer
05:30 His North Star: accelerate the progress and positive impact from exponential technologies in humanity and in the world
06:15 What are exponential technologies and why they are key to solve our world’s greatest challenges today
09:25 “Exponential Development Goals” as a continuation to the current Sustainable Development Goals
12:15 Jovan’s introduction to computers and entrepreneurship (e.g. a “Mexican Facebook”) in Xalapa
16:35 His tenure at Laguna Verde, the only nuclear powerplant in Mexico, and his experience with cutting-edge technologies
17:15 Jovan’s first exposure to the Silicon Valley
18:30 Why and how Jovan moved from Mexico to Japan to focus on robotics and AI at the Kanazawa University
22:55 Jovan’s participation in the inaugural Graduate Studies Program in 2009 (GSP09) at the Singularity University in the US
27:15 Why Jovan chose entrepreneurship vs other career paths
29:45 His contribution back to Mexico from Japan in fields like entrepreneurship and AI
32:00 Jovan’s best advise to aspiring founders

Learn more:
Jovan in LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/jovandavid/
SkySpec in LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/company/skyspectech/
SkySpec website: https://skyspec.tech/
Episode page: https://www.mexpreneurs.com/podcast-skyspec
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