Franz Struwig (\Backtracker \Ikubu \Garmin)
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Franz Struwig (\Backtracker \Ikubu \Garmin)
After crowdfunding the world’s first bicycle radar called Backtracker in 2014, iKubu was acquired by Garmin. Franz now heads up a new R&D office for Garmin in Stellenbosch.
Franz Struwig is the CEO and co-founder of iKubu - a Stellenbosch based tech company that was acquired by Garmin in 2015.
Franz received his Computer Engineering degree from the University of Pretoria, and started his career as an embedded software developer. After honing his skills for a couple of years, he decided to start a business where Engineers can really express themselves: iKubu was born. During his tenure as CEO of iKubu, Franz also completed his MBA (cum laude) at the University of Stellenbosch.
Agenda
6:30 pm Networking (Food & Drinks)
7:30 pm Fireside Chat
8:15 pm Q&A Session
8:30 pm Networking (Cash Bar)
Hosted By Guillaume De Smedt, Cape Town Director
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Twitter: @gdesmedt1 (http://twitter.com/gdesmedt1) Hosted By Mohamed Chohan, Cape Town Co-Director
Mohamed Chohan is the Managing Director at Startup Grind Durban. Previously he has worked as a Business Development Manager at RSAWEB and has completed a Bachelor's degree in Commerce from UKZN. He has also worked at Smartrac which is a Management Consultancy, Black Ticket Creative Bureau which is a Brand Consultancy and KPMG.
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Twitter: @mohamedchohan (http://twitter.com/mohamedchohan) Hosted By Louise De Smedt, Cape Town Co-Director
Louise is G's right-hand lady and has been helping make Startup Grind Cape Town a success since August 2013. She loves entrepreneurship and thinks that running her startup is way more fun than the corporate rat-race.
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Franz Struwig (\Backtracker \Ikubu \Garmin)