Demitri Balabanov

Demitri Balabanov has a diverse work experience in various industries. Demitri is currently the CEO and CTO of Apparel Robotics since February 2022. Prior to this, they worked at Inventions For Good, Inc where they served as the Chairman of the Board starting in October 2021. Demitri also founded and served as the Executive Director of the company from November 2014 until October 2021. In this role, they developed international projects focused on education and technology, managed projects, led fundraising efforts, and oversaw daily activities.

Demitri worked at VF Corporation from January 2018 to August 2021, where they held two roles. First, they were the R&D Manager, Advanced Manufacturing, from February 2019 to August 2021. In this role, they led the technology development of VF's Advanced Manufacturing group and brought in additional grant funds for research and development. Prior to this, they were a Design Engineer from January 2018 to February 2019. In this position, they designed and engineered automated equipment for apparel and footwear manufacturing.

Before VF Corporation, Demitri co-founded and served as the Chief Executive Officer of Neuline Designs, LLC from May 2016 to May 2019. Demitri oversaw product design and sourcing and worked with manufacturers in China for product design iterations. Neuline Designs is a Direct-to-Consumer e-commerce company specializing in the design and sale of double-wall borosilicate glassware.

Additionally, they worked at Cactus Communications as an Editor for Research Articles from August 2017 to January 2019. Demitri was responsible for reviewing cutting-edge physics research and assisting non-English speaking scientists with writing professional publications. Demitri also has experience as a Research Associate at the University of North Carolina at Greensboro from January 2016 to August 2018.

Demitri's earlier work experience includes serving as a Graduate Research Assistant at the Joint School of Nanoscience & Nanoengineering from 2010 to 2015. In this role, they designed a microchip device for manipulating polar molecules and worked on developing a theoretical model for brain states in excitable media. Demitri was also a Lecturer at the University of North Carolina at Greensboro from January 2009 to August 2010.

Lastly, they began their career as an Undergraduate Research Associate at the University of Massachusetts, Amherst from 2004 to 2008. Demitri also worked as an Undergraduate Research Assistant at the Scientific Reasoning Research Institute from 2004 to 2006, where they learned advanced theories of learning and processed experimental data.

Overall, Demitri Balabanov has a solid background in leadership, project management, technology development, and research across multiple industries.

Demitri Balabanov earned a Doctor of Philosophy (Ph.D.) degree in Nanoscience from the Joint School of Nanoscience & Nanoengineering, where they studied from 2010 to 2015. Prior to that, they obtained a Bachelor of Science (B.Sc.) degree in Physics from the University of Massachusetts Amherst, graduating in 2008. In 2006-2007, they attended Belarusian State University, although the degree obtained is not specified. Demitri'ssecondary education took place at Saint John's High School from 2001 to 2004.