Fredrik Edström

CTO at Drupps

Fredrik Edström has a diverse work experience in various roles and industries. Fredrik served as the CTO and a Board Member at Drupps, a company focused on finding energy-efficient solutions for water shortage. Fredrik also took on the role of Interim CEO at Drupps for a brief period. Additionally, Fredrik was involved in the Project Manager role for the Water Abundance XPRIZE competition, where they led the development of technologies to harvest fresh water from the atmosphere.

Fredrik later joined the Royal Swedish Academy of Engineering Sciences as the Teknikchefsnätverket för innovation och samarbete, contributing to innovation and collaboration initiatives. Fredrik also participated in the IFG leadership development programme at the same organization.

Furthermore, Fredrik served as a Board Member at Sally R, an undisclosed company. Fredrik also held positions at Airwatergreen AB, where they were a Board Member and later became the CTO responsible for research, prototyping, and industrialization of new technologies.

Before their roles at Drupps and Airwatergreen AB, Fredrik worked as a Development Engineer at Munters, specializing in computational techniques to enhance energy efficiency. Fredrik was involved in theoretical development, practical implementation, and experimental verification tasks.

At the start of their career, Fredrik worked as a Master Thesis Student at Morphic Systems AB, where they developed a simulation tool for studying the features and control strategies of an energy system.

Overall, Fredrik Edström has a diverse background in leadership, project management, and technical roles in the fields of water and energy efficiency.

Fredrik Edström obtained a Licentiate degree in Electrotechnical Systems from KTH Royal Institute of Technology, where they studied from 2009 to 2011. Fredrik then pursued their M.Sc. in Engineering physics at Uppsala University, from 2003 to 2008. In 2016, they completed a program at Styrelseakademien, focusing on board work for small and medium-sized enterprises.

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Timeline

  • CTO

    August, 2017 - present

  • Project Manager Water Abundance XPRIZE

    June, 2017