Brian Chemel

CTO / Head of Software

Hands-on engineering leader with 25+ years building software and hardware products. Two-time co-founder with two exits. Demonstrated experience across multiple industries in identifying market opportunities, developing technology solutions, and leading teams from whiteboard sketch to production.

Experience

Geminus AI / Head of Software

2024 – Present · Boston, MA

Leading the development of the Geminus Forge platform, delivering high-performance physics-informed AI models for complex industrial processes.

Epsilon Development / Owner

2023 – 2024 · Boston, MA

Consulting practice helping early-stage startups level up engineering and product development.

Verve Motion / Head of Engineering

2021 – 2023 · Cambridge, MA

Transitioned soft robotic exosuit from prototype to production. Built data infrastructure for field deployments and device management software for enterprise end users.

Till Financial / Co-Founder and CTO

2019 – 2021 · Remote

Led product and technology for family fintech platform. Hands-on lead developer building backend systems for secure, scalable banking — account ledgers, real-time transaction processing, KYC/AML integrations, and debit card management.

Digital Lumens / Co-Founder and CTO

2008 – 2019 · Boston, MA

Built company from idea to $50M+ annual revenue and acquisition by OSRAM. Led product strategy, software team, and development of IP portfolio. Pioneered intelligent LED systems combining hardware with cloud analytics and IoT.

Color Kinetics / Director, Control Product Development

2000 – 2008 · Boston, MA

Advanced from Engineer to Director. Startup to IPO (NASD: CLRK) and acquisition by Philips.

National Robotics Engineering Consortium / Sr. Research Engineer

1998 – 2000 · Pittsburgh, PA

Mobile robots for hazardous environments, funded by DARPA and DOE.

Education

Carnegie Mellon University

M.S. Robotics

Carnegie Mellon University

B.S. Mathematics & Computer Science