About Us

CO-FOUNDER AND CEO

Co-founder and CEO, TechNext Inc. Christopher L. Magee is Professor, Institute for Data, Systems, and Society, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, and Co-Director, International Design Centre, Singapore University of Technology & Design. He has more than 35 years of experience at Ford Motor Company beginning in the Scientific Research Laboratory and progressing through a series of management positions to Executive Director of Programs and Advanced Engineering. Prof. Magee is currently engaged in research on technological progress with emphasis on quantification and prediction. His interests in engineering education have focused on creativity, design and socio-technical systems; he has co-published two books and about 100 publications. Prof. Magee is a member of the National Academy of Engineering, a fellow of ASM and SAE and a participant on major National Research Council Studies. Prof. Magee received his B.S. and PhD from Carnegie-Mellon University in that city. He later received an MBA from Michigan State University.

CO-FOUNDER AND CTO

Co-founder and CTO, TechNext Inc. Anuraag is a Fellow, MIT System Design and Management. He is a part of the MIT Work of the Future Task Force. He worked for Honda R&D Japan in Tokyo at Think Lab, which helped create long term strategy for the company. After completing his undergraduate studies in Mechanical Engineering at IIT Delhi, he joined as an automotive interior designer at the Honda R&D automobile headquarters. While at Department of Science & Technology Center for Policy Research, he did innovation policy research, particularly innovation assessment and incubators, for the Government of India.

CHIEF INFORMATION OFFICER

Barry has over 20 years experience as a Software Developer, Architect, Product owner and mentor. He has experience working in large enterprises, and startups. At Intel, he was a Senior Software Engineer in the CAD R&D division for 8 years. In the recent past, he was developing software to design supersonic planes at a startup. He is now engaged in full-stack web development at TechNext Inc., building the next-gen data driven Technology Operating System for identifying fastest growing Technologies. He holds an M.S. in Mechanical Engineering from University of Pennsylvania, University of Minnesota, Twin Cities and M.Sc. in Business Analytics from Imperial College, London.