Leadership

Dr Eric Balki is the CEO and Chairman of TriPyramid Ventures. Dr Balki started his career working for the United Kingdom government working for MoD, DTI, and Electronics Design. He founded and managed the Technology and Business Unit in the North East channelling European Social Fund (ESF) and European Regional Development Fund (ERDF) in the regions innovative engineering companies.

He also worked on FP 6-8 (European Framework Programme) multi country engineering projects, including the Corrocean Project developing sensors to detect rust and structural deficiencies in bridges. He attracted seven figure funding for the North East to develop its first super computer based on Beowolf parallel computing architecture, using Sun Computer hardware, setting it up successfully, for complex microchip design and rapid product development. He went on to lead a successful spin out V3 Technologies which developed one of the worlds first real-time conferencing protocols, which allowed for sharing of VNCs for design of microchips.

This technology was heaviliy utilised by large corporate customers like SCA Hygiene, Merck, and ATMEL, and was the precursor to Zoom and Skype. The technology was later on absorbed by Apple Computers. Dr Balki was also responsible for developing one of the early Natural Language Programming models for Artificial Intelligence called Alternodes, the architecture of which was successfully incorporated in many AI solutions and AI agents worldwide.

Dr Balki developed the KHIS (Knowledge House Information System) which was a software for project and financial management, as well of all third sector funded projects worth more than £500M, by all six universities in the North East UK, including Durham and Newcastle Universities. After working for the public and academic sectors for six years, based on his experience in developing financial systems and his management of european funds, he made a transition in working for the private finance industry, initially working as a fund manager/director for investment in innovative businesses, then also working in M&A, and commodity trading, working with companies such as HSBC Luxembourg, Goldman Sachs, and Berkshire Capital.

After gaining a multi disciplinary expeirence in various sectors, Dr Balki commenced TriPyramid growing it organically, in his areas of expertise. Today, TriPyramids ethos is to keep evolving and improving its knowledgebase.

Dr Balki has an undergraduate degree in Physics and Computing, and post-graduate degrees in Finance and Technology Management from Kings College London, and Lancaster universities. He also is legally qualified, with BPTC and GDL from University of Law. Apart from that Dr Balki has developed expertise in Aging looking at Generative AI, technology, medicine, genetic engineering and biology to extend current limitations of health and lifespan, presenting in several international conferences and publications in the area, and has completed his PhD from Lancaster University Faculty of Health and Medicine.

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