Neil D’Souza is founder and CEO at Makersite, a data and software technology company that builds digital twins to interrogate and improve products across multiple criteria including cost, compliance, risk, and sustainability. He has more than 15 years of experience, which encompasses building industry-leading products, leading teams, and directly helping customers through technical consulting work.

Prior to Makersite, D’Souza was Chief Technology Officer (CTO) at Thinkstep, the leader in product and corporate sustainability solutions, where he led the development of the Sofi sustainability platform. He holds a Master of Science degree in Environmental Physics from the University of Bremen and a Bachelor of Science degree in Astrophysics from Jacobs University Bremen. D’Souza also co-hosts the “Five Lifes to Fifty” podcast with life-cycle assessment (LCA) pioneer Jim Fava.