About me
↗From 80-micron solder jointsto 70 MPa hydrogen storageto megawatt-scale data centers.
An engineer turned strategy researcher. I study energy and compute infrastructure, and use AI to turn research methods into tools.
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Strategy research · Data center infrastructure · Enterprise AI
Hi, I'm Alphonse. An engineer turned strategy researcher. Where would you like to start?
Now · September 2026
- Working on
- Research on data center infrastructure and what AI compute changes, and bringing AI tools into everyday work at my company.
- Learning
- Explaining complex topics clearly in English, and AI product practice.
- Shooting
- City dusk, and small things in the hills.
- Weekends
- Badminton and hiking.
Scale
The scale kept growing, and I moved from engineering to research.
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80 μm
Solder joints
2019 — 2023
As an undergraduate I co-founded a startup that turned precision temperature-controlled laser soldering into equipment customers bought. The smallest joint was 80 microns.
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70 MPa
Hydrogen storage
2022 — 2025
For my master's I studied erosion in high-pressure hydrogen valves, and at OPmobility I worked on a 70 MPa hydrogen storage system.
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MW
Data centers
2025 — now
At Vertiv I research data center infrastructure and what AI compute changes, and help bring AI into everyday work.
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Writing
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Video
Video work
Events
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