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Robert Kabera

Genocide Survivor. Stanford Grad. Resilience Guru
Predictive Risk Analytics
Country or state 
United States (Alabama)
Available to 
Global
City 
Birmingham
Fee 
Languages 
English
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Bio

Robert is native of Rwanda, where he and his family lived through the 1994 Rwandan Genocide. He and his family spent 6 years in refugee camps. He was 11 when they were re-settled in Memphis, Tennessee. After Stanford, Robert founded alternative credit rating agency Credimarks, with the objective of helping to extend credit into traditionally underserved markets — poor people. Robert has helped over 50 energy companies in 9 countries provide cleantech to 6,000 people living off the electricity grid.

Robert Kabera is co-founder and COO of Sync Energy AI, a no-code energy analytics startup. More recently, he was added to the 2018 Global US Forbes Under 30 List in the Energy Sector for his industry work and research.

Current position (3)

Genocide Survivor. Stanford Grad. Resilience Guru

Predictive Risk Analytics

Chairman

Predictive Agriculture

Founder

Credimarks Savings & Loans

Degrees (1)
Energy Resources Engineering
Stanford University
2007 to 2011

Presentations

Presentations (2)
Fragile Times Call For Antifragile Software

Mr. Kabera will explain how predictive models used in finance and technology are fragile because dependent on conditions that, when not met, cause the model to fail (as happened with the housing mortgage industry in 2008 and the COVID-19 pandemic in 2020) and the market tanks. What’s needed is to harness the power of ML/AI to make critical infrastructure antifragile. Mr. Kabera will use Sync Energy's work with the electric grid as a case study.

Even the Chickens Stop and Listen: A Memoir of Refugee Resilience

Living through horrific events as a child fueled a drive in me that led me not just to enroll at Exeter that summer but to go on to attend Stanford and to win second place at Stanford’s most coveted tech competition for engineers. There are hundreds of children like me out there, perhaps in an overcrowded raft in the Mediterranean Sea or an undersupplied Middle Eastern camp, and I would be remiss if I did not advocate for their future. We must embrace the humanitarian challenge before us and we must reform our current methods for doing so. They say that history does not repeat itself, but it does rhyme. Rarely does it so closely echo the sounds of the past as today’s emerging crises
echo my journey over the decades. This is a book for our global time.

Workshops (1)
Stanford University BASES Kickoff
2 hours
(View workshop agenda)

I won 2nd place at the 2011 Stanford University BASES tech competition, In 2012 kick-off event, I was guest speaker.

Past talks (2)
Fragile Times Call for Anti-Fragile Software
FIRST THURSDAY LECTURE SERIES - University Honors Program
University of Alabama Birmingham
November 5, 2020
High Potential Ventures in Developing Economies
African Economies & Humanitarianism
Fordham University
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Books & Articles (4)

Even the Chickens Stop and Listen: A Memoir of Refugee Resilience
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THE BIRTH OF GRIDTECH: HOW NO-CODE ENERGY ANALYTICS CAN ACCELERATE GRID MODERNIZATION
E-BOOK ,
2021
PAGRIC Launches from Stealth Mode to Unveil a Comprehensive Cocoa Search Engine
Tales of Resilience: Reflection From A Refugee Who Survived The Rwandan Genocide

Expertise (51)

Energy (oil and gas, utilities)
Business
Leadership
Technology
Financial services
Clean Energy aging farmers open banking clean energy solutions climate and energy policies Climate and energy transformations Building Resilience Building Resilience and Grit Choose Resilience Creating Resilience Developing Resilience disaster resilience emotional resilience Innate Resilience Climate Resilient Cities Gaining Mental resilience How to Be a Resiliency Ninja Innate Resilience put into Action Keys to Resilience Leadership and Resiliency Mental Resilience Radical Resilience Resilience Resilience Expert Resilience for the Future resilience through adversity Resilience: how to overcome adversity Resiliency Resiliency through hardship Resilient Resiliency Training Resilient leadership Africa Experts cocoa Credit Scores Digital Agriculture Agricultural risk Precision Agriculture Sustainable Agriculture underserved agricultural workers IoT in Agriculture Climate Smart Agriculture Agriculture Entrepreneurship Agriculture Agricultural Rescue Agricultural Production

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Testimonials (3)
  • I have heard Robert give two talks on two very different subjects -- the first one on his escape from genocide in Rwanda when he was still a boy, the second one recently on the software-oriented business he has started with a former Stanford classmate here in Birmingham, Alabama -- and found both talks to be very compelling. I have contracted with him to give a talk this coming April to group of Birmingham businessmen I know will find him fascinating.
    rusty rushton
  • Robert is an inspiring speaker with a fascinating personal and professional background as a refugee, an engineer, and an entrepreneur. This background puts Robert in a unique position to make transformative breakthroughs in a variety of areas, from bringing credit scoring to unbanked farmers to building power systems that better prepare us for natural disasters. I am extremely lucky to have Robert among my closest friends- his sage advice, sense of humor, and profound insights into the dynamics of systems involving humans, economies, and technology are a constant source of joy and inspiration. I cannot recommend his talks more highly.
    Connor Mooney
    Verified
  • Robert is a true inspiration and an important, powerful voice in today's world. As a survivor of the Rwandan genocide to thriving in his years as a young, new migrant in Memphis, Tennessee, his meteoric rise through the halls of Stanford and now as a global entrepreneur were against all odds. Robert's story is one of deep resilience, ingenuity, and an uncanny ability to transform adversity into opportunity. His intellect and humour together make for an easy, engaging and insightful style. I would highly recommend Robert as a speaker for a broad audience, both in age group and professional background.
    Keita Matsumoto
    Director
    Kindred Spirits Foundation
    Verified
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Rwanda genocide survivor, Stanford engineering grad. Forbes List maker. I inspire resilience!

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