Hello, I'm
Raka Adrianto.
Technical manager and engineering PhD turning complex data into practical product and sustainability decisions.
Based in Zürich, currently leading digital tools and sustainability programs at Siemens.
About
A short version of the long story.
I work on projects at Siemens where sustainability meets product. Currently leading analytics/tools for Scope 3 emissions, circular economy and eco-design across the Building Technology portfolio. The problems are tricky because nobody agrees on what “sustainable” means until you show them the data.
On the side I’m building open-source tools for carbon analysis, predictive maintenance, and energy optimization. Partly to sharpen my own skills (and keep me close to hands-on technical work), partly because I find recent AI-based development tools hold potential.
PhD from ETH Zürich, experience at Empa, Dow, and the World Bank. Pursuing an MBA at Imperial College London to complement my technical background and sharpen the business, product, and data strategy skills that actually determine whether things ship.
What I work with
Data & AI
Product & Program
Sustainability
Energy & Industry
Journey
The story so far.
A short timeline of the teams, places, and problems I've worked on. Tap any role to see the detail.
Industry & Consulting
2014 — 2017
Research & Engineering
2017 — 2023
Product & Program
2023 — Now
Selected work
AI products and applied research.
A small set of recent projects: open-source AI tools I built on the side, and research work that shaped how I think about climate and data.
AI & Product
Side projects, open-sourced and deployed.
Personal builds at the intersection of AI, sustainability, data and product.
2025 – 2026
AI PM & developerTransformer Decarbonization Manager
Portfolio-wide transformer lifecycle simulator with Monte Carlo uncertainty and audit-ready Scope 1/2/3 reporting.
2025
AI PM & developerCarbonTrace: ML for Scope 3 Emission Analytics
ML model estimating embodied carbon for building portfolios at ~95% accuracy, with a retrofit cost simulator.
2025
AI PM & developerSentinel AI: Predictive Maintenance
Three anomaly-detection models running side-by-side on industrial sensor data so trade-offs stay visible.
2025
AI PM & developerComfortRoom: HVAC + Energy Optimization
AI layer over HVAC setpoints that balances occupant comfort against energy use on a digital twin.
2025
AI PM & developerRetrofit-Recommender: Industrial Sustainability Platform
Multi-agent LLM system that diagnoses equipment anomalies and prices each fix in CO₂e, payback, and compliance.
2025
Product leadSustainaBit Navigator: IT Sustainability Checklist
Hackathon-built checklist (Google Zürich, 48h) that turns vague IT sustainability goals into phase-by-phase decisions.
Research & Consulting
Selected case studies.
Applied research, techno-economic analysis, and consulting engagements across climate, energy, and materials.
2019 – 2022
PhD researcher & project managerMine Waste Value Recovery
Four-year PhD leading a 15-person team to model whether mine tailings value recovery is net-positive for the environment.
2014 – 2015
Research engineerCarbon Capture & Storage: Techno-Economic Analysis
Techno-economic modeling of carbon capture retrofits at two Indonesian coal plants, mapping the limits of economic viability.
2017 – 2018
Project researcherWaste Heat Recovery from Supermarkets for District Heating
Supermarket refrigeration heat recovery design for district heating networks, developed with Danfoss and Coop.
2023
Postdoctoral researcherICT, Cloud & Data Center Sustainability
First data center and cloud lifecycle datasets for the Swiss national LCA database, now the reference for ICT emissions.
Education & Credentials
Degrees, certifications, and wins.
The formal side of the story.
Degrees
2026 — 2028
MBA, Data Science · Analytics · Operations
Imperial College London
2019 — 2022
PhD, Environmental Engineering
ETH Zürich
2016 — 2018
MSc (joint), Mechanical Engineering · Energy
École Polytechnique L'X & KTH Royal Institute of Technology
2010 — 2014
BSc, Chemical Engineering
Institut Teknologi Bandung (ITB)
Certifications
Generative and Agentic AI
Oxford University
Generative AI Leader
Google Cloud
Machine Learning Specialization
Stanford University / DeepLearning.AI
AI Product Management
Duke University
Digital Product Management
University of Virginia
Software Product Management
University of Alberta
Google Project Management
Certified Scrum Product Owner (CSPO)
Scrum Alliance
Certified Scrum Master (CSM)
Scrum Alliance
Awards & Fellowships
Dean's Impact Merit-Based MBA Scholarship
2025Imperial College London
Marie Skłodowska-Curie PhD Fellowship
2019European Commission
EIT InnoEnergy Full MSc Scholarship
2016EIT InnoEnergy
Competitions & Hackathons
Open-source IT Sustainability Checklist
2025Circular Economy Knowledge Competition
2024Smart Heating & Business Case Solution
2017Biofuel from Waste — Manufacturing Design
2014