Orlando Saez

Orlando Saez is the Co-founder and CEO of Aker Technologies, Inc., a venture-backed precision farming company, and is currently based in Florida, United States. Previously, he served as the Director of the Office of Entrepreneurship, Innovation and Technology for the State of Illinois, where he managed $78 million in government-sponsored investments for early-stage startups. His corporate background includes leading product marketing at Boingo Wireless, contributing to the telecommunications firm's notable exit and transition into public markets. Saez holds a Bachelor of Science in Computer Engineering from the University of Puerto Rico, alongside a Master of Science in Computer Science and an MBA from the Illinois Institute of Technology. His professional background spans executive leadership across the agriculture and telecommunications sectors, maintaining a primary focus on driving technological innovation, venture capital initiatives, and precision farming solutions.