Elio is a deeply multidisciplinary engineer whose expertise spans mechanical, aerospace, robotics, neuroscience, and computer vision. Educated at EPFL, TU Delft, ETH Zurich, and MIT, he completed a nanotechnology thesis and went on to lead frontier engineering efforts in both hardware and AI.

At ETH Zurich’s ARIS aerospace initiative, Elio drove the development and successful launch of a 6-meter rocket in Portugal, designing the world’s most cost-efficient high-precision gimballing system along with next-generation shape-memory alloy liquid-lens actuation systems. His computer vision work at Thales produced military-grade augmented reality perception software, while his love for systems engineering dates back to hacking networks at age 12.

Together with his brother and co-founder Mario, Elio moved from Lebanon to Switzerland to build Optiverse, bringing frontier technical innovation and relentless execution to reinvent how companies think and operate, joined by his third technical co-founder Raphael who he met at MIT.