Meet a team obsessed with environmental innovation
We are a team of scientists, conservationists, and data scientists. From our previous work protecting endangered species in the African savannah, to modern day climate change transparency - our background reflects an unwavering commitment to the earth.
Core Team
Saif Bhatti
CEO / Founder
Founder & CEO. Data science specialist. Environmental monitoring and projects for 7 years, including international carbon footprints. Techstars Sustainability '21.
Elias Ayrey
Chief Science Officer
Co-Founder, Remote sensing and forest ecology expert. UMaine PhD '18. Building remote sensing technology for 10 years, including Pachama's remote sensing suite as head scientist.
Chelsea Shaw
Fractional CTO
Full stack engineer and robust UX specialist. Building web-based products for a decade, including HashiCorp's security product Vault. Techstars Sustainability '21.
Nick Marchuk
IOT Expert
Co-Founder, Hardware Lead. Senior Lecturer in Mechanical Engineering at Northwestern. IOT specialist leading future on-the-ground crediting efforts.
Tucker Roche
3D Graphic Designer
Fullsail Alum. Accomplished and passionate 3D artist and modeler, including Star Wars, Marvel, Transformers, and others that fits with current philosophies and practices today.
Gonzalo Sundblad
Software Developer
Nature and climate enthusiast. Self-taught programmer, focused on front-end engineering. From Argentina. Always riding his bike.
Tom Large
Software Developer
NU Alum. Back-end focused, front-end when needed. Currently obsessed with climbing up and skiing down mountains. Stephen King fanatic, but Gödel, Escher, Bach might still be his favourite book.
Francesca Cresta
Science Communications
PPE, Climate Change and Sustainability graduate linking science and society. International content creator focused on Science and Innovation.
Our Backgrounds
Meet our world-class advisor network
We have benefitted tremendously from our network of advisors, from startups to academia, in guiding us towards build a stronger organization.
Dan Forman
CEO @ Copper Labs
Dan brings twenty years of experience as an entrepreneur and business development leader in venture-backed enterprise software companies.
Evan Hung
VP, Engineering @ Uplight
Serial-entrepreneur with extensive experience in strategic leadership, business operations, and building impactful teams. MBA from Duke University. Led teams that generated >$180M in annual revenue.
Zach Nies
Former MD @ Techstars
Former CS faculty at University of Colorado-Boulder. Zach cares deeply about entrepreneurship, helping bring new products to market while operating more effectively. Prior to Techstars, he joined Rally Software pre-revenue though to IPO, wearing many hats including CTO.
Josiah Hester
Partner Researcher @ Northwestern
Batteryless IOT tech specialist. Raised over 40M for computer engineering research.