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.
Rachael Ross
Forest Carbon Scientist
Forest Carbon Scientist with background in remote sensing, forestry and carbon projects. Based in NYC.
Tristan Goodbody
Forest Carbon & Remote Sensing Scientist
Canadian based in Vancouver, BC with a PhD specializing in 3D remote sensing of forests.
Jack Kilbride
Remote Sensing Scientist
Remote Sensing Scientist with background in estimating forest structure, land cover, and ecosystem dynamics. I am particularly interested in the applications of supervised and unsupervised computer vision techniques to forest science.
Mary Ignatiadis
Forest Economics and Policy Expert
M.S. in forest policy and economics (emphasis on climate-smart forest products, forest-based community attitudes, and forest land use change drivers), BS in geosciences (emphasis on biochar and soil science). Background in corporate sustainability for large timber and agricultural asset managers.
Catherine Malcolm
Operations Lead
Building systems and architecture to help the Renoster team stay on track. Passionate about taking action against climate change. Outdoor enthusiast.
David Valerio
Customer Lead
A broadly trained oceanographer skilled at business development, customer success, and strategic partnerships. He leads growth for Renoster.
Frances Evans
Enterprise Lead
Sales professional with experience selling SaaS products into the solar and utilities industries. Leads new business and partnerships for Renoster. Based in NYC.
Maria Fernanda Cornejo
Executive Assistant
Executive Assistant. Motivated by organization and processes, and enthusiastic about Renoster`s mission and vision. Political Science student, based in Buenos Aires, Argentina.
John Outwater
Product Design Lead
Product designer with a background in Geography/GIS and Data Visualization. Based in NYC.
Akshata Karnik
Geo-spatial Data Science Intern
Ecologist and Geo-spatial Data Scientist with 6 years of field experience in wildlife research. UMich alum. Generating carbon project database using GIS. From Mumbai, India.
Weronika Gajda
Data Science Intern
Data scientist with backgrounds in forestry, AI, and environmental modeling, passionate about sustainability and environmental protection. Based in the Netherlands.
Gonzalo Sundblad
Software Developer
Nature and climate enthusiast. Self-taught programmer, focused on front-end engineering. From Argentina.
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.
ChatGPT
Digital Teammate
AI Companion, developed by OpenAI. Specialises in number crunching, information sorting, and creative problem-solving. Sleep is for humans!
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 building 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.
Nick Marchuk
IOT Expert
Co-Founder, Hardware Lead. Senior Lecturer in Mechanical Engineering at Northwestern. IOT specialist leading future on-the-ground crediting efforts.
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.