“Controversial industry figure” and General Manager of Remote Sensing at @umbraspace. Synthetic aperture radar - even more complicated than it sounds.
Northern Virginia
Joined March 2016
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10 deeply held beliefs about the Earth observation industry:
1. The optimal way to capture the value of archival data is to give it away for free.
I have the luxury of only worrying that I’m wasting my life if I fail and let my colleagues and my family down. But I can just work harder, longer, if it takes a lifetime.
Most equally driven people also have to worry they’re wasting their life even if they succeed.
Likes are private. They’re basically free. Why aren’t you liking everything you think makes this place even mildly better? Why aren’t you liking every reply? You are filthy rich with likes. Give it your all. Make a lowbie’s day. Do you tip well? Like well.
I used to raise and sell sheep through 4-H. Mom would buy me a new pair of jeans the day of the livestock auction.
Never have to choose again
Umbra’s Scan breaks free from traditional SAR limits, collecting data beyond the ground track at high resolution for unmatched clarity and flexibility with Scan.
Scan on target, no matter the path: umbra.space/remote-sensing/s…
The old joke about adding “in bed” to the end of fortune cookies to turn them into raunchy aphorisms now works for companies thinking about how to get into YC. Simply add “in space” to the end of your elevator pitch and you’ll get in.
Many of you brilliant people on here need a mission bigger than yourself to pour your energy into. You’re restless. Seek the sublime. Make something beautiful.
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We are (finally) launching a course I've wanted to see exist for a while.
"The Business of Earth Observation", a 4-week live cohort course for anyone who wants to understand how the EO sector actually works: the business models, the market dynamics and the adoption patterns.
I drive with my windows down on the off chance I get an opportunity to do the “thank you” wave to the guy behind me when merging into traffic. I think it’s an important but dying pillar of the social contract
Link to the job post for anyone interested: apply.workable.com/umbra-1/j…
One of a very, very rare set of opportunities to come work at Umbra and meet fascinating customers and partners all over the world in a non-technical role. I'll work closely with this person to grow our reach over the next two years.
My protocol so far has been to count calories, walk for an hour at night after I put everyone to bed, and do three pushups every time I think of it throughout the day as long as no one is around. I’m so badly out of shape that this will probably keep working for a long while.
Down 12 pounds. I can smell a cinnamon roll from 3 blocks away
