LEADERSHIP TEAM

MARK KRISS
Managing Director, Co-Founder

Successful serial entrepreneur (financial analytics, network security, sustainability investing). Prior tech ventures acquired by Dow Jones and Cisco. Thought leader on climate risk metrics.

BA University of California, Berkeley

MA Communication Research, University of Minnesota

Executive Program in Financial Management, Stanford Graduate School of Business

DEB RYAN
Customer Solutions, Strategic Advisor

Expert on emissions management, methane markets and regulations. Served as head of Strategic Commodities at S&P Global. Noted public speaker, petroleum engineer.

MS Petroleum Engineering, Curtin University

MBA, Penn State

 

JESSICA HELLMANN
Chief Scientist, Co-Founder

International expert on climate adaptation and data science. Thought leader on solving grand environmental challenges. Executive Director of Minnesota’s world-renowned Institute on the Environment (IonE).

BS University of Michigan

PhD Biology, Stanford University

PETER KRISS
Product Strategy, Co-Founder

Expert on behavioral decision-making, analytics product management and implementation, and investment management. Sustainability advisor to $700B fund manager (Dimensional).

BA Swarthmore College

PhD Behavioral Decision Research, Carnegie Mellon University

 

TECHNICAL TEAM

KARISSA PEPIN
Analytics Lead

Specialist in modeling Earth processes using remote sensing and ground-based geophysical data. Experienced in uncertainty analysis with geostatistical and data science methods. Expert on satellite-based radar imaging analysis and applications, with related field experience in Delaware Basin.

BA Augustana University

BS University of Houston

PhD Geophysics, Stanford University

LEYANG FENG
Senior Data Scientist – Methane

Expert on methane emission modeling including algorithms and AI-based methods for super emitter detection.

BS Lanzhou University

MS Geography, Virginia Tech

MS Computer Science, Georgia Tech

PhD (2025) Environmental Engineering, Johns Hopkins University 

 

TAILONG HE
Senior Advisor, Technical / AI

MIT expert on application of deep learning models and data assimilation in climate change, air quality and carbon cycle.

H.BSc University of Toronto

PhD Atmospheric Physics, University of Toronto

JESSE KRISS
Technology Strategy Advisor, Co-Founder

Expert on full stack web engineering, user centered design, information visualization, information security, infrastructure, IT, technical leadership. 

BA Carleton College

MA Human-Computer Interaction, Carnegie Mellon University