Summary
Cindy C is a founder, operator, and inventor with nine years of experience building AI/ML products and frontier tech companies at the intersection of space, geospatial data, and video intelligence. As CEO and Chief Space Officer of Planetary Systems AI and founder of CLIPr, she has commercialized patented video analysis and space-data AI tools while steering public-private partnerships and accelerator networks including NVIDIA Inception and Apollo Accelerator. A NASA Datanaut, SpaceApps ambassador, RSA Fellow, and visiting professor, she combines policy-forward thinking with hands-on product strategy to translate complex space and defense datasets into operational decision support. Cindy’s advisory roles across Harvard Business Review, Howard University’s AI Data Lab, AWS and Google accelerators reflect a rare mix of executive leadership, technical IP, and commitment to DEI-driven, sustainable growth. Notably, she pairs a Juilliard-trained creative sensibility and National Geographic photography background with deep technical fluency, bringing an uncommon interdisciplinary lens to technology and planetary challenges.
9 years of coding experience
4 years of employment as a software developer
Digital Photography Print Photography Photoshop, Digital Photography Print Photography Photoshop at International Center of Photography School
Bachelor of Arts (B.A.) Biology, Bachelor of Arts (B.A.) Biology at Rutgers University
Technology Entrepreneurship, Technology Entrepreneurship at Stanford University Graduate School of Business
ESA Echoes in Space: Radar Remote Sensing, ESA Echoes in Space: Radar Remote Sensing at EO College
University of Pennsylvania
Ethics Technology + Public Policy for Practitioners, Ethics Technology + Public Policy for Practitioners at Stanford University School of Engineering
Advanced Piano, Advanced Piano at The Juilliard School
German, Chinese, Japanese, Spanish, Italian, French, Mandarin, English