David Mann
CEO at Haikubox
Sarasota, Florida, United States
Summary
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Top SchoolDavid Mann is the CEO and co-founder driving Loggerhead and Haikubox, applying machine learning to low-power, real-time acoustic detection for environmental monitoring and citizen science. With 11+ years in applied technology leadership and a deep academic background (PhD in Biological Oceanography from MIT/Woods Hole and a BS in Neurobiology from Cornell), he bridges field science, embedded systems, and product development. His career spans academia and industry—from associate professor and guest investigator at Woods Hole to VP at Tucker-Davis Technologies and CTO at Humu Labs—giving him rare expertise in bioacoustics, neurophysiology hardware, and scalable monitoring networks. Haikubox’s consumer product and data partnership with Cornell’s Conservation Bioacoustics center highlight his focus on rigorous science paired with accessible technology. Based in Sarasota, he combines research pedigree with entrepreneurial execution to turn complex ecological sensing problems into deployable, low-power solutions.
11 years of coding experience
19 years of employment as a software developer
Ph.D. Biological Oceanography, Ph.D. Biological Oceanography at Woods Hole Oceanographic InstitutionPhD Biological Oceanography, PhD Biological Oceanography at Massachusetts Institute of TechnologyBS Neurobiology and Behavior, BS Neurobiology and Behavior at Cornell University
Github Skills (102)
aws-s310
amplify10
aws-amplify10
aws-lambda10
javascript9
pandas9
espressif9
cloud-services9
aws-apigateway9
python9
amazon-cognito9
serverless9
esp329
react-native9
manipulation9
Programming languages (5)
Github contributions (5)
loggerhead-instruments/LS1
Mar 2017 - Mar 2021
Contributions:124 pushes, 6 branches, 13 comments in 4 years
loggerhead-instruments/remora-2
Oct 2020 - Aug 2022
Contributions:150 pushes, 3 branches in 1 year 10 months
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