Jan Wien
COO at Terramira
Wageningen, Gelderland, Netherlands
Summary
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Top SchoolJan Wien is a results-driven executive with 15+ years leading interdisciplinary teams at the intersection of geo-information, environmental science and data-driven decision making. As CEO of NEO BV and Managing Director at eLEAF, he combines operational excellence and strategic networking to scale earth observation and geo-information services into societal impact and commercial value. His background spans academia and applied research—former Associate Professor and long tenure at Wageningen UR—giving him rare credibility in both scientific and business circles. Trained at INSEAD and grounded in animal and environmental sciences, he consistently translates complex data and models into clear KPIs, streamlined operations and profitable growth. Colleagues describe him as a fair process leader who builds trust and continuous-improvement cultures while steering transdisciplinary projects across international contexts.
15 years of coding experience
26 years of employment as a software developer
Business Administration and Management, General, Business Administration and Management, General at INSEADAnimal Sciences, Animal Sciences at Cornell UniversityMSc, Animal Science, MSc, Animal Science at Wageningen University & Research
English
Github Skills (19)
scripting9
ogr9
raster9
gdal8
r7
earth-observation7
linux7
python7
version-control7
change-detection6
landsat6
preprocessing6
time-series3
google-earth-engine3
trend3
Programming languages (4)
Github contributions (5)
janverbesselt/BFASTforAEO
Mar 2014 - Mar 2019
R exercises for Advanced Earth Observation
Contributions:59 commits, 6 PRs, 62 pushes in 5 years 1 month
earth-observation
GeoScripting-WUR/ProjectIntro
Jan 2015 - Jan 2020
Lesson 8: Introduction to the project week
Contributions:1 review, 43 commits, 2 PRs in 5 years 1 month
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