Summary
Jérôme Gasperi is a product leader and entrepreneur with 13+ years building geospatial software and Earth Observation platforms, currently driving the European Digital Twin of the Ocean (EDITO) at Mercator Ocean International. Founder and CEO of JEOBROWSER and SnapPlanet, he has a demonstrated track record of turning EO research and open-source catalogs into operational services used by national data centers and the Copernicus ecosystem. His background spans system engineering, geospatial databases, radar interferometry and webmapping, blending a PhD in geophysics with advanced computer science training. Jérôme’s work bridges science and storytelling—his award-winning SnapPlanet mobile app makes satellite imagery accessible to citizens and journalists for social and environmental impact. He’s fluent in OGC standards, JavaScript and big-data EO workflows, and has helped architect key catalogs like RESTo that underpin PEPS, THEIA and CREODIAS. Based in Toulouse, he combines research-grade expertise with product instincts and hands-on engineering of open-source EO tooling.
13 years of coding experience
10 years of employment as a software developer
Doctor of Philosophy (PhD), Geophysics - specialization in Remote Sensing and signal monitoring, Highest honors, Doctor of Philosophy (PhD), Geophysics - specialization in Remote Sensing and signal monitoring, Highest honors at Université Paul Sabatier (Toulouse III)
Master of Advanced Studies (DESS) in Informatics, Computer science, Master of Advanced Studies (DESS) in Informatics, Computer science at Université Bordeaux I
French, English, Italian, Spanish