Jesse Zondervan
Head Of Platform & Systems
Cambridge, England, United Kingdom
Summary
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Top SchoolJesse Zondervan is a Head of Platform & Systems and climate-focused founder with eight years of experience bridging Earth science research and scalable venture-building systems from Cambridge, UK. He translates complex geoscience—such as global mountain CO2 emissions and microbial processes in drylands—into data-driven products, platform automations and investment-ready diligence, enabling rapid pre-seed decisions and hands-on support for scientist-founders. His background includes leading Nature-published research at Oxford, designing custom lab and computer-vision hardware, and running high‑performance Monte Carlo geospatial models, giving him rare fluency across fieldwork, computation and product. At Wilbe he builds the infrastructure that lets deeptech teams access funding and venture methods within days, while continuing to scope techno-economic routes for carbon-upcycling solutions. He also directs strategic communications for Geology for Global Development, combining scientific rigor with persuasive storytelling to influence policy and funding networks.
8 years of coding experience
3 years of employment as a software developer
Australian National UniversityMsci Geology, Msci Geology at Imperial College LondonInternational Baccalaureate Diploma Chemistry HL Physics HL Biology HL Mathematics HL History Dutch English, International Baccalaureate Diploma Chemistry HL Physics HL Biology HL Mathematics HL History Dutch English at International School GroningenDoctor of Philosophy - PhD Geology/Earth Science, Doctor of Philosophy - PhD Geology/Earth Science at University of PlymouthIB Middle Years Programme, IB Middle Years Programme at Maartenscollege GroningenTechnical University of DenmarkInternational Baccalaureate
Dutch, English, French
Github Skills (8)
matlab4
mls3
grids2
visualization2
stability1
python1
divide1
matlab-gui1
Programming languages (3)
Github contributions (5)
jessezondervan/knickretreat
Sep 2018 - Aug 2019
Contributions:2 releases, 16 commits, 15 pushes in 11 months
jessezondervan/corr_lum_dose_rate
Jun 2019 - Dec 2020
Contributions:1 release, 19 pushes, 1 branch in 1 year 5 months
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