Jóan Petersen is Head of Machine Learning at GreenSteam with 13 years of experience building data-driven decision support for the maritime industry. He holds a PhD in Informatics from DTU and has progressed from hands-on engineering and signal processing to leading ML strategy and teams that optimize vessel fuel efficiency. His work blends academic rigor—developing statistical models of ship dynamics—with product-focused delivery, overseeing Agile development and operational data pipelines. Based in Kastrup, Denmark, he has served on GreenSteam’s board and helped scale the company’s quantitative offerings across international partners. Notably, his background in electrical engineering and early telecom frequency planning informs a pragmatic, systems-level approach to sensor integration and sequential data collection. He is known for turning complex maritime signals into actionable, production-ready machine learning systems.
13 years of coding experience
5 years of employment as a software developer
B. Sc., Electrical Engineering, B. Sc., Electrical Engineering at Fróðskaparsetur Føroya
M. Sc., Informatics, M. Sc., Informatics at Danmarks Tekniske Universitet
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