How it started
PlanBlue was founded in 2017 by two former marine scientists and two engineers to enable high-quality seafloor mapping, inspired by satellite technology. Based in Bremen, Germany, the company now has over 25 employees. Funded partially through the ESA BIC program, an EIC grant, and Climate-KIC, PlanBlue has completed customer projects around the globe, all with the express goal to scale nature-based solutions to effectively fight the climate crisis.
At PlanBlue, we strive to combine scientific rigor and ground-breaking technological advances to revolutionize seafloor mapping for the 21st century.
What drives us
We believe in the value of our oceans. We particularly focus on the seafloor, as it mirrors how healthy our oceans are, and healthy oceans are key to billions of people in terms of food, jobs and climate regulation. Therefore, we are convinced that threats posed to nature and society, by e.g. climate change or plastic waste pollution, need to be tackled and understood using real-time, objective and meaningful data. Our oceans, and specifically the seafloor, need to be protected and not exploited. That is why we do not engage in projects that unnecessarily damage or exploit the seafloor.
This is our Team
CSO & Co-Founder
Hannah Brocke
CTO & Co-Founder
Guy Rigot
CEO & Co-Founder
Joost den Haan
Innovation Specialist & Co-Founder
Raja Kandukuri
Head of Brand & User Experience
Christoph Schroeder
Project Director
Naomi Esken
Project Director
Svenja Diester
Head of Engineering
Mike Lee
Senior Development Engineer
Nils Öhlmann
Business Operations Manager
Wietse Boer
Data Scientist
Anna-Lea Lesage
Office Manager
Rosanna Schöneich-Argent
Senior Visual Designer
Pascal Seul
Senior Software Engineer
Helge Staedtler
Data Science Consultant
Tadzio Holtrop
Software Architect
Marten Ellssel
Senior Software Developer
Julius Hetzel
Senior Data Scientist
Yara Aly
Marine Scientist
Andreas Türke
Development Engineer
Ibad Rather
Mechanical Design Engineer
Saurabh Verma
3D Lighting & Rendering Specialist
Drew Deguara
Engineering Assistant (AWS)
Juan Neyra
Product Owner (Geospatial)
Leonardo Tamborrino
Senior Data Scientist
Waleed Khan
HR Operations Specialist
Jannet Allani
Strategic Communications Consultant
Titia Sjenitzer
Data Scientist
Moritz Baumann
Personal Assistant to the Chief Strategy Officer
Joana Zubor
We combine hyperspectral imaging, precise underwater navigation and AI-based automated data processing to ground-truth satellite, aerial and hydrographic imagery to scale nature-based solutions.
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