Cumulonimbus

A primary problem in weather forecasting is that obtaining high-resolution atmosphere measurements has been prohibitively expensive; we solve this with pressureNET, our open platform for sensor data collection. The recent ubiquity of smartphones has enabled collection of unprecedented quantities of live atmosphere observations. This data is valuable in many industries, such as weather forecasting and renewable energy production and storage, in the form of highly accurate atmosphere models and forecasts.

Jacob Sheehy

POSITION: Co-Founder & CEO

Bio: Atmospheres, intelligent software, spaceships, the cosmos.

MOST COMPELLING ACHIEVEMENT TO DATE: Building and growing pressureNET, initially as a hobby project and now as a business.

Why are you an entrepreneur? To build the future in which I want to live.

Favourite Quote: “We’re made of star-stuff. We are a way for the cosmos to know itself.” - Carl Sagan

Fun Facts:

I like astronomy, especially exoplanet discovery.
The telephone museum in Belgrade was a highlight for me while backpacking around Europe.
I intend to live on Mars in a few decades.

Phil Jones

POSITION: CCO

Bio: I’m an artist, a designer, a creator.

MOST COMPELLING ACHIEVEMENT TO DATE: A loving ten-year relationship with my spouse.

Why are you an entrepreneur? I live in this world, and it’s made of problems, and we keep making more. I’ve gotta work on at least a few of them.

Favourite quote: Quotes are important, meaningful words that have been taken out of their original context and made general and meaningless. This isn’t a quote, of course, it’s my explanation for lack of a quote.

Fun Facts:

I was raised a vegetarian Buddhist, and gave up those ideas around the age of 12.
I’ve been tinkering with homebrew video games for over a decade now, a fact I often forget.
I created an entire hoax band through a website, including album art, lyrics, photos, physical merchandise, biographies, even tour dates; everything except the music itself.

Jared Kerim

POSITION: CTO

Bio: Bachelor of Computing Science at Simon Fraser University, 6 years of Web Application development and Digital Marketing, 12 years of Software Development.

MOST COMPELLING ACHIEVEMENT TO DATE: Despite the number of unique and interesting projects I’ve worked on to date, I would actually list my work with Cumulonimbus as my greatest achievement. I’ve never worked on a project with such talented and passionate colleagues, and with such a far reaching domain. I think it’s exciting what we’ve achieved so far, and have high hopes for what’s yet to come!

Why are you an entrepreneur? I have a hunger for engineering that can only be satisfied by designing and implementing complex systems, and Cumulonimbus has given me ample opportunity to do just that. I’m driven to learn about new technologies and find applications for them, and the volume of data we’re receiving is pushing my knowledge to its limits on a constant basis.

Favourite Quote: ‘Any one who considers arithmetical methods of producing random digits is, of course, in a state of sin.’ - Jon von Neumann

Fun Facts:

I play guitar
I play Magic: The Gathering competitively
I’m obsessed with machine learning!