Onur is a Jr. Engineer at Natel, whose primary focus is mechanical design and design for manufacturing. He graduated from Franklin W. Olin College of Engineering with a B.S. in Mechanical Engineering. At Olin, he found a passion for alternative energy generation and storage, and designed the chassis and suspension geometry subsystems for his Formula SAE Electric team. In his free time, Onur likes to read and explore cities on foot. He also loves trying out new recipes, particularly Turkish … [Read more...]

Alex leads the prototyping technician team at Natel’s Alameda, CA headquarters, building and testing new turbine hardware. He is also working on the hardware manufacturing effort for commercial production as well as ISO certification for the company. Alex holds a BSME from UC Santa Barbara where he gained a passion for environmental preservation and renewable energy technology. Prior to joining Natel, Alex spent 10 years at Makani Power, building and testing Energy Kites in California, Hawaii, … [Read more...]

Paige is part of the Product team, where she leverages her background in sustainability and business consulting to derive customer insights that inform product planning and prioritization. Prior to this role, Paige supported Vantage Partners' consulting practice, owning project management across client engagements in Alliance Management, Pharma, and Outsourcing. Paige holds a Masters of Environmental Management, specializing in corporate social responsibility from The Yale School of the … [Read more...]

Lori is focused on business development and growth strategy for Lens. Previously, she managed customer relationships with conservation NGOs for Esri, leveraged GIS and species distribution modeling to inform regional conservation priorities for the North Atlantic Landscape Conservation Cooperative, consulted on various aspects of regulatory permitting for onshore and offshore wind energy projects, and she is a proud SCA/Americorps alum. Lori holds an MS in Environmental Conservation from UMass … [Read more...]

Kristi is part of the Growth & Partnerships team, where she leverages her background in GIS and project management to support clients in the agriculture and land conservation space. Prior to this role, Kristi supported Stonyfield Farm’s work with the Open Technology Ecosystem for Agricultural Management (OpenTEAM) platform, worked on mapping policy for autonomous vehicles, and managed wind energy projects and their GIS needs. Kristi holds a Master of Science in Agriculture, Food and … [Read more...]

Camilla is a Software Engineer at Upstream Tech focused on our data pipelines and Lens product. She has been working with geospatial tech since 2008, when she fell in love with the ability of maps to effectively display information and enable informed decision making. She worked in cartography and data management for the Preservation Resource Center of New Orleans and the Trust for Public Land. She then studied remote sensing and global weather systems at Clark University. Most recently she … [Read more...]

Bobby is a Field Technician helping to commission new hydro-turbine systems at physical site installations as well as bring up prototype systems at Natel HQ in Alameda, CA. For 4 years previous to starting at Natel he worked at Makani, an Alphabet company, as an engineer filling various roles including designing, building, and testing flight electronics hardware on prototype 600kW electric energy kites. He helped to commission flying energy kite systems in Alameda, Southern California, Hawaii, … [Read more...]

Fiona is a Software Engineer at Upstream Tech working on the web frontend. She previously led webapp development for the City of Boston’s Digital team. Before that, she built tools for mobile developers at Twitter and was frontend tech lead for Blogger.com at Google. Fiona has an ScB and an ScM in Computer Science from Brown University. She lives in Cambridge, MA. When she’s not coding, Fiona is probably crocheting, soldering, cutting things with a laser, or coding, but for much smaller … [Read more...]

Eliza is a Software Engineer at Upstream Tech. In her previous lives, she worked at Facebook as a Data Scientist, and on film sets in LA as a Production Assistant. Eliza holds a BA in Applied Math and Earth and Planetary Science from Harvard where she did research on the relationship between weather and violent conflict in East Africa. Eliza is based in San Francisco and is most likely to be found on her bike, surf board, or in a climbing harness. … [Read more...]

Dan is a Software Engineer at Upstream Tech focusing on user interface development and data processing. He holds a BS in Computer Science from Tufts University. Dan is based in Cambridge, MA, where you can find him running along the Charles River and eating waffles. … [Read more...]