About us: humans and AI for a greener world

Values are what flora is to forests - less obvious, yet fundamental

Our Values

Building a platform that we're proud of and you happen to find useful, starts with simple and intentional values

We're doers

We're Collaborative

We're Unbiased

We're Infinitely Curious

We have ambitious goals that require us to act with thoughtful urgency. This means we continuously prioritize our work and hold ourselves to high standards in our commitments to our customers and one another.

The only way we’re going to tackle big problems is by supporting each other. We welcome open and honest feedback. Trust, kindness, and transparency are fundamental.

Science is objective, and so are we. We’re not interested in gimmicks or tricks that distract us from our mission. We pride ourselves on creating an ethical, data-first company and platform that can be used and trusted by our customers without ulterior motives.

Using cutting edge technology, we uncover and measure all the benefits nature provides. We’re continuously learning and amazed by the wonders of Earth. While we accept we can’t know everything, this energizes and inspires us to do our part fighting climate change.

Gathering engineers, scientists and cultures

Tech-for-Good Starts with Good People

Kanop's team brings together doctoral expertise in the field of machine learning and remote sensing alongside science and industry expertise.

We happen to also work in English to be internationally inclusive and hire the best people.

Open positions

Romain Fau

Co-Founder & CEO

With 14+ years in tech, Romain was key to BlaBlaCar's growth as General Manager for Western Europe (2012-2017). He later led product and monetization at PassFort (now Moody's Analytics) and Cleo AI.

Louis de Vitry

Co-Founder & CTO

Louis graduated from Federal Polytechnic School of Lausanne, Centrale Paris and KTH. Managed AI projects, worked on complex medical images to improve cancer treatment, developed expertise in processing and analyzing satellite images.

Victor Allory, PhD

Ecosystems & Carbon Engineer

Victor is a PhD agronomy engineer specializing in carbon sequestration and ecosystem management. He has extensive research experience in carbon storage, soil analysis, and phytoremediation.

Colette Gelas, PhD

Remote Sensing Engineer

Colette holds a PhD in biomass estimation using SAR data. She has collaborated with CNES, CESBIO, and Capgemini, and actively participated in the ESA BIOMASS mission. Colette's expertise lies in advanced remote sensing techniques, including polarimetry and interferometry, applied to environmental monitoring and forest biomass estimation.

Carla Geara

Computer Vision Engineer, PhD Student

Carla holds a Mathematics, Vision and Learning Masters from the Institut Polytechnique de Paris. Carla is also a PhD Student in computer vision with Kanop, Telecom Paris and ONERA.

Stéphanie Baltus-Bergamo

Staff Engineer

Stéphanie has over 15 years of experience leading and contributing to data engineering, software development, and infrastructure projects at renowned companies like LeBonCoin and Algolia. She excels in designing robust data architectures, building scalable data pipelines, and mentoring engineering teams.

Amaury de la Bretesche

Environmental Data Scientist

Amaury holds Master's degrees in Environmental Engineering from AgroParisTech and Mechanical Engineering from Arts & Métiers. His experience includes developing geospatial data pipelines, automating satellite image processing, and conducting land cover classification using remote sensing data.

Elliot Négrel-Jerzy

Frontend Engineer

Elliot specializes in UI/UX development, bringing expertise in high-performance cartography and data visualization to Kanop. He excels at implementing innovative rendering techniques. Elliot holds an Engineering degree in Mathematics and Computer Science from ENSEEIHT.

Coby Strell

Business Development Manager

Holding an MSc from ESCP Business School and a BA from Denison University, Coby has worked on projects for the Hamburg Port Authority and Doing Business Doing Good, focusing on sustainability and regenerative business practices. Coby holds expertise in sustainable development and data analysis.

Accessing a wide range or expertise

Advising Team

Our board members bring a variety of value to the company, including expertise in carbon markets, forestry, ecology, policy, remote sensing and artificial intelligence.

Asger Olesen

Director at IWC (International WoodlandCompany), Seconded NationalExpert/Policy Officer at the EuropeanCommission. Asger supports Kanop on a pro bono basis.