Earth Blox
Ben Butchart is the Co-Founder and Head of Development at Earth Blox, where Ben leads a team of software developers and data scientists. Ben previously held positions as the Head of Enterprise Solutions & Digital Architecture at a department of the Scottish Government, a Workgroup Leader in Software Engineering at the University of Edinburgh, and a Senior Software Engineer at JPMorgan. Additionally, Ben has experience as a consultant at Zuehlke Engineering and as a Research Fellow at University College London.
Earth Blox
Earth Blox provides climate and nature analytics from satellite imagery to help businesses accelerate their sustainability transition. The software maps and analyses key metrics for biodiversity, water and carbon across forestry, agriculture, and financed and insured assets worldwide. Modular blocks allow you to build customisable and repeatable analyses in minutes on global datasets from Earth Engine, Planet and other satellite data providers. Ownership and control of data inputs and methodologies give you full transparency in reporting to customers and stakeholders. The cloud-native, reactive and serverless architecture enables fast processing of petabytes of data for rapid analyses. Our customers include ADM Capital Foundation, Climate Impact Partners, ForestRe, Ecologi, MercyCorps, The Nature Conservancy, and Veritree. Earth Blox is a Google Cloud Advantage Partner, Earth Engine Expert, and a member of the TNFD (Taskforce on Nature-Related Financial Disclosures) Forum. The Earth Blox team includes world experts in radar, optical and lidar, and PhDs in data science, who are committed to accelerating and increasing the adoption of satellite imagery insights for the sustainability transition. The company is headquartered in Edinburgh, Scotland, and employs a remote-first workforce. Earth Blox is the trading name of Quosient Ltd.