Clyde Wheeler Email & Phone Number

Cumberland, ME, US

Santa Fe, New Mexico, United States

• Support critical operations: Provide personal, direct, and flexible support to critical proposals, projects, and infrastructure across the organization that directly impact Descartes Labs profit and loss.
• Drive radical innovation: Research and identify the needs of target and existing customers, and develop plans for the development of novel step change technologies to address these needs.
• Implement AI strategy: Expand the company’s AI and machine learning footprint, and stay ahead of the curve by integrating new technologies into Descartes Labs core capabilities.
• Manage the Skunk Works: Spin up and manage small, agile, and elite teams within a rotating internal department to develop MVPs for innovative technologies. Provide a structural backbone and guidance for these projects.
• Validate the business: Participate in a product council to direct the future of our business, providing special scrutiny and input with regards to our competition and our right to win in the marketplace.

Santa Fe, New Mexico, United States

Santa Fe, New Mexico Area

• Turning images and data into actionable information using machine learning
• Currently developing algorithms and operational systems to aid in the response to natural disasters such as wildfires

Guildford, United Kingdom

• Responsible for directing and carrying out research into all aspects of imaging science at SSTL, including on-orbit radiometric/geometric calibration and characterization, image co-registration, and super-resolution
• Advanced several new techniques to reduce reliance on traditional radiometric calibration sites, vastly reducing the time required to commission a spacecraft imager on-orbit
• Led the on-orbit commissioning of the Carbonite-1 and Carbonite-2 imagers

Toronto, Canada Area

• Designed and assembled an inspection camera that has been used by the CanX-7 and NORSAT-2 spacecraft to monitor and verify the deployment of their respective payloads on-orbit
• Developed the flight software to control this inspection camera on-orbit
• Designed and implemented the image processing chain to decompress and radiometrically correct imagery and videos that has been downlinked from this inspection camera
• Developed and validated a low-cost method to perform the complete on-ground absolute radiometric calibration of a spacecraft inspection camera using a single image
• Performed the analysis to determine the appropriate exposure time with which to monitor the deployment of the CanX-7 and NORSAT-2 payloads on-orbit
• Key participant in the assembly, integration, and testing of the CanX-7 and NORSAT-2 spacecraft, which have both since launched and are operational on-orbit

Toronto, Ontario, Canada

• Assisted students from many different academic backgrounds learn the Python programming language

Ottawa, Ontario, Canada

• Worked with a technical team to verify the performance requirements of GSM, CDMA, and LTE radio units
• Ensured that projects were finished on or ahead of time using lean hardware development techniques
• Proactively developed several different software tools to enhance the efficiency of the verification process

Master'S Of Applied Science, Aerospace Engineering

Activities and Societies: Hart House Camera Club, Intramural Hockey, Intramural Soccer

Bachelor'S Of Engineering, Aersopace Engineering: Space Systems, Minor In Physics

Activities and Societies: UAV Team, Intramural Hockey