Philanthropy Innovation
Cape Canaveral, Florida, USA Location Independent
Ty is a tech veteran with a 13 year career spanning Apple, Microsoft and Google. He excels at equipping philanthropic institutions with the knowledge and processes of how tech companies build products and operate their businesses. While at Google, Ty advised and built Al x Bioacoustics products for Rainforest Connection, NOAA, and nonprofit organizations. He started an open-source software and hardware project, Orcasound, which equips citizen scientists with machine learning tools track locations of killer whales, salmon and seals. Talk to Ty about how to change citizen behavior, real-time monitoring systems and water-secure futures.
Call-to-Action
Water + oceans are an afterthought in ESG, CSR and political systems—but it must be central to these agendas to make a difference. I suggest setting an example that the most important time to invest in water is now—by supporting freshwater ecosystem protections (the Amazon, Mekong, Ganges) and investing in water tech.