Carlos Gaitan
FounderCEO & Co-Founder at Benchmark Labs
San Diego, California, United States
FoundedBenchmark Labs
CEO & Co-Founder at Benchmark Labs
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Co-founders at Benchmark Labs
CG
Carlos Gaitan, Ph.D.CEO & Co-Founder
US
Ulrik SoderstromChief Strategy + Operations Officer & Co-founder
CL
Christopher Lund, Ph.D.Co-Founder
CL
Christopher LundCo-Founder
Experience
- Benchmark Labs Inc.Chief Executive Officercurrent2021 — presentCalifornia, United States
- Benchmark Labs Inc.Chief Technology Officercurrent2019 — present
- Benchmark Labs Inc.Co-Foundercurrent2019 — presentGreater San Diego Area
- Plan C AdvisorsAdvisorcurrent2019 — presentSan Francisco Bay Area
- ClimateAIChief Climate Scientist / Head of AI2018 — 2019San Francisco, California
- ClimateAICo-Founder2018 — 2019San Francisco, California
- Arable Labs, Inc.VP of Weather Forecasting - Machine Learning2017 — 2018San Diego County, California, United States
- Arable Labs, Inc.Head of Machine Learning and Artificial Intelligence2017Princeton, NJ
- Arable Labs, Inc.Head of Data Science2016 — 2017Princeton, NJ
- South Central Climate Science CenterResearch Scientist2014 — 2016Princeton, NJ
- South Central Climate Science CenterPost-Doctoral Associate2013 — 2014NOAA - GFDL
- Geophysical Fluid Dynamics Laboratory (GFDL)- NOAAPostdoctoral Researcher2013 — 2016Princeton, New Jersey
- The University of British ColumbiaPhD2008 — 2013Vancouver
- The University of British ColumbiaGraduate Research Assistant2008 — 2013
- The University of British ColumbiaSessional Instructor2011 — 2012Greater Vancouver Metropolitan Area
- Environment CanadaAtmospheric Modelling Analyst -RAP2011Greater Vancouver Metropolitan Area
- Pontificia Universidad JaverianaResearch Auxiliary Engineer - Instituto Geofisico2007 — 2008Bogota, Colombia
- HidroasesoriasEngineer Auxiliary2007Bogota, Colombia
- Pontificia Universidad Javeriana, BogotáCourse Monitor - Teaching Assistant2005 — 2006Bogota, Colombia
Skills & more
Matlab25Statistics37Hydrology24Machine Learning19Science31Research28Environmental Science13Mathematical Modeling8Artificial Intelligence4Civil Engineering1Remote Sensing6Forecasting3
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Data MiningClimate ChangeStatistical Data AnalysisData AnalysisGrant WritingBig DataInformaticsEntrepreneurshipRAutoCADMicrosoft OfficeGeographic Information Systems (GIS)Languages English · French · Spanish
- Fintech: Foundations & Applications of Financial Technology Specialization — Coursera
- Fundamentals of Visualization with Tableau — Coursera
- Deep Learning Specialization — Coursera
- Sequence Models — Coursera
- Launching into Machine Learning — Coursera
- Convolutional Neural Networks — Coursera
- The Data Scientist’s Toolbox — Coursera
- R Programming — Coursera
- Structuring Machine Learning Projects — Coursera
- Improving Deep Neural Networks: Hyperparameter tuning, Regularization and Optimization — Coursera
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Frequently asked questions
- Who is Carlos Gaitan?
- CEO & Co-Founder at Benchmark Labs
- Where does Carlos Gaitan work?
- Carlos Gaitan is CEO & Co-Founder of Benchmark Labs.
- What companies did Carlos Gaitan found?
- Carlos Gaitan founded Benchmark Labs.
- Where did Carlos Gaitan go to school?
- Carlos Gaitan studied at The University of British Columbia (PhD, Atmospheric Science); Pontificia Universidad Javeriana (Master of Science, Hydro systems); Pontificia Universidad Javeriana (B.Eng, Civil Engineering).
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