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Daniel Rothenberg

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Founder at Brightband

Erie, Colorado, United States

FoundedBrightband

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About

Daniel Rothenberg is Co-Founder and Head of Data and Weather at Brightband, a company focused on AI technologies for weather and climate prediction. He previously served as a Technical Lead at Waymo, addressing weather-related challenges for autonomous vehicles, and as Chief Scientist at Tomorrow.io, where he led a team working on meteorology, data science, and software engineering. Before entering industry, he was a research assistant and post-doctoral scholar at MIT's Center for Global Change Science and Institute for Data, Systems and Society, researching interactions among weather, climate, air quality, and human health.

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Prelude VenturesSan Francisco · $100K – $5M checks · since 2024StarshotLos Angeles

Co-founders at Brightband

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Experience

  1. BrightbandCo-Founder, Head of Data and Weathercurrent2024 — presentColorado, United States
  2. GoogleStaff Software Engineer (Bungee)2023
  3. WaymoStaff SWE / Technical Lead, Atmospheric Science2021 — 2023San Francisco, California, United States
  4. Tomorrow.ioAdvisor2021
  5. Tomorrow.ioChief Scientist2018 — 2021Boulder, Colorado, United States
  6. Tomorrow.ioDirector of Meteorology2017 — 2018Boston, MA
  7. Massachusetts Institute of TechnologyPostdoctoral Research Associate2016 — 2017Cambridge, MA
  8. Massachusetts Institute of TechnologyGraduate Student and Research Assistant2011 — 2016Cambridge, MA
  9. Massachusetts Institute of TechnologyTeaching Assistant2014 — 2015Cambridge, MA
  10. AMS Student ConferenceCo-chair2014 — 2016
  11. Graduate Climate ConferenceCo-Chair2013Cambridge, MA and Woods Hole, MA
  12. Google Summer of CodeContract Developer2011
  13. Cornell UniversityStudent Researcher2008 — 2011
  14. Cornell UniversityConsultant2009 — 2010
  15. Deepthought CollectiveSoftware Engineer2010
  16. Center for Multiscale Modeling of Atmospheric Processes at CSUStudent Intern2010
  17. Jefferson County Public SchoolsAcademic Competition Instructor2007 — 2008
  18. Orion Network ServicesProgrammer2006 — 2007

Skills & more

Fortran34Python18bash1UNIX1Unix5Python (Programming Language)1GitPyTorchSeabornScience20Algorithms7NumPy1
+12 moreSciPyClimate ChangePhysicsProgrammingNumerical AnalysisModelingMeteorologyData AnalysisMachine LearningArtificial Neural NetworksArtificial Intelligence (AI)Deep Learning

Languages French

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Who is Daniel Rothenberg?
Daniel Rothenberg is Co-Founder and Head of Data and Weather at Brightband, a company focused on AI technologies for weather and climate prediction. He previously served as a Technical Lead at Waymo, addressing weather-related challenges for autonomous vehicles, and as Chief Scientist at Tomorrow.io, where he led a team working on meteorology, data science, and software engineering. Before entering industry, he was a research assistant and post-doctoral scholar at MIT's Center for Global Change Science and Institute for Data, Systems and Society, researching interactions among weather, climate, air quality, and human health.
Where does Daniel Rothenberg work?
Daniel Rothenberg is Founder of Brightband.
What companies did Daniel Rothenberg found?
Daniel Rothenberg founded Brightband.
Where did Daniel Rothenberg go to school?
Daniel Rothenberg studied at Massachusetts Institute of Technology (Ph.D., Atmospheric Science); Cornell University (BS, magna cum laude); duPont Manual High School.

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