Steve Purves
FounderFounder at Curvenote
Greater Santa Cruz de Tenerife Metropolitan Area
FoundedCurvenote · YC
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About
Steve Purves has over 20 years of software engineering experience focused on scientific and technical applications, with expertise in computer vision, data science, and machine learning. He has led product development and R&D teams in the oil and gas sector, founded a consulting firm in 2013, and has worked across energy, healthcare, finance, and manufacturing sectors.
Founder at CurvenoteYC W21
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Steve went through Y Combinator (Winter 2021) — any YC alum in your network can reach them through the YC community.
Their group partner at YC was Nicolas Dessaigne, General Partner at Y Combinator — the partner who ran Curvenote's batch and knows the company first-hand. YC profile ↗
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Experience
- curvenoteFounder, CTOcurrent2020 — present
- EuclidityOwnercurrent2013 — presentSanta Cruz de Tenerife Area, Spain
- Earth Science Analytics ASR&D Director2018 — 2020Santa Cruz De Tenerife, Spain
- Expero, Inc.Senior Software Consultant2016 — 2018Santa Cruz De Tenerife, Spain
- GeotericDirector of Technology (CTO)2007 — 2013Newcastle upon Tyne, United Kingdom
- GeotericHead of Software Engineering & Software Engineer2000 — 2007
- University of Newcastle upon TynePostgraduate Researcher1997 — 2000
Skills & more
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Software DesignDesign PatternsObject Oriented DesignPatentsC/C++ STLProduct DevelopmentLean StartupBDDLeadershipPeople SkillsC++HTMLLanguages English · Spanish
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- Who is Steve Purves?
- Steve Purves has over 20 years of software engineering experience focused on scientific and technical applications, with expertise in computer vision, data science, and machine learning. He has led product development and R&D teams in the oil and gas sector, founded a consulting firm in 2013, and has worked across energy, healthcare, finance, and manufacturing sectors.
- Where does Steve Purves work?
- Steve Purves is Founder of Curvenote.
- What companies did Steve Purves found?
- Steve Purves founded Curvenote.
- Where did Steve Purves go to school?
- Steve Purves studied at Y Combinator (Founder YC W21, Entrepreneurship/Entrepreneurial Studies); Newcastle University (BEng(hons), Electrical and Electronic Engineering).
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