Forestry expert · Nature-tech product lead
I help organizations design carbon, agroforestry and biochar projects that work on the ground — and the MRV and finance systems that back them.
About
Most people in climate work sit on one side of the gap — either policy and finance in the Global North, or implementation in the Global South. I've spent seven years working both.
I started by volunteering for a year at an Indigenous tree nursery in the Philippines, then managed a 1,200-farmer agroforestry program in Kalimantan with Fairventures. At ETH Zurich's Crowther Lab I co-shaped Restor and grew its practitioner community from zero to 8,500 users. I co-founded GainForest to pilot blockchain-based rewards for verified nature impact. I've attended UNFCCC COPs, Global Landscapes Forums and IUFRO world congresses — and along the way shared hotel rooms, dinners and long walks with the investors, funders and policymakers who shape this space.
That's the gap I close for clients: making sure money, data and decisions flow both ways between the people designing climate finance and the smallholders delivering the outcomes.
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Services
Pre-feasibility, PDDs, MRV plans, and credit pathway strategy. Specialized in smallholder-inclusive ARR, agroforestry and biochar projects.
Agroforestry and regenerative land-use programs that work for farmers and funders. Built on seven years of field experience across ten countries.
Product ownership, user research and tool deployment for climate-tech platforms. I speak both engineer and field practitioner.
Portfolio
treeo.one
Origin team & current advisor
Winner of the Google Impact Challenge Germany 2018, led the project for its first year at Fairventures Worldwide — back before it was spun out and branded as TREEO. Today I advise the team as they scale smallholder tree monitoring globally.
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restor.eco
Community Engagement Officer, 2019–2023
Grew the global restoration practitioner community from 0 to 8,500 users and shaped the platform's UX with Google as build partner.
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maps.gainforest.app
Co-founder, Partnerships
Co-designed the interactive map, supported 25 partner NGOs across the Global South, and organized a 150-person AI-and-environment conference.
Visit GainForest →Built and led work at:
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