Kelsey Jordahl is the Director of the Data Pipeline team at Planet. Planet operates the largest private constellation of satellites in the world, including over 150 earth observation satellites, and processes terabytes of data every day. Prior to joining Planet in 2015, he worked as a scientific software developer, working with clients in finance, energy, government and academia and teaching the Python programming language to scientists and engineers. He has also taught physics at Marymount Manhattan College and done research in marine geophysics. He holds a Ph.D. from the MIT-Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution Joint Program in Oceanography and a B.S. in Physics from Eckerd College. He lives in Spokane, Washington.