Frequently asked questions about See Through Carbon’s Pilots
Who we are
See Through Carbon is shaped by an international network of experts working pro bono to measurably reduce carbon. Support us by paying them to devote more time to STC work or quoting ‘SeeThroughCarbon’ to hire them for your own projects.
Agipu RonaldOtai
Technologybased inUganda
Ronald specialises in maintaining robustness and security in complex information systems, particularly in the banking sector. He conducts ICT risk assessments, threat analysis, vulnerability assessments, and compliance monitoring in highly regulated environments, developing and implementing resilience systems, from disaster recovery to business continuity planning, while maintaining data integrity, confidentiality and availability.
AllanKatongole
Administrator, Technologybased inUganda
Alan’s IT expertise covers information systems, data analysis & management, security, risk & vulnerability assessment, software testing and compliance monitoring, enterprise management systems. Alan’s problem-solving experience covers a wide range of standard systems, platforms and software, in languages including .Net , MySQL & PHP.
Bhaskaran, MD of Invosystems, 35 years in the IT industry. Invosystems’ PlanetSustain Mobile App won the Singapore Environment Council’s Green Innovations Merit award at the 2023 Singapore Environmental Achievement Awards. Invosystems supports the Go Green SG campaign led by Singapore’s Ministry of Sustainability & Environment.
Daniel is an architect specialising in Zero-carbon buildings & Climate Change. Now UK-based, he’s studied & taught globally from his native Mexico to India, Spain and The Netherlands. Winner of the See Through Carbon Competition, using the supercomputing prize to optimise global low-carbon construction and climate resilience.
Daniel is a certified Information Systems and Project Management professional (PMP, ISO/IEC 27001), experienced in managing information systems, data analytics, and policy. His health sector work includes project leadership, stakeholder collaboration, and AI policy development, leveraging international standards and best practices to drive impactful, technology-driven outcomes for equitable, sustainable development in East Africa.
DavidLaRosa
Marketing, Technologybased inUSA
David founded LA-based Verso Creative. He’s won many international design awards as creative director for global brands like SONY, Toyota, Lexus, GoPro and Disney. He brings deep experience, imagination, fresh insights and boundless energy to every project, creating unexpected, effective solutions by blending personal creativity with breakthrough technology.
George has managed, produced, composed & performed in the music business since the 60s, with collaborators include Hans Zimmer, George Harrison & Madness, in genres from Renaissance to jazz, projects from environmental theatre to movie scores. For 40 years his Ukulele Orchestra of Great Britain has sold out gigs globally, inc. the Royal Albert Hall, Sydney Opera House, Carnegie Hall & Glastonbury.
A member of the Association of Sustainability Practitioners (ASP), Giles specialises in measuring and reducing the carbon footprint of websites. He consults with ethical businesses, consumers and customers to improve website performance, while reducing costs and carbon impact. Born @327.46 ppm CO2.
Joe Jack lectures at UK universities, and is a part of core research groups for Architects Declare, CIBSE and LETI, and a partner at leading sustainable architects, FCBStudios. He is a specialist in predicting, measuring and mitigating the carbon impact of architecture, and a thought leader in carbon auditing methodology.
John recently retired after a 40-year career designing, developing, operating and managing IT systems for large, complex organisations, most recently for a subsidiary of Ireland’s postal service An Post. Experienced and expert across a wide range of tech from cloud computing to coding and data protection.
Johnson is an industrial chemist, environmental executive and social enterprise/sustainability project entrepreneur. He won the See Through Carbon Competition for his survey of firewood cookstoves in rural Nigeria, and is now sharing his data & methodology with government agencies around Africa. He is Managing Director of Fring Integrated Services Ltd.
Jonathan is a graphic designer who was born at 320ppm. He grew into designing for the web when it was young and is growing old(er) with it. He is an accomplished wrangler of ‘front-end’ code and is developing this website. Jonathan is a stickler for semantic HTML, elegant taxonomy and accessibility best practice.
Julie’s background is in impact finance (Head of Impact Solutions for BNP/Paribas) and philanthropy. She now specialises in impact marketing, measuring real-world outcomes for sustainability projects, democratising access to positive social solutions. Strategist for impact investing, ESG, sustainability, development and philanthropy.
After studying Tourism and Hotel Management, Louisonse went on to specialise in the development and promotion of sustainable tourism. Her work seeks to apply modern technology to the tourism sector in order to instigate social change that benefits local communities and the environment, while mitigating the impact of climate change.
Mark is an AI pioneer, hi-tech entrepreneur and team manager over many decades and applications, including leading innovation at NASA, Siri, DreamWorks and Apple. He has extensive experience on both sides of the venture capital pitching table. At the cutting edge of tech since obtaining his Edinburgh Uni PhD in AI in the 1980s.
Michael is an ontology engineering pioneer, building enterprise ontologies to drive production applications in large companies in many sectors. As a consultant and author, he distills and communicates complex webs of ideas. He literally wrote the book on the Web Ontology Language for Enterprises.
Michael, STC Uganda Country Coordinator, is among Uganda’s leading sustainability specialists. His carbon drawdown expertise spans accounting, education, ecological justice and community empowerment. He founded EALS Consult Uganda Ltd, a carbon consultancy helping Ugandan businesses integrate eco-friendly practices, including coordinating STC Pilots in East Africa and helping develop Pilot IT.
Oliver has managed large telecom projects from Europe’s GSM network to the world’s first mobile banking service. He has lectured worldwide in e‑commerce and risk management for the mobile industry. Now retired he provides environmental organisations with pro bono consulting services in knowledge management architectures, benchmarking, branding and social media strategy.
Pravin Amar Singh is a seasoned sustainability expert with over 28 years of experience. He is a certified EIA professional and Greenhouse Gas/Carbon Footprint Analyst, spearheading numerous Environmental Impact Assessments and playing pivotal roles in landmark projects. Proficient in:sustainability planning/management, stakeholder engagement, board-level leadership.
Richard is a Chartered Accountant and Chartered MSCI who runs his own practice providing financial consultancy services to UK and European clients. He has worked with a variety of charitable organisations and is currently a trustee and Chair of the Audit and Finance Committee for Forest Peoples Programme.
Robert traded textiles, produced & reported around Asia for CNN, CNBC & ABC, won documentary awards, done media consulting, trained journalists for the BBC, written for national titles, broadcast in English, Chinese & Japanese, and pioneered filmmaker crowdfunding. Founded See Through News to ‘Speed Up Carbon Drawdown by Helping the Inactive Become Active’.
Rob started in advertising before pioneering UK sustainability corporate CSR, farmer’s markets, regenerative farming, local currency & retrofitting. 2 degrees in Philosophy and Responsibility/Business Practice, 3 books on ethical enterprise, lecturer, founder Assoc. of Sustainability Practitioners. *Rob died after a short illness Dec 2023. This bio marks Rob’s lasting influence on STC.
Samuel is an IT professional with 9+ years of experience in systems analysis, software development, AI systems, cybersecurity, and project management. Pursuing an MSc in Computer Science, Samuel brings expertise in ICT risk management, AI innovations, cloud security, and business continuity. His technical acumen and leadership brings IT. experience, innovation and resilience to See Through Carbon.
Dr.SusanLechelt
Advisorbased inUK
Dr. Susan Lechelt lectures in Design Informatics at Edinburgh Uni, specialising in human-computer interaction/design related to data literacy, creativity, playfulness, environmental sustainability, and responsible innovation. Her research supports diverse audiences to stimulate creative practice and develop environmentally sustainable relationships with new tech.
Tom had a military and legal background before working in advanced semiconductor design, focused on minimal power consumption. He is CEO of various computing and hi-tech start-ups including YellowDog, donor of the See Through Carbon Competition prize fund of $500,000-worth of supercomputing.
Technologist and manager with 40 years’ experience in the broadcast industry. BBC trained leading to spells at ITN and CNN before switching to satellite & broadcast engineering, coordination & management of broadcast operations and transmissions for F1. Having recently waved the chequered flag on time at F1, looking for the next adventure. Keen photographer and ocean racing yachtsman.