Dr. David P. Groeneveld

President and Creator of RESOLV

With a legacy back to the early days of Landsat, David has specialized in applications of
satellite data for hydrology and plant ecology at watershed scales supported by his
training for bachelor’s, master’s and Ph.D. degrees. His Earth observation-based
consulting projects include several multi-year projects to characterize regional water
balance for federal, state and local governments. Supported by USDA SBIR, David
invented, patented, and commercialized VNIR reflectance-based software that
measures and applies precise crop irrigation that sold in 2017 to Climate Corp a,
Monsanto subsidiary.

With NSF SBIR support, David invented, patented and developed
RESOLV based upon observation of the statistical changes between hazy versus clear
atmospheric conditions. David has authored 31 juried papers that include contributions
to remote sensing technology. He holds six patents, two for RESOLV with two additional
RESOLV applications pending.

Timothy A. Ruggles

Chief Program Developer

Tim is a skilled software engineer with extensive experience in image process flows,
GIS analysis, and associated programming gained on the job and from bachelor’s and
master’s degree training in computer science and electrical engineering. Since early
2019, Tim has been integral to the development of RESOLV, progressing the software
from concept to a fully functioning platform. This work has involved extensive GIS
analysis and bespoke software for research, testing, and data proofing. For workflow
finalization, Tim ports the Python research to C++ (Linux) and dockerizes the program
and program environment for transmission and ease for user setup.