Our Team
Atmospheric degradation poses a significant threat to precise application of satellite imaging, often resulting in unclear and inaccurate data. In an industry where precision is paramount, our dedicated team, led by Dr. David Groeneveld and Timothy Ruggles, has engineered RESOLV for accurate, robust and real time surface reflectance retrieval.
Dr. David P. Groeneveld
President and Creator of RESOLV
With a legacy back to the early days of Landsat, David has specialized in applications
satellite imagery for hydrology and plant ecology at watershed scales. His Earth observation-based consulting has included several multi-year projects to characterize regional water balance for federal, state and local governments. David has authored 34 juried papers that include contributions to remote sensing technology. He holds eight patents, including three for RESOLV.
David has applied EO data to solve high profile environmental issues including a geospatial model to predict vegetation responses for US DOE/ Sandia Labs that defined the potential for residual infiltration into the proposed Yucca Mountain Nuclear Waste Repository. David directed a five-year multi-agency investigation to determine ground water management for environmental sustainability and played a pivotal role as lead author and negotiator of provisions that resolved an 85-year-old water resources conflict between Los Angeles and Owens Valley, California. David’s innovations extend to air quality management through a satellite-based monitoring program overseeing dust control measures for the City of Los Angeles and the managing air pollution control district now in use for over two decades. Supported by USDA SBIR, David invented, patented, and commercialized VNIR reflectance-based software that measures and applies precise crop irrigation and sold it to a Monsanto subsidiary in 2017. His current work is dedicated to commercializing RESOLV SaaS.
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.