The Tunen Team
We put together a multi-disciplinary team with agricultural technical expertise to build solutions that actually help farmers.
Alexandre Shinebourne
Alex is a Computer Scientist, researcher, and Software Engineer. A graduate of Cambridge University, he previously worked as a technical engineering consultant at Google, advising companies of all sizes on distributed cloud technology and AI. He was also a member of the Google agriculture group, which aimed to unite industry players and farmers to advance technological development in agriculture.
In his lab at Cambridge, Alex focused on applying AI to tackle Environmental Risk, particularly in food security and sustainable agriculture. His work included remote sensing, Computer Vision, and AI technology for high-throughput phenotyping of crop breeds, crop growth modeling, and Reinforcement Learning for optimized crop management.
Julius Davier
Raised on a farm in East Germany, Julius developed a strong connection to agriculture. His academic journey led him to a Bachelor of Science in Economics and a Master of Science in Computer Science. Before co-founding Tunen, he leveraged his expertise as an AI/ML Customer Engineer for Fintech clients at Google Cloud, working from their London office. Julius is particularly interested in sharing knowledge. He is an adjunct professor at the IE university and supports the A2SV network in his free time.
To this day, Julius loves working directly in agriculture. His past experiences range from working for Claas to farm work on farms across various German states like Saxony-Anhalt, Lower-Saxony, Saxony, and Brandenburg, as well as Canada.
Jacob Decken
Born and raised on a farm in northern Germany, Jacob succeeded his father in running the family farm, which includes agriculture, a contractor business, and a dairy farm.
Jacob began his agricultural career with an apprenticeship in Mecklenburg-Vorpommern before studying Agriculture at Friedrich-Wilhelm University Bonn and Georg-August University in Göttingen. During his education, he gained practical experience by working on various farms throughout Germany and Australia. After earning a Master's in Entrepreneurship and Innovation from ESADE in Barcelona and exploring the Renewable Energy sector, Jacob returned to the Agricultural Industry. He now applies his hands-on farming experience to pragmatic product development.
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