What Happened?
New York, NY-based CartoDB Appointed Javier Torre as Chief Executive Officer
About the Company
A location intelligence and visualization engine that empowers you to effortlessly transform data into insights. With CartoDB, connect and map location data, quickly customize your visualizations, and develop powerful location based apps.
About the Person
Javier de la Torre is CEO of CartoDB. One of the pioneers of location intelligence, Javier founded the company in 2012 with a vision to democratize data analysis and visualization. Under his leadership, CartoDB has grown from a groundbreaking idea into one of the fastest growing geospatial companies in the world. CartoDB transforms layers of information into data driven maps that enable visual discovery of trends and patterns to make better, faster decisions. CartoDB’s web platform allows anyone to effortlessly connect location data to gain insights through simple analysis and visualizations with no coding skills. He started his career as a conservation scientist, applying data sharing technologies to analyze and visualize endangered species. In 2007, he founded Vizzuality, a renowned geospatial company dedicated to bridging the gap between science and policy making by the better use of data. He has been widely recognized for his visionary leadership and is frequently invited to give talks on data analysis, open source, geospatial technology, and biodiversity informatics. Javier holds a degree in Agriculture Engineering and Environmental Science from the Universidad Politéncia de Madrid and Freie Universität Berlin. He is an advisor member in multiple organizations like the European Biodiversity Observation Network. As CEO of CartoDB, Javier is responsible for driving the company growth and expansion to new and broader markets to achieve the company`s mission, the democratization of location intelligence. Javier is passionate about all things data and its potential to improve the way we make decisions in our world.
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