Joris Poort (born July 5, 1983) is an American businessman and entrepreneur. He is the founder and chief executive officer of the enterprise software firm Rescale.
Joris Poort | |
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| Born | July 5, 1983 |
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| Occupation | President & CEO of Rescale |
Silicon Valley insiders have referred to Poort as "a silent genius".[1] He is known for developing innovative computing technologies for engineers and scientists evangelizing use of high-performance computing and supercomputing in the cloud.[2]
Early life and education
editBorn in the Netherlands, Poort moved to the United States and attended University of Michigan, where he graduated magna cum laude, obtaining a B.S. in mechanical engineering and minor in applied mathematics. After University of Michigan, Poort attended University of Washington, graduating magna cum laude, obtaining a M.S. in aerospace engineering. Poort also attended Harvard Business School, where he received an MBA, graduating with distinction.[3]
Career
editBoeing
editPoort started his career at Boeing working as an engineer on the 787 Dreamliner airline program at Boeing Commercial Airlines.[4] His work at Boeing included significant contributions to the development of the first carbon fiber composite wing design for commercial aircraft through multi-disciplinary optimization and machine learning algorithms providing significant weight reduction, cost savings, and delighting the airline industry referring to the design as "poetry in motion" due to its unique design.[1][5]
McKinsey & Company
editIn 2010, Poort worked as a consultant for McKinsey & Company in the Amsterdam office.[6]
Rescale
editIn 2011, Poort founded Rescale a cloud computing platform for simulation in large enterprises across aerospace, manufacturing, energy, and life sciences verticals.[7] Rescale has raised funding from notable investors including Sam Altman, Jeff Bezos, Richard Branson, Chris Dixon, Paul Graham, and Peter Thiel.[8] By 2021, Rescale funding topped $100 million including the backing of Microsoft, Nvidia, Samsung, Hitachi, and others becoming the "dominant company" for high-performance computing in the cloud.[9][2] By 2022, Rescale funding exceeded $200 million with a valuation of over $1B, making it the first unicorn company in cloud high performance computing.[10]
World Economic Forum
editPoort was selected by the World Economic Forum as a Global Innovator participating in the 2023 Annual Meeting as part of the Unicorn Track, in part for its contributions to promote sustainable computing, advanced manufacturing, and acceleration of R&D innovation process in various industries. [11]
References
edit- ^ a b "Former Boeing engineer builds a better way to run simulations". San Francisco Business Times. 2015-10-09. Retrieved 2015-10-13.
- ^ a b "Going to the Moon via the Cloud". New York Times. 2021-05-25. Retrieved 2021-05-25.
- ^ "About Rescale". Rescale. 2015-05-14. Retrieved 2015-05-14.
- ^ "Rescale Emerges With $6.4M to Make Complex Product Design Easier". Wall Street Journal. 2015-05-14. Retrieved 2015-05-14.
- ^ "Emirates Tim Clark on Boeing 787". The Air Current. 2021-03-09. Retrieved 2021-03-09.
- ^ "Rescale Emerges With $6.4M to Make Complex Product Design Easier". Dow Jones VentureWire. 2015-05-14. Retrieved 2015-05-14.
- ^ "Rescale Lands $6.4M From Who's Who of Investors". TechCrunch. 2015-05-14. Retrieved 2015-05-14.
- ^ "Superstar-backed Rescale nets $6.4 million to build a better engineering cloud". Fortune. 2015-05-14. Retrieved 2015-05-14.
- ^ "High-performance computing platform Rescale raises $50 mln". Reuters. 2021-02-02. Retrieved 2021-02-02.
- ^ "Rescale Joins World Economic Forum Global Innovators Community". www.prnewswire.com (Press release). Rescale Inc. Retrieved 2023-01-21.
- ^ "Rescale Joins World Economic Forum Global Innovators Community". www.prnewswire.com (Press release). Rescale Inc. Retrieved 2023-01-21.
