Patrick O'Neil

Patrick is currently the Chief Innovation Officer at BlackSky, where he started working years ago as an intern. During his internship, Patrick developed the core algorithms that form the foundation of Spectra AI, the company’s AI/ML-powered predictive geospatial analytics platform. Spectra AI automatically analyzes millions of data elements each day, including satellite imagery, IoT data and information from global sensor and signal networks, to track activity around the world. When the global pandemic hit, Patrick and his team built a system to monitor social mixing from space, integrate the observations into the latest epidemiology models, and provide critical risk assessments to the U.S. Air Force.