# Chip Franzén

> Software Engineer

Location: San Francisco, California, United States
Profile: https://flows.cv/chipfranzn

I’m a software engineer at InnerPlant, where I designed and built the first system to deliver our product to farmers commercially. My work connects sensor crops in the field to farmers and agronomists making real-time decisions, bridging biology, hardware, and data. I like building systems that translate scientific ideas into something reliable and scalable in the real world.

Outside of software, I'm interested in agriculture, public policy, education, finance, language, and music. My experience as a Peace Corps volunteer in Madagascar was formative, and I'd like to continue to serve the public interest in some capacity.

## Work Experience
### Software Engineer @ InnerPlant
Jan 2024 – Present | Davis, California, United States
As the first software engineering hire, I am designing and building InnerPlant's data and ML pipelines, with focuses on IoT, computer vision, remote sensing, and inference APIs.

### Staff Software Engineer @ Indigo
Jan 2022 – Jan 2024 | San Francisco, California, United States
ML ops for remote sensing-based agronomic event models.
Inference APIs.

### Data Science Manager @ Granular
Jan 2021 – Jan 2022
I lead a small team focused on weed management and disease detection using computer vision methods.

### Data Science Lead @ Granular
Jan 2019 – Jan 2021 | San Francisco Bay Area
Computer vision for crop disease identification.

### Data Scientist @ Granular
Jan 2017 – Jan 2019 | San Francisco Bay Area
Agricultural land valuation.
Computer vision for land cover identification.
Spatial data pipelines.

### Data Science Intern @ Scientific Revenue
Jan 2017 – Jan 2017 | San Francisco Bay Area
Multi-armed bandits for price sensitivity experiments.

### Assistant Manager @ AOJI Education Group
Jan 2015 – Jan 2016

### Language Teacher @ AOJI Education Group
Jan 2014 – Jan 2015 | Beijing

### Peace Corps Volunteer @ United States Peace Corps
Jan 2011 – Jan 2013 | Ambatofinandrahana, Madagascar

### NYC Civic Corps Member @ Americorps
Jan 2010 – Jan 2011
Ten months of service at a nonprofit in NYC, placed through NYC Civic Corps.


## Education
### BA in The History of Science
Duke University
Jan 2005 – Jan 2009

### Master of Science (M.Sc.) in Data Science
Galvanize - San Francisco, SoMa
Jan 2016 – Jan 2017


## Contact & Social
- LinkedIn: https://linkedin.com/in/charles-franzen
- Website: http://charlesfranzen.com

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Last updated: 2026-03-23