# James Hauk > Food & agriculture technologist, circular systems evangelist, inventor Location: San Francisco Bay Area, United States Profile: https://flows.cv/jameshauk Fields of activity: controlled environment agriculture - hydroponics & bioreactors, remote & nondestructive sensing, mechatronics, product design, biotechnology, chemistry, environmental sustainability. “... good design isn’t just good business, it’s a moral obligation” - Bill Stumpf / D.J. De Pree ## Work Experience ### Co-founder & Research Director, Head of Environmental Systems @ Ohayo Valley Jan 2022 – Jan 2022 | Berkeley, California, United States ### Director, Sensing Technology @ Sensei Ag Jan 2022 – Jan 2022 | Los Angeles Metropolitan Area Sensei Ag is a market-changing AgTech company on a mission to solve global gaps and inconsistencies in nutrition, food safety, and food security through the transformative power of data. Guided by the incomparable capabilities and insights of our founders, technology entrepreneur and Oracle Co-Founder Larry Ellison and esteemed physician and scientist Dr. David Agus, we design, develop and deploy cutting-edge agricultural technologies to build a better, more stable food supply that is capable of feeding our entire world nutritionally-relevant, delicious, affordable meals. We are the present and the future of farming, fostering agricultural innovations that will improve and support human health and wellness for decades to come. Sensei Ag: driven by data; grounded in science; focused on wellbeing. Learn more about our innovations in agriculture by visiting our website at sensei.ag ### Senior Manager in Nutritional Science, Solution Architect @ Sensei Ag Jan 2020 – Jan 2022 | Los Angeles Metropolitan Area ### Agricultural Engineer @ Sensei Ag Jan 2020 – Jan 2020 | Los Angeles Metropolitan Area ### Agricultural Engineer @ Sensei Jan 2019 – Jan 2020 | Greater Los Angeles Area ### Agricultural Systems Designer @ Sensei Jan 2018 – Jan 2019 | Los Angeles, CA ### Co-Founder @ Common Garden Jan 2017 – Jan 2018 | Emerald Hills, CA We build things for growers and scientists alike. https://github.com/CommonGarden Acquired by Sensei in 2018 ### Principal, Founder @ DeftlyDesigned Jan 2011 – Jan 2017 | Menlo Park, California Product concept, design, engineering, and fabrication of the following select projects: * Functional modular countertop bioreactors for fungi, bacteria, and algae; Maker Faire 2014 & 2015, first class @ IndieBio 2015. Sensa/Ark Reaktor, San Francisco. * Apparatus for scrolling a large banner in a street-facing window display, 2012. Storenvy, San Francisco. * Charging racks for wireless communicator prototypes, 2011. Theatro Labs, Menlo Park. ### Co-Founder @ [zome] Jan 2013 – Jan 2016 | Menlo Park, CA Low cost web of things solutions for the smart home. ### Co-Founder @ Foodclouds Jan 2012 – Jan 2013 | Menlo Park, CA Re-localizing food production and growing community. ### Product Design Intern, Cal(IT)2 myLab @ Qualcomm Institute - UC San Diego Division of Calit2 Jan 2009 – Jan 2010 | La Jolla, CA Conceived, designed, and built two of the four prototypes selected by the National Association of Music Merchants (NAMM) Museum of Making Music for tech improvements to the museum: a device to rotate signage upon detecting the presence of a visitor, and a sound-playback system triggered by a conductor’s baton fitted with a laser pointer. ### Research Chemist @ Kubiak Research Group, UCSD Jan 2005 – Jan 2008 | La Jolla, CA Established efficient synthesis routes for several inorganic electron-self-transfer complexes. Work published as content for a textbook. ## Education ### Interdisciplinary Computing in the Arts in Physical Computing, Chemistry, Music & Music Technology, Product Design, Environmental Studies UC San Diego ### Product Design in Environmental Systems Stanford Continuing Studies ### Menlo-Atherton High School ## Contact & Social - LinkedIn: https://linkedin.com/in/jchauk --- Source: https://flows.cv/jameshauk JSON Resume: https://flows.cv/jameshauk/resume.json Last updated: 2026-03-25