Joris Poort

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Joris Poort
BornJuly 5, 1983;41 years ago (July 5, 1983)
Nijmegen, Netherlands
Alma mater
OccupationPresident & CEO of Rescale

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.

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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

Born 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

Boeing

Poort 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

In 2010, Poort worked as a consultant for McKinsey & Company in the Amsterdam office. [6]

Rescale

In 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

Poort 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]

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  2. 1 2 "Going to the Moon via the Cloud". New York Times. 2021-05-25. Retrieved 2021-05-25.
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