Meet the Team
Hotter Times and the Climate Adaptation Data Platform are projects of Zato Novo. Brian Lee Yung Rowe is founder of both Hotter Times and Zato Novo. A 21st century polymath, Brian draws from a deep well of experience that spans startups, academia, quantitative finance, machine learning, product development, and software engineering.
Formally educated in mathematics and electrical engineering, Brian has leveraged the scientific method throughout his career. In addition to industry achievements, he has taught graduate courses in natural language processing, machine learning, and big data for six years. Brian applied his experience as a professor to invent his Teaching as Management (TAM) method. TAM combines self-determination theory (SDT), social and emotional learning (SEL), the scientific method, and lean production to create a sustainable data-driven culture that minimizes management overhead.