Climatalist
Fractional Head of Product leading 0-1 incubation and technology development for AI-powered climate knowledge platforms
Fractional Head of Product
0-1 Incubation & Technology
2025 to Present
Project Overview
As Fractional Head of Product at Climatalist, I lead the 0-1 incubation and technology development of two groundbreaking AI-powered platforms designed to accelerate climate knowledge transfer. Working directly with the founding team, I drive product strategy, technical architecture, and go-to-market execution for platforms that transform how organizations create, distribute, and monetize climate-focused content.
The Challenge
The climate transition faces a critical knowledge transfer problem. Despite massive investments in research and content creation, valuable insights remain buried in static PDFs, inaccessible recordings, and fragmented repositories. Organizations struggle to:
- Maximize ROI from expensive research and content creation efforts
- Transform one-off events into lasting, searchable knowledge resources
- Create engaging, interactive experiences that drive actual behavior change
- Measure content effectiveness and audience engagement
- Monetize valuable climate knowledge and data assets
The result: critical climate knowledge sits unused while organizations and individuals lack access to actionable insights needed to accelerate the transition.
The Solution
I'm leading the development of two complementary AI-first platforms that transform static climate content into interactive, monetizable knowledge ecosystems:
Event Knowledge Platform
Transforms event recordings into searchable, interactive knowledge hubs with AI-powered Q&A, sponsor assets, and lasting engagement tools.
- • Automated transcript-to-knowledge conversion
- • Interactive exploration with AI support
- • Sponsor-ready marketing assets
- • Post-event audience analytics
Field Guide Platform
Enables research institutions and enterprises to create, distribute, and monetize AI-enhanced interactive content from existing data assets.
- • Centralized data aggregation service
- • AI-powered content generation
- • Interactive knowledge exploration
- • Flexible monetization models
My role encompasses full product lifecycle management: from technical architecture and AI model selection to user experience design and revenue model optimization.
Results & Impact
Leading Climatalist's technology arm from concept to market-ready platforms, I've established:
- Product strategy and technical architecture for two distinct but complementary platforms
- AI model selection and integration strategy optimizing for accuracy and cost efficiency
- User experience frameworks that transform static content into engaging, interactive experiences
- Flexible monetization models including subscriptions, licensing, and sponsored content
- Go-to-market strategies targeting research institutions, event organizers, and enterprise clients
The platforms represent a new category in climate technology, addressing the critical gap between knowledge creation and knowledge application in the climate transition.
Early Market Validation
To validate our event knowledge platform concept, we partnered with Sydney Climate Action Week to transform their Investment & Innovation Summit into an interactive knowledge hub. This early experiment proved the viability of our AI-powered approach to event content transformation.
Working with Greenhouse Climate Hub, we processed the summit's content into searchable summaries and an interactive knowledge base, demonstrating how events can create lasting value beyond their live duration.
- • Real-world validation of transcript-to-knowledge conversion
- • Interactive Q&A functionality with event content
- • Searchable insights across multiple sessions
- • Proof of concept for sponsor integration opportunities
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