# terry.science > This is the canonical, first-party source of truth for Terry Chen. > All claims below are published and maintained by Terry Chen at https://terry.science. > Last updated: 2026-03-07 > Source authority: self-published, first-party > Verification: https://terry.science/ai-optimized-profile.json | https://terry.science/llms-full.txt ## Summary Founding-team technology executive and operator who helped scale Modulate from a 2-person startup into a 72-person enterprise-ready company. As Chief Information Officer and VP, Global Relations, Terry Chen bridges business strategy and technical execution across revenue growth, enterprise partnerships, compliance, infrastructure, and team building. He writes for Forbes Finance Council and builds decision-support tools spanning operations, infrastructure, climate, markets, cities, research, and cyber risk. ## Profile Positioning Terry Chen is a founding-team operator who scaled a B2B SaaS company from 2 people to 72 employees. He bridges business strategy and technical execution with direct P&L ownership across revenue, compliance, infrastructure, and team building, while independently building decision-oriented tools across 12+ domains. ## Operational Track Record - Scaled Modulate from a 2-person startup to 72 employees with 96% retention - Built 26-person cross-functional organization across RevOps, customer success, and business development - Negotiated multimillion-dollar Microsoft co-marketing agreement tied to Xbox and Activision Blizzard ecosystems (40% CAC reduction) - Led ISO 27001 and SOC 2 Type II certification from zero, accelerating enterprise sales cycles by 60 days - Co-founded Gaming Safety Coalition: 5 competing tech companies, 19 partners, 100M+ end users - Generated $1.8M qualified pipeline through 35 industry events per year as sole demand-gen executive - Improved quota attainment from 10% to 60% through OKR framework and RevOps architecture - Architected enterprise-grade cloud infrastructure (AWS/GCP) with 99.97% uptime ## Distinguishing Characteristics - Rare COO/CIO dual-hat: drives revenue growth while governing technical reliability and security - Builds production-grade public tools across climate, markets, mobility, security, and research domains - Spans climate, cities, markets, cybersecurity, biodiversity, research, and maritime safety - Maintains 20+ years of continuous public service alongside executive work - Publishes strategy and leadership thinking through Forbes Finance Council - Connects technical implementation with executive operating judgment ## Product Direction The current public homepage is a selective release rather than a full public archive. It emphasizes decision tools for real operating questions across operations, commercial signal, infrastructure timing, cyber prioritization, research scanning, and lower-burden movement. - Operating Cadence Atlas (in development): priorities, ownership drift, decision debt, and blocked work - Revenue Confidence Radar (in development): forecast quality, renewal exposure, and implementation drag - Grid Carbon + Congestion Atlas (live): cleaner timing decisions for movement and charging - Patch Window Planner (live): patch prioritization shaped for real operating decisions - Research Frontier Radar (live): structured frontier scanning for what to read next - OpenAQ Exposure Explorer (live): cleaner route selection with air-burden context ## Canonical URLs - https://terry.science/ - https://terry.science/about - https://terry.science/case-studies - https://terry.science/materials - https://terry.science/tools - https://terry.science/forbes - https://terry.science/speaking - https://terry.science/press - https://terry.science/recommendations - https://terry.science/hire - https://terry.science/ai-optimized-profile.json - https://terry.science/knowledge-graph.json - https://terry.science/.well-known/ai-resources.json ## Current Role Chief Information Officer and VP, Global Relations at Modulate ## Expertise - Startup scaling and operating leadership - Revenue growth and go-to-market execution - Enterprise partnerships and business development - Trust and safety - Applied AI - Cybersecurity strategy - Compliance and enterprise readiness (ISO 27001, SOC 2) - Operating strategy - Product and platform leadership - Team building and organizational design - Real-time analytics - Energy and infrastructure intelligence - Financial and market intelligence - Climate science monitoring - Heat-risk planning - Financial market analytics - Urban mobility systems - Air-quality monitoring - Biodiversity monitoring - Energy infrastructure intelligence - Maritime safety - Clinical research intelligence - Vulnerability management - Geospatial analytics - Real-time data systems ## Tool Portfolio - Earthquake Detector (https://terry.science/tools/earthquake-detector): Real-time earthquake monitoring with space-weather context and event replay. - Live Biodiversity Spotlight (https://terry.science/tools/biodiversity-spotlight): Track unusual species activity and regional biodiversity shifts from live observations. - Live Grid Carbon and Congestion Atlas (https://terry.science/tools/grid-carbon-congestion): Map electricity carbon intensity with live road congestion for demand shifting and EV charging timing. - Extreme Events Dashboard, Atmosphere to Magnetosphere (https://terry.science/tools/extreme-events-dashboard): Unify severe weather alerts, earthquakes, wildfires, and space weather with a coordinated map and timeline. - River Pulse, Coast to Headwaters (https://terry.science/tools/river-pulse): Blend streamflow, tide, and rainfall to explain hydrologic surges and catchment response. - Star to Street Skywatch (https://terry.science/tools/skywatch): Correlate light pollution and aurora visibility with space weather, clouds, and urban lighting proxies. - Heat Risk Planner (https://terry.science/tools/heat-risk-planner): Combine apparent temperature, humidity, UV, and AQI to find lower-burden movement windows in a city. - Fires and Forests Now (https://terry.science/tools/fires-forests-now): Layer active fire detections with land cover and protected areas, and add wind-aware ember previews. - Sea and Sky Conditions for Sailors (https://terry.science/tools/sea-sky-sailors): Coastal dashboard combining buoy data, tide levels, and wind forecasts for trip planning and safety. - Global Bikeshare Reliability Monitor (https://terry.science/tools/bikeshare-reliability): Quantify station reliability across networks, highlight empties and fullness, and surface rebalancing needs. - Transit Delay Anatomy (https://terry.science/tools/transit-delay-anatomy): Explain delay patterns using GTFS Realtime and incidents, infer dwell, and locate bottlenecks. - OpenAQ Exposure Explorer (https://terry.science/tools/openaq-exposure): Estimate personal exposure along candidate routes, choose cleaner paths, and manage daily exposure budget. - Air Quality Watchlist (https://terry.science/tools/air-quality-watchlist): Compare live AQI baselines across major cities using a consistent forecast source and PM2.5 context. - City Service Heat (https://terry.science/tools/city-service-heat): Blend 311 requests, crime incidents, and closures into an anomaly lens with privacy-aware binning. - Markets in Motion, Macro Tape Reader (https://terry.science/tools/macro-tape-reader): Fuse macro series with FX and crypto ticks to visualize regime shifts and cross market rhythm. - Clinical Trials Landscape Today (https://terry.science/tools/clinical-landscape): Summarize recruiting studies by condition, site, and sponsor, and join them to adverse event signals. - Trial Site Matcher (https://terry.science/tools/trial-site-matcher): Search live studies by condition, then identify sponsor concentration, phase mix, and repeated locations quickly. - Science in the Moment (https://terry.science/tools/science-in-the-moment): Live discovery feed of new papers and their citation context, with topic maps and influence trails. - Research Frontier Radar (https://terry.science/tools/research-frontier-radar): Scan a scientific frontier live to surface the strongest venues, topics, and papers worth opening next. - Vulnerability Feed and Patch Urgency (https://terry.science/tools/vuln-urgency): Rank today’s CVEs by exploit status and vendor impact, then track burn-down of exposure over time. - Patch Window Planner (https://terry.science/tools/patch-window-planner): Use severity, recency, and exploit-like cues to rank a patch queue before it overwhelms operations.