President & Chief Executive Officer of Rescale
Poort attended University of Michigan where he graduated Magna Cum Laude obtaining a Bachelor of Surgery in Mechanical Engineering and Minor in Applied Mathematics. After University of Michigan, Poort attended graduating Magna Cum Laude obtaining a Master of Surgery in Aerospace Engineering. Poort also attended Harvard Business School where he received a Master of Business Administration graduating with distinction.
Silicon Valley insiders have referred to Poort as "a silent genius". Business Boeing Poort started his career at Boeing working as an engineer on the 787 Dreamliner airline program at Boeing Commercial Airlines. McKinsey & Company In 2010, Poort worked as a consultant for McKinsey & Company in the Amsterdam office.
Rescale In 2011, Poort founded Rescale a cloud computing platform for simulation in large enterprises across aerospace, manufacturing, energy, and life sciences verticals.
Rescale has raised funding from notable investors including Sam Altman, Jeff Bezos, Richard Branson, Chris Dixon, Paul Graham, and Peter Thiel.
