jesus salcedo.
TECHNOLOGY OPERATIONS · AGRICULTURAL SOFTWARE · FIELD SYSTEMS

Software for
the field.
Built for the
real world.

I'm Jesus. I build production systems that connect agricultural operations, field data, and the people who depend on them.

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CURRENTLY

Founder, Sentilli Analytics ↗
CTO, Honeycomb Robotics

BASED IN CALIFORNIA'S CENTRAL VALLEYWEB · MOBILE · GEOSPATIAL · APPLIED ML
8 yearsBuilding for agricultural operations
26%Less yield-prediction error at day 80¹
26,000 acresServiced by the Stomato platform²
01 / SELECTED WORKFROM FIELD DATA TO DAILY OPERATIONS

Built around
real operations.

Systems for growers, processors, and field teams—with outcomes that matter beyond the screen.

01 / CAL SUN GROWER SERVICESIN PRODUCTION

Every part.
Every machine.
A clear history.

An inventory platform delivered for the 2026 harvest. Office visibility meets offline QR and barcode scanning in native iOS and Android apps—so parts stay traceable from the shop to the field.

Native mobileOffline scanningAWS
Inside the project +

Built at Honeycomb Robotics for Cal Sun Grower Services, part of The Morning Star Company. Requirements were gathered in April 2026, followed by dry runs, colleague training, and in-field rollout support.

  • Role-based access and a complete assignment audit trail.
  • Low-stock alerts, reorder points, and machine repair and parts-cost history.
  • Weekly mechanic progress and equipment expenditure reporting.

Next phase: office QR scanning, T-STAR integration, vendor management, and in-app ordering.

Sentilli Overview all-fields dashboard showing satellite images, vegetation trends, and crop-health statusALL FIELDS DASHBOARD
02 / SENTILLI ANALYTICSEARLY ACCESS

Sentilli Overview

Crop intelligence from the whole operation to a single field: satellite imagery, health trends, weather, and early-stage tomato yield estimates. Built for growers and agronomists, on desktop and mobile.

Explore the platform +

Originating as Honeycomb Robotics' Overview application, the platform now includes grower and technician workspaces, five spectral views (NDVI, NDRE, MSAVI, NDMI, and RGB), and over eight years of imagery history.

Pro tools connect scouting tasks, optimized routes, prescription maps, application records, and field intelligence chat. iOS and Android apps support English and Spanish. Growth-stage tracking and yield estimates currently support tomatoes; almond models are coming soon.

Overview grower workspace with field recommendations and satellite crop-health imagery
Grower workspace · Field conditions and next actions
Overview iPhone app displaying an almond field boundary, satellite index selection, imagery history, and field statistics
Satellite imagery in the field
iOS & Android
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03 / SENTILLI ANALYTICSIN DEVELOPMENT

Sentilli Control

In development: one surface to plan, execute, and reconcile harvest and transplant operations—from equipment tracking to season simulation and factory capacity.

Explore the platform +
  • 10-second GPS tracking, activity classification, crew registry, field sequencing, and schedule approvals.
  • Deterministic simulations with field paths, split crews, truck loads, and FIFO factory unloading; animated playback from 1× to 500×.
  • Regular, overtime, and double-time labor-cost scenarios.
  • Irrigation block editing, ETo-driven schedules, soil moisture, weather, pressure events, and SSURGO soil-texture inference.

React, React Leaflet, Go, Python, PostgreSQL / PostGIS, OSRM, background pipelines, and on-premise GPU inference.

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04 / MORNING STAR · APPLIED MACHINE LEARNING

A clearer picture
of the coming yield.

In-season tomato yield estimates built from satellite imagery, weather, and transplant dates—with an 80% prediction range.

26% less error at day 80
than the county baseline¹

Honeycomb Robotics, in collaboration with Robby Force at The Morning Star Company. October 2026 report.

AVERAGE ERROR AT DAY 80 · TONS / ACRE
County baseline 12.2
Yield model 9.1

Tested across 5,188 field-seasons (2021–2024). Each season was held out from training; predictions used only data available at that point in the season.

View validation results +
Holdout validation across four seasons
CheckpointError (t/ac)Within ±10Inside 80% range
Day 609.861%82%
Day 809.166%81%
Day 1008.967%82%
Harvest8.867%81%
County baseline12.250%—

Better in every season tested. Next steps: add 2025 data, stable field IDs, variety and harvest dates, then forward-test on 2026 and run in-season in 2027.

More problems.
More practical solutions.

Cal Sun personnel management IN DEVELOPMENT+

Mockups complete; development underway. Replaces harvest staffing calls, texts, and spreadsheets with crew scheduling, replacement recommendations, qualifications and rest tracking, logistics cost approvals, hotel management, and a Spanish-language operator app with shift confirmation.

Warehouse management & fulfillment LOGISTICS · CONFIDENTIAL CLIENT+

A custom warehouse management and fulfillment application built at Honeycomb Robotics. A rate-shopping engine compares live UPS, USPS, and DHL rates and selects the lowest-cost option for each shipment.

Automated medication dispensing DEVICE CONTROL · CONFIDENTIAL CLIENT+

Control software that enforces prescription-based dispensing limits and detects and reports tampering. A one-patient pilot in New York let the physician review medication and tampering events. The software performed as designed; the pilot identified mechanical revisions needed in the device.

Drone foreign-object detection COMPUTER VISION · CONFIDENTIAL CLIENT+

Surveyed fields and trained a model on thousands of drone images, reaching approximately 67% detection accuracy. An economic feasibility study found drone detection with manual cleanup crews was not viable; recommended ejecting foreign objects during harvest instead.

Stomato field service platform THE MORNING STAR COMPANY · 2020–2024+

Built database storage, a landing page, automated input and page setup, multi-crop support, and technician alerts. Serviced acreage grew from approximately 11,600 to 26,000 without expanding the software team.²

Gradient Crop Yield Solutions CO-FOUNDER & LEAD SOFTWARE ENGINEER+

Led development of the full-stack platform and service website, with an estimated $120,000–$150,000 saved by building in-house. Worked with stakeholders and the company owner on operations, expansion strategy, annual roadmaps, and reviews.

React, Next.js, Tailwind CSS, JavaScript, Leaflet, Chart.js, Docker, Kubernetes, Google Cloud Run, and BigQuery.

Software platform ↗ · Service website ↗
Aerial imaging with UC Merced UNIVERSITY COLLABORATION+

Guided four senior computer science students in building an application to create and view NDVI crop health images from satellite data. Delivered a proof of concept valued at approximately $30,000.

¹ Day-80 average error: 9.1 versus 12.2 t/ac across held-out 2021–2024 seasons; approximately 26% lower. ² Grew from approximately 11,600 acres, without expanding the software team.

02 / EXPERIENCEENGINEERING + LEADERSHIP

From building
the system
to shaping
the direction.

2026 — PRESENT

Founder

Sentilli Analytics ↗

Building satellite crop intelligence with Overview and developing Control for harvest planning, simulation, and logistics.

FEB 2024 — PRESENT

Chief Technology Officer

Honeycomb Robotics

Direct infrastructure, software development, and cybersecurity across company products and client projects. Deliver field systems from requirements through release, training, and operational support.

JAN 2020 — FEB 2024

Co-founder

Gradient Crop Yield Solutions · The Morning Star Company

Led full-stack platform development and annual feature roadmaps, working with stakeholders on operations, economics, and expansion strategy.

JAN 2020 — JAN 2024

Software / R&D Engineer

The Morning Star Company

Built Stomato's data storage, automated intake, multi-crop support, and technician alerts. Mentored a four-student UC Merced satellite-imaging team.

Overall tenure at The Morning Star Company: January 2018–February 2024.

SENTILLI ANALYTICS / COMPANYFOUNDER · 2026–PRESENT
Sentilli Analytics

From a satellite pass
to a field decision.

I founded Sentilli Analytics to build tools for growers and processors, bringing crop monitoring, field intelligence, and operational planning into one product family.

Overview EARLY ACCESS

Satellite crop intelligence on the web, iPhone, and Android.

Control IN DEVELOPMENT

Harvest and transplant planning, simulation, and logistics.

Explore Sentilli
Sentilli Overview grower dashboard with a field's satellite map, crop health, soil moisture, growth stage, and weather risks
Sentilli Overview · Grower workspaceProduct image from Sentilli ↗
Satellite imagery, without new hardware.English and Spanish, in the office and field.
03 / ABOUT & CAPABILITIESHANDS-ON, END TO END
Jesus SalcedoENGINEER. FOUNDER.
FIELD PROBLEM SOLVER.

Close to the code.
Closer to the problem.

I bring eight years of experience building production software for agricultural operations in California's Central Valley. I work across the delivery cycle: understanding the operation, designing the system, building it, and supporting the people who use it in the field.

My work spans full-stack web and native mobile development, geospatial systems, cloud infrastructure, and applied machine learning—with client projects in logistics and medical devices.

UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA, MERCED · MAY 2018

B.S. Computer Science and Engineering
Minor in Management and Business Economics

Web & mobile

React · Next.js · React Native · Swift · Kotlin · TypeScript · JavaScript · Tailwind CSS · HTML · CSS · WordPress

Back end & infrastructure

Python · Go · SQL · FastAPI · SQLAlchemy · PostgreSQL · BigQuery · REST APIs · AWS · Google Cloud Run · Docker · Kubernetes · Linux · On-premise servers

Geospatial & applied ML

PostGIS · Leaflet · OSRM · GPS telematics · NDVI / NDRE / MSAVI · SSURGO · Yield prediction · Object detection · On-premise GPU inference

Delivery & operations

Requirements and release planning · Data integration and reporting · Harvest logistics · Infrastructure and security · Training and field support

IN CONVERSATION / YARA CROP NUTRITION PODCAST

How imagery helps farmers improve yields and profits.

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04 / LET'S CONNECT

Have a real-world
problem in mind?
Let's build.

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