Jacob was born and raised in a small historic mining town called Grass Valley, located in the foothills of the Sierra Nevada’s in California. He grew up in the outdoors primarily skiing and mountain biking, and generally exploring all across the country in his Toyota Tacoma. These last couple of years he’s been on the dirt bike a lot more, and has always dreamed of doing an epic cross country trip on a motorcycle. For work, Jacob is a mechanical engineer for an Ag-Tech company called Blue River Technology, where they’re using computer vision, deep learning, and smart machines to revolutionize the way we spray chemicals and treat plants in agriculture.