About Us

Our Story

After finishing a master's in Genetic Analysis and working as an Agronomist for NIAB, Jamie began his PhD in Computer Science at the University of York. Working with Prof. Dan Franks and Prof. Katherine Denby, Jamie began his project to apply computer vision to detect disease in cocoa trees. Having successfully completed this project, a new and exciting opportunity presented itself. Combining our team's expertise in agriculture, computer vision and AI, we founded Fairfield Vision with the ambitious aim of developing and deploying HiveSight, a contribution to a sustainable future.

Meet the Team

Jamie Sykes

Founder and CEO

Chief AI Whisperer, Biologist and Conservationist

PhD in Computer Science, 20+ years in agriculture, Agronomist with NIAB, MSc in Quantitative Genetics and BSc in Conservation Biology

Danny Roberts

Lead Product Engineer

Rocket Scientist... no really!

MEng in Computer Science, First Class Honours, University of York

Alejandro Tola Alvarez

Director

Our go-to Captain of Industry

Alejandro is an aquaculture and AgTech executive with over 20 years of international experience spanning genetics, breeding, business development and sustainable food production.

Fiona Mackay

Operations Manager and Research Associate

Entropy Wrangler

Ecologist with a background spanning physics, ecology and conservation, and experience in environmental impact assessment & ecological monitoring.

Prof. Dan Franks

Adviser

Resident Machine Learning and Data Analysis Guru

Full professor at the University of York, CEO of Causa, 20+ years of R&D in AI/ML, over £6m in grants, and published in Science, Nature and PNAS