Our team

Meet the forces of nature dedicated to fostering healthier ecosystems for all

Our operating principles

01

Build for speed and scale

We are up against time to keep critical ecosystems intact. We strive to turn the best possible data and science into contextualized, useful information that travels across boundaries, scales, and time.

02

Honor stewardship of our planet

We help people understand how what their decisions today impact seven generations fromnow.

03

Make data publicly available

Data representing the natural resources we all depend upon should be part of the commons. As we create novel data products, we make them publicly available.

04

Collaborate rather than compete

We partner to solve hard challenges and support others in doing the same. The only way forward is together.

70+
Employees
47
Cities
19
PhDs
585
Years of combined science experience

Meet the team

Leadership
Applied Science
Engineering
Finance + Operations
Impact
Product
Pyrologix
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Allison Wolff

Chief Executive Officer
Leadership
Leadership

Ryan Anderson

Spatial Analyst
Applied Science
Applied Science

Katherine Barton

Software Engineer
Engineering
Engineering

Guy Bayes

Chief Technology Officer
Leadership
Leadership

Judy Bergwerk

FinOps Manager
Finance + Operations
Finance + Operations

Zander Bonorris

Director of Partnerships
Impact
Impact

April Brough

Geospatial Lead
Applied Science
Applied Science

Casey Burwasser

HR Specialist
Finance + Operations
Finance + Operations

Michael Callahan

Engineering Team Lead
Pyrologix
Pyrologix

Jack Campanella

Senior Software Engineer
Pyrologix
Pyrologix

Mike Cartmill

Partnership Success Manager
Impact
Impact

Dr. Tony Chang

Machine Learning Engineering Manager
Engineering
Engineering

Scott Conway

Chief Resilience Officer
Leadership
Leadership

Peter Dabrowski

Chief Financial Officer
Leadership
Leadership

Patrick Davey

Software Engineer
Engineering
Engineering

Dr. David Diaz

Forest Data Scientist
Applied Science
Applied Science

Oktay Dogramaci

President, Vibrant Planet Data Commons
Leadership
Leadership

Dr. Katharyn Duffy

Director of Science Operations
Applied Science
Applied Science

Cyrus Dukart

Product Engineering Lead
Engineering
Engineering

Thomas Edwards

Software Engineer
Engineering
Engineering

Jena Ferrarese

Spatial Wildfire Analyst
Pyrologix
Pyrologix

Joe Flannery

Director of Partnership Success
Impact
Impact

Tyler Ford

Lead Technical Project Manager
Impact
Impact

Dr. Sophie Gilbert

Lead Scientist, Biodiversity
Applied Science
Applied Science

Mitchell Gritts

Data Engineer
Engineering
Engineering

Dr. Andreas (Andi) Gros

Lead Engineer, Machine Learning
Engineering
Engineering

Ian Hageman

Geospatial Systems Administrator
Impact
Impact

Dr. Ryan Herring

Lead Engineer, Data Engineering
Engineering
Engineering

Dr. Tyler Hoecker

Spatial Wildfire Analyst
Pyrologix
Pyrologix

Dr. Neil Hunt

Chief Product Officer
Leadership
Leadership

Melissa Jaffe

Spatial Wildfire Analyst
Pyrologix
Pyrologix

Ella Kobelt

Senior Marketing Manager
Impact
Impact

Dr. Mike Koontz

Lead Scientist, Ecological Modeling & Climate Change
Applied Science
Applied Science

Dr. Kailey Kornhauser

Partnership Success Manager
Impact
Impact

Vincent Landau

Monitoring Data Scientist
Engineering
Engineering

Dr. Paige Maas

Data Engineer
Engineering
Engineering

Maya McAuliffe

Software Engineer
Engineering
Engineering

Dr. Kevin McGarigal

Landscape Ecologist
Applied Science
Applied Science

Walter McGinnis

Senior Software Engineer
Engineering
Engineering

Lily Michelson

Director of Impact Operations & Enablement
Impact
Impact

Dr. Colton Miller

Forest Ecologist
Applied Science
Applied Science

Dr. Chris Moran

Director of Fire Science
Pyrologix
Pyrologix

Marcelo Murachovsky

Product Designer
Product
Product

Cameron Musser, RPF

Forester
Applied Science
Applied Science

Dan Myers

Chief Operating Officer
Leadership
Leadership

Jim Napoli

Senior Spatial Wildfire Analyst
Pyrologix
Pyrologix

Kiarie Ndegwa

Senior Machine Learning Engineer
Engineering
Engineering

Tory Nelson

VP of Product
Leadership
Leadership

Derrick Nemetchek

Software Engineer
Pyrologix
Pyrologix

Molly Parker

Executive Assistant
Finance + Operations
Finance + Operations

Heather Peceniak

Technical Project Manager
Pyrologix
Pyrologix

Tate Perkins

Partnership Associate
Impact
Impact

Laurie Perrot

Senior Environmental Analysis Coordinator
Applied Science
Applied Science

Danielle Perrot

Principal Applied Scientist
Applied Science
Applied Science

Nathan Rutenbeck

ML & Data Product Manager
Product
Product

David Sacerdote

Lead Engineer, Infrastructure
Engineering
Engineering

Dr. Hugh Safford

Chief Scientist
Leadership
Leadership

Joe H. Scott

Chief Fire Scientist
Leadership
Leadership

Dr. Joe Shannon

Lead Scientist, Applied Hydrology
Applied Science
Applied Science

Sky Skach

Director of Resilience Operations
Product
Product

Dr. Bogdan State

Senior Machine Learning Engineer
Engineering
Engineering

Zoe Statman-Weil

Software Engineer
Engineering
Engineering

Heather Stone

Senior Software Engineer
Engineering
Engineering

Dr. Matt Thompson

Vice President of Risk and Strategy
Leadership
Leadership

Maria Tran

Product Manager
Product
Product

Katherine Tully

Software Engineer
Pyrologix
Pyrologix

Dr. Chelsey Walden-Schreiner

VP of Applied Science
Leadership
Leadership

Dr. Janet Wiener

Principal Software Engineer
Engineering
Engineering

Nahum Wild

Product Engineering Lead
Engineering
Engineering

Ethan Yackulic

FVS Specialist
Applied Science
Applied Science

Bryce Young

Spatial Wildfire Analyst
Pyrologix
Pyrologix

Hannah Young

Associate Technical Project Manager
Impact
Impact

Luke Zachmann

Lead Data Scientist, Nature-based Solutions
Engineering
Engineering

Join the Vibrant Planet family

“The science is clear that we can restore ecosystem resilience, but we have to move quickly and in the right order of priority. That’s where our technology comes in. We help our customers strategically prioritize resource deployments to avoid losses and maximize community and ecosystem resilience.”

Allison Wolff
CEO and Co-Founder
Vibrant Planet

Our commitment to diversity

We encourage applicants from all cultures, races, religions, sexes, national or regional origins, ages, disability status, sexual orientation, gender identity, military, or other status protected by law to apply.

We are most interested in finding the best candidate for the job, and that candidate may come from a less traditional background, but have capacity to grow into and thrive in the position after some mentoring. We do not require that you have experience with every job description task. We will consider any equivalent combination of knowledge, skills, education, and experience to meet minimum qualifications. We encourage each candidate to think broadly about their unique background and skill set and how it may relate to the role.

This is important to us.
We aren’t just saying this, we mean it.

Open positions

Help us turn cutting-edge science and unprecedented ecological data into actionable insights.



We're hiring for a Community Wildfire Protection Program Manager. To learn more about the role and apply, click here.