Josh Nowak
President at Speedgoat Wildlife Solutions LLC
Missoula, Montana, United States
Summary
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Top SchoolJosh Nowak is a data-driven leader who translates complex wildlife science into practical decision-support tools as President of Speedgoat Wildlife Solutions. With a PhD in Wildlife Biology and 11 years building web-based quantitative tools for agencies, he combines statistical rigor, software development, and clear stakeholder communication to automate analyses and make management actions defensible. A Navy EOD veteran, he brings disciplined problem-solving and risk management to projects that emphasize transparency, reproducibility, and data accessibility. Based in Missoula, Montana, he partners directly with practitioners to craft custom, production-ready solutions that surface actionable insights from “hard-earned” ecological data.
11 years of coding experience
7 years of employment as a software developer
Doctor of Philosophy (PhD), Wildlife Biology, Doctor of Philosophy (PhD), Wildlife Biology at Université LavalBS, Wildlife Biology, BS, Wildlife Biology at University of Montana
Github Skills (40)
htmlwidgets9
telemetry9
r8
rshiny7
visualization7
shiny7
ide6
rstudio6
renv6
htmltools6
r-package6
spatial5
leaflet4
bootstrap4
sass4
Programming languages (7)
Github contributions (5)
SpeedGoat/IDFG_user_manual
Jul 2022 - Jul 2026
Bookdown document for IDFG PopR site
Contributions:10 PRs, 9 pushes in 4 years 1 month
bookdown
Huh/PopR_IDFG
Mar 2015 - Aug 2019
Contributions:10 pushes, 1 branch, 53 comments in 4 years 6 months
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