Kevin Wolz
CEO at Canopy Farm Management
Madison, Wisconsin, United States
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Top SchoolKevin Wolz is a mission-driven entrepreneur and scientist with 11 years of experience building agroforestry systems and institutions that help farmers adopt perennial, resilient land uses across the Midwest. As CEO of Canopy Farm Management and Lead Scientist at the Savanna Institute, he combines field-scale operations, research, and design to cost-effectively establish timber, perennial crops, and conservation plantings. He has led nonprofit strategy and sector coordination as co‑Executive Director and long-time board leader, translating ecological research into practical farm services and outreach. Trained as a postdoctoral agroforestry modeler and PhD ecologist, he blends quantitative modeling with hands-on equipment and planting expertise. Based in Madison, WI, he is comfortable moving between tractors and scientific papers, and is known for pragmatic designs that boost both biodiversity and farm profitability.
11 years of coding experience
9 years of employment as a software developer
Postdoctoral Researcher Agroforestry Modeling, Postdoctoral Researcher Agroforestry Modeling at INRA French National Institute for Agricultural ResearchDoctor of Philosophy (PhD) Ecology Evolution and Conservation Biology, Doctor of Philosophy (PhD) Ecology Evolution and Conservation Biology at University of Illinois Urbana-ChampaignAmos Alonzo Stagg High Shool
English, Spanish
Github Skills (63)
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r-package10
r10
data-visualisation10
grammar10
geos10
spatial10
toolbox9
soil9
gdal9
data-visualization9
data-handling8
cran8
government-data8
demography8
Programming languages (3)
Github contributions (5)
kevinwolz/hisafe-calibration
Nov 2017 - Aug 2021
Contributions:18 pushes, 1 branch in 3 years 10 months
kevinwolz/hisafer
Oct 2017 - Oct 2020
An R toolbox for the Hi-sAFe biophysical agroforestry model
Contributions:425 commits, 2 PRs, 136 pushes in 3 years 1 month
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