Kurt is a spatial analyst, cartographer, teacher, and author with a career-long focus on conservation GIS. Over the past 30 years, he has worked with most of the conservation non-profits in the western U.S. and is an expert in modeling wildlife habitat and wildlife corridors. After running a successful conservation GIS consulting business based in New Mexico, Kurt moved to Denmark in 2021 and now works for Septima, Denmark's largest open-source geospatial firm. He is also a prominent open-source GIS advocate, having authored 11 books on the software QGIS. Kurt was elected an OSGeo Charter Member in 2015 and serves on the board of the Superior Bio-Conservancy.