Teal Wyckoff

About Teal Wyckoff

I lead a team focused on cloud-based geospatial analytics and data storage platforms for conservation science, serving a global audience. As Associate Director of Geospatial Services at The Nature Conservancy, I support the development and stewardship of a cloud‑first GeoCloud portfolio, including desktop GIS, data-science compute, shared storage and data-lake capabilities, governance, and web GIS hosting.Much of my role involves partnering with colleagues across science, conservation, and within IT to help translate emerging approaches, such as Earth observation, modern data sharing, and applied AI/ML, into dependable, well‑supported services that practitioners can rely on in their day‑to‑day work.Our team supports a large, global geospatial community and the broader workforce across all 50 U.S. states and dozens of countries. We aim to align our work with TNC’s 2030 climate mitigation and biodiversity goals by focusing on practical outcomes, sustainable operations, and shared ways of working. I spend most of my time on product strategy, operational improvement, and helping shape how experimental product testing can mature into secure, scalable capabilities for the organization.Before joining TNC, I spent nearly two decades at the University of Wyoming working on applied geospatial science and decision‑support tools with state and federal partners. My personal academic research included understanding how human development influences ungulate migration across Wyoming’s intact and human‑modified landscapes.At a simple level, what motivates me is the belief that geospatial science and supporting technology, when implemented thoughtfully and at scale, can support better decisions, accelerate climate action, and help create conditions where both people and nature can thrive.Focus areas: Geospatial-Cloud product strategy, data governance and sharing, AI for nature, web GIS, cross‑team collaboration, vendor stewardship, public‑sector decision support.

Experience

1. Associate Director, Geospatial Services

   The Nature Conservancy

   Apr 2022 — Present

   Enabling The Nature Conservancy (TNC) to maximize the value of our investment in geospatial technologies (GIS, Earth Observation, data science) on a global scale by leveraging geospatial data and technology to support on-the-ground management, science, and research, and evaluate metrics to meet global climate and biodiversity objectives by 2030.

Education

• National Outdoor Leadership School

  Semester in the Rockies

  2000 — 2000

• University of Wyoming

  B.S.

  2005 — 2007

• Northampton Community College

  Associate of Arts

  2002 — 2004

• University of Wyoming

  Master’s OF Science Degree

  2011 — 2017

Skills

• Gis
• Web Design
• Microsoft Sql Server
• Environmental
• Data Management
• Arcgis Server
• Geomatics
• Environmental Awareness
• Gps
• Esri
• Web Development
• Data Collection
• Science
• Spatial Databases
• Geographic Information Systems (Gis)
• Analysis
• Spatial Analysis
• Communication and Outreach
• Problem Solving
• Ecology
• Geography
• Project Management
• Global Positioning System (Gps)
• Remote Sensing
• Arcgis
• Research