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Don Whittemore

Don Whittemore is the Assistant Chief of the Rocky Mountain Fire department, a nationally known speaker on fire and disaster incident response, and is the lead subject matter expert for the national curriculum on wildland fire behavior and regular instructor of incident management and leadership courses.

Mr. Whittemore has been an innovational thinker in organizational management for the past twenty-five years. He holds a Masters degree from Yale University, School of Forestry and Environmental Studies.

For the past decade, Mr. Whittemore has been actively engaged in public speaking and developing and leading classes on the topics of fire behavior, incident management, leadership, and decision-making. He was the lead subject matter expert for the most recent rewrite of the national curriculum on wildland fire behavior and a reviewer and alpha-class lead instructor on the fire behavior calculations course for the National Wildfire Coordinating Group.

Nathan Seidle

Nathan Seidle is a visionary in the open source hardware movement and has taken action by founding his company SparkFun Electronics. SparkFun has over 130 staff members, all making the world a better place by educating civilians about the technology they own and providing tools to alter it and build their own. Nathan sits on the board of the Open Source Hardware Association, assisting in the next revolution of business and society.

Tim Shisler

Tim Shisler has been fascinated with media in all forms since he could read a book, watch TV and talk his best friend into “borrowing” his parents video camera (then a 10 lb. monstrosity). After attending Sonoma State University and spending five summers as a commercial river guide, Tim dipped into the volatile world of high-tech PR, before realizing his passion was on the other side of the equation. In typical quarter-life-fashion, Tim packed up his car and drove around the country, living in Wal-Mart parking lots, strangers houses and the occasional KOA. Tim landed an internship at Backpacker Magazine and quickly made a mark by helping launch their new website, and by applying Google Earth technology to videos and print articles. Tim’s passion for technology and storytelling, have led him on a mission to change the way journalism is created, and bridge the gap between digital content and print content. Tim’s stories and videos have been published by Backpacker Magazine, Bicycling Magazine,The Wall Street Journal, Mountain Bike Magazine and The Adventure Sports Journal.