Merritt Jenkins

CEO and Co-Founder, Kodama Systems Inc.

"The Forest Innovation Summit is the only conference that directly pulls together forest management startup founders and industry leaders to exchange ideas and information. Last year’s event was extremely worthwhile; I even hired someone I met that day!"

Merritt Jenkins

CEO and Co-Founder, Kodama Systems Inc.

Merritt Jenkins is CEO and Co-Founder of Kodama Systems, a venture-backed forest restoration company developing technology to improve in-woods productivity and utilize waste biomass. Kodama deploys high-speed internet connectivity at remote logging sites, outfits machinery with autonomous capabilities, and is constructing a first-of-a-kind “wood vault” for high-durability carbon storage. Prior to co-founding Kodama, Merritt was a co-founder at Pattern Ag, an agricultural technology company that has built the world’s largest metagenomics database. Merritt has an MBA from MIT, a master's degree in robotics from Carnegie Mellon, and a BA/BE in environmental studies and mechanical engineering from Dartmouth College.

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We are building a bridge between the Swedish and Californian Forest sectors and inspiring a dialogue with the potential to influence the future direction of forestry.

Our goal is to stimulate a dialogue between major forestry sectors across the Atlantic, encouraging the exchange of both new and existing innovations.

Forest Innovation Summit

Creating a dialogue between Swedish and Californian forestry sectors in light of the creation of new technologies for crisis management, as seen from environmental, social, and political outfits.