Meet the team!
Instinct is powered by outdoorspeople who are using their skills to improve the protection and management of natural resources.
Co-Founder & CEO
B.S Environmental Engineering
MIT
B.S Environmental Engineering
MIT
Co-Founder & VP of Engineering
B.S Electrical Engineering
CO School of Mines
B.S Electrical Engineering
CO School of Mines
Senior Firmware Engineer
M.S Communications
IIT - Madras
M.S Communications
IIT - Madras
Ashwin Datta
Co-founder & CEO
Ashwin Datta (he/him) is an environmental engineer and MIT graduate. Born and raised in the state of Oregon, he is passionate about forest ecology. He also brings years of experience with software and hardware prototyping. His networking skills have enabled him to forge partnerships with wildlife biologists, governmental agencies such as USFS PNW Research Station, an industry leader in bioacoustics, non-profits such as The Nature Conservancy and other large forest landowners. He is passionate about environmental and social justice and using innovative technologies to further such aims.
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Gabriel Larrabee
VP of Engineering
Gabe Larrabee (he/him) is a computer and software engineer living throughout the mountainous regions of North America. As an avid outdoor enthusiast, Gabe focuses on creating tools and infrastructure to foster more sustainable interactions between an ever-advancing human society and the natural world. He is a passionate and involved team member seeking to inspire real change in the environmental space.
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Sham Datta
Senior Firmware Engineer
Sham Datta (he/him) brings 34 years of hardware and firmware engineering experience at Intel Corporation. Previously serving as Instinct's lead hardware advisor, he retired from his Intel position as Senior Principal Engineer and joined the Instinct team as Senior Firmware Engineer. Sham is enthusiastic about developing technologies that help make forest protection and management easier. Outside of Instinct, he is an electric vehicle (EV) enthusiast with a home-built Toyota 4-Runner conversion and serves in the Oregon Electric Vehicle Association (OEVA). He also enjoys hiking and exploring the mountains of Oregon with his family dog, Wiggles.
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