Jim Guenter, Author at Species360

Dr. Sandy Trautwein joins Species360 as Director of Aquatics Conservation and Product Management

Dr. Sandy Trautwein will join Species360 as Director of Aquatics Conservation and Product Management. She most recently was Vice President of Husbandry at the Aquarium of the Pacific in Long Beach, California.

Advocating for Change: A Letter to Our Team

In the midst of historic challenges impacting not only our entire team but our member community worldwide, I want to take this opportunity to share insight to the values of our organization. These values reflect recent and long-standing discussions among our team, members, and with partners and associates and are worth revisiting. As a global non-profit focused on education and conservation, we believe that taking a stance is necessary. By speaking out about events, we make an impact for our team, our members, and our communities.

To Our Species360 Team, Our Members, and Our Community:

The murder of George Floyd in Minneapolis, where Species360 headquarters and much of our team are located, has fueled what we hope will be desperately-needed change to our society and policing. We welcome these protests. We believe our society, the fabric of our communities, our policing, will change. We hope the change that begins here will bring greater equality for people in other regions of our nation and our world.

Amazing New Zealand members – What’s a wētāpunga?

Across the globe to New Zealand Kia ora! You see and hear this expression all over New Zealand - it literally means "Hello! Be well and healthy!" As we might say "spring is in the air!" Attending a spring conference…

Amazing members part 2 – orangutans, gorillas and the golden lion tamarin

April 25, 2018
Jim Guenter
Blog, Members
0 Comments

On the road again As I am in the midst of my 2018 spring travel to for Species360 Board of Trustees meeting, and to attend conferences for both EAZA and ZAA (Australasia), I realize I still have a few Species360…

Amazing members part 1 – cranes and pangolins

February 22, 2018
Jim Guenter
Blog, Members
0 Comments

Species360 members we met on the way to ZACC 2018 In January my wife and I took a road trip from Saint Paul, Minnesota to Jacksonville Florida to join the biannual conference of Zoos and Aquariums Committing to Conservation. Julie…

Announcing 2018 officers for Species360 Board

The Species360 Board of Trustees is comprised of more than 20 zoo and aquarium volunteer representatives from our worldwide member institutions, including association trustees from WAZA, AZA, EAZA, ZAA (Australasia), CZA, JAZA, and PAAZA. Institutional trustees also represent SEAZA and…

We’re hiring! Build software that makes a difference

January 9, 2018
Jim Guenter
Blog, Team
0 Comments

Do you love your day job? I spent most of my early career in retail IT. It was a great learning experience and I met and learned from some great people. We did some cool stuff, built some awesome systems…

An exciting Year of the Rooster (2017)

January 28, 2017
Jim Guenter
Blog, Team
0 Comments

2016: what a year! Our organization launched our new brand (Species360: Global information serving conservation); made great progress in developing our new ZIMS for Studbooks module; released enhancements to our ZIMS for Husbandry and ZIMS for Medical modules; and intensified…

Sea Level Rising, Coral Bleaching, Fisheries Collapsing… Where to start?

November 14, 2016
Jim Guenter
Blog, Team
2 Comments

I recently returned from the International Aquarium Congress (IAC), hosted by the amazing team at the Vancouver Aquarium in British Colombia, Canada. The congress highlighted eye opening presentations, inspiring individuals, impressive new projects, and impactful research. That said, the congress…