Meet Our Team
Manzanita Solutions
Kevin Layton: President and Founder
Prior to founding Manzanita Solutions, Mr. Layton worked as an aerospace engineer for over thirty years. His areas of expertise include leading analysis teams, supporting business development efforts as a technical expert, and providing technical leadership for multi-disciplinary product development teams.
Throughout his career, Mr. Layton has developed technical skills across a broad range of industries (Aerospace, Software, and Energy). In addition, this experience has provided him with a unique understanding of how disparate disciplines work together from a systems perspective, allowing him to develop the concepts behind IPR and AMOS.
Strategic partnerships: Collaborating subject matter experts
Dr. David Ellison
Dr. David Ellison: Independent Consultant at Ellison Consulting, and an External Expert Consultant at the Swedish University of Agricultural Sciences
Dr. Ellison works as an independent researcher and consultant. His current work focuses broadly on the science, politics and policy of climate, forests, water and their relevance for the climate, environment and human wellbeing.
Several other collaborating researchers support our efforts, however they aren’t listed on this site to avoid the appearance of any conflict of interest with their current research affiliations.