TEAM FWX

EXPERT STAFF

KEENAN PROUTY- FIRE MITIGATION AND FORESTRY Team LEAD

Kprouty@forestwerx.com

TAYLOR POOS-BENSON- FORESTRY EQuIPMENT OPERATOR SPECIALIST

Tbenson@forestwerx.com

ERIC CANFIELD-FORESTRY EQUIPMENT OPERATOR SPECIALIST & TRAIL BUILDING LEAD

ARON Greene- FIRE MITIGATION AND FORESTRY TECHNICIAN

LEVI DUFFORD -FIRE MITIGATION AND FORESTRY TECHNICIAN

TANNER ALLEN- FIRE MITIGATION AND FORESTRY TECHNICIAN

CALVIN WHETSTONE-Fire mitigation and forestry technician

Christopher scott- Fire mitigation and forestry technician

EXPERT CONTRACTORS

Justin Zimmer/ZIMBER ENvironmental LLC- Forestry Project and operations management

Jzimmer@forestwerx.com

Eric Herber/ EHerber LLC- Contract faller

HaRRIson Leahy/ Fire Defense Specialist LLC- COntract faller

Dale Ellenson/ Steeltree LLC- CONtract faller & Forestry Equipment welding repair

A person wearing a helmet and safety gear has fallen while cutting down a tree in a forested area, with wood debris and sawdust flying around.
Five forestry workers standing outdoors in a forest, holding chainsaws, wearing protective helmets and gloves, in black and white.
Group of eight workers in safety gear standing in a grassy area with trees in the background, holding chainsaws.
View from inside a construction vehicle cabin showing the operator's hands, control panel, and a forest with trees outside.

Fire mitigation specialist with a chainsaw

KYLE KOCIEMBA-BENSON- FOUNDER & CEO

Kyle is the founder and CEO of Forestwerx. Kyle is a native to the mountains of Evergreen Co and first learned to fell trees as a teenager working on his parents horse property. He founded Timberline Sawyers LLC, Forestwerx parent entity, in 2020 after neighbors sought his assistance with a fire mitigation project following the Elephant Butte Fire. Word quickly spread about the expertise Timberline Sawyers was providing and the company was soon servicing residential contracts across the font range. Timberline Sawyers became known as Forestwerx in 2022 as the company grew to service commercial, municipal, state , federal and institutional contracts. Kyle has a BS in ecology from CU Boulder and has 16 years of career moutnain emergency services experience, with 11 years as a career urban interface firefighter, and 5 years in executive fire service management. Kyle is the founder or co-founder of several other successful businesses in the Evergreen CO area and continues to support these ventures as an investor or advisor. Kyle resides in the Bergen Park area of Evergreen with his wife and children.