About Field Engine

Built by operators.
Driven by science.

We're a wildlife research and management company that builds tools, runs programs, and conducts applied research, all under one roof.

Our Story

Born from the gap between research and practice.

The problems we kept encountering in the field: tools that weren't fit for purpose, research that never reached practitioners, technology that lagged a decade behind the need. They pointed to something systemic.

The solution wasn't to patch the existing system. It was to build a new kind of organization: one that integrates applied research, product development, and field delivery under one roof.

Field Engine is that organization. In research partnership with White Buffalo, a 501(c)(3) nonprofit, we ground every product and program in peer-reviewed science and decades of collaborative fieldwork. Pig Brig® Trap Systems, co-developed with White Buffalo and now deployed in 39 countries, was its first proof of concept. It won't be the last.

2020
Year Founded
39
Countries Reached
11K+
Products Deployed
100s
Completed Field Projects
Leadership

Operators, researchers, and builders.

Vickie DeNicola
Vickie DeNicola, PhD
CEO & Founder

Vickie founded Field Engine in 2020 to bridge the gap between wildlife science and scalable field solutions. She founded Pig Brig® Trap Systems out of direct field need, now deployed in 39 countries. Her career spans wildlife research and management, and leadership roles at The Walt Disney Company, Hasbro, and ESPN, specializing in strategic innovation and emerging technologies. Her PhD research focused on fertility control and biologging in white-tailed deer. She serves on the Board of Directors at White Buffalo.

Chad Hanson
Chad Hanson
VP, Conservation Programs

Chad brings nearly two decades of international field leadership to Field Engine. Formerly Director of Conservation Planning at Island Conservation, he led complex invasive species eradication and ecosystem restoration projects across the globe. His work with Island Conservation spans feral cat, rodent, and primate eradications on islands across the Pacific, Caribbean, and Galápagos.

Our Brands

One platform. Purpose-built products.

Field Engine is the parent organization behind a growing portfolio of field-ready tools and programs, each one born from a real problem in the field.

Parent Company
Field Engine

Research, product development, and field services, integrated. The platform from which all tools and programs are built and deployed.

Featured Product
Pig Brig® Trap Systems

The world's leading portable corral trap system for feral swine management. Deployed in 39 countries, born from years of applied field research.

Work With Us

Let's solve complex wildlife challenges.

We partner with agencies, NGOs, and land managers tackling complex wildlife challenges at the intersection of wildlife, land, and people.

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