Ben Kerr is Founder and CEO at Foundry Spatial. He leads a team of scientists and software engineers who deliver decision-support systems for freshwater management challenges across North America. In the fall of 2023, they released a commercial SaaS application named Flux Forecast, which provides advanced warning for extreme precipitation risks to linear infrastructure, such as pipelines, highways, and railways, by evaluating forecast weather conditions for every stream crossing along the infrastructure corridor.