Complex sentence: Eric Goode chose an unorthodox career path as a conservationist, decidedly not taking a conventional path into the sciences, he became an entrepreneur, which allowed Eric to have both the freedom and resources to conduct his own research and fund many of his own conservation initiatives.
Split into simpler sentences: Eric Goode chose an unorthodox career path as a conservationist, decidedly not taking a conventional path into the sciences. Instead he became an entrepreneur, which allowed him to have both the freedom and resources to conduct his own research and fund many of his own conservation initiatives.