David C. Elser Email and Phone Number

I am a highly collaborative executive agriculture leader with broad strategic / operational experience and achievements. I have extensive experience in leadership, sales, marketing, sustainability, digital, manufacturing and innovation with P&L ownership across North America and Global businesses. My track record is proven with focus on developing people, leading teams, exceeding revenue, profit and market share targets. I have been successful in building global long term business partnerships, new business models and have led M&A activities.Core to my leadership beliefs are the key principles of servant leadership. I believe that being a great leader includes enriching the lives of others, building a better organization and creating a more just and caring work place. I have extreme passion for agriculture with pragmatic and diverse work experiences gained from growing up on a family farm in Iowa, living abroad in Switzerland and collaborating with others to lead and problem solve for better outcomes.My areas of expertise include: Agribusiness, operational excellence, strategic planning, crop protection, seeds and biotechnology, market analysis, marketing excellence, S&OP, integrated business planning, forecasting, pricing excellence and execution, offer development and management, negotiation excellence, project management, brand and product management, new business model development, supply chain excellence, process improvement, change management, digital and business transformation, cross-functional team leadership and collaboration, people development and leadership excellence.