Jeff Mathesius, Ms, Mba, Cssbb Email & Phone Number

Des Moines, IA, US

Johnston, Iowa

• Lead and Develop a team of Global Field Excellence Manager's that identify and drive strategic initiatives in seed production field practices, grower compensation, irrigation management, digital and data, (North.
• Responsible for driving corn sterility implementation globally by developing goals and creating alignment in process and metrics across research, quality, planning, and field teams delivering significant reoccurring.
• Responsible for driving corn sterility implementation globally by developing goals and creating alignment in process and metrics across research, quality, planning, and field teams delivering significant reoccurring.
• Product Owner – EDGE and ProMap – leading development and prioritization for global mobile field data collection application and mapping that serves the needs of users in Quality, Research, Field.
• Collaboration with upstream Research organization and downstream Sales organization to ensure transparency in communication and execution of factors and projects that influence quality, yield, and efficiency Show less

Des Moines, Iowa Area

• Co-developed process and procedures for Digital Agronomy Trials that were implemented across the US, to capture and leverage field scale data for better insights on product placement and management
• Developed and implemented protocols and data collection procedures to leverage North America, wide area testing on corn rootworm trait efficacy and adult population monitoring, including written summary
• Co-developed protocol with Encirca Heartland Business Unit Lead to promote and improve… Show more
• Co-developed protocol with Encirca Heartland Business Unit Lead to promote and improve Encirca Nitrogen Service
• Responsible for developing concept, and gaining support for, soil fertility protocol to understand nutrient levels by ENCLASS, by Population, and by Product, throughout the corn belt in order to support Encirca.
• Media contact for Growing Point Agronomy and Soil Fertility Characterization work including National Association of Farm Broadcasters Kansas City, MO, Progressive Farmer, Successful Farming Show less

Bloomington/Normal, Illinois Area

• Led execution of On-Farm Variable Rate Nitrogen Trials through utilization and understanding of precision tools such as GeoVantage NDVI Imagery, SatShot NDVI Imagery, AgLeader® OptRx® Crop Sensors, AgLeader® Integra.
• Led Heartland Field Agronomist teams in Illinois, Indiana, and Eastern Missouri in designing trials to support sales with innovate use of agronomy tools and technologies such as Variable Rate Seeding, ENCLASS soils.
• Led Heartland Field Agronomist teams in Illinois, Indiana, and Eastern Missouri in designing trials to support sales with innovate use of agronomy tools and technologies such as Variable Rate Seeding, ENCLASS soils.
• Analyzed on-farm data and wrote Agronomy Research Updates for use with customers in Pioneer Agronomy Research Summary book
• Supported University research and collaboration at Purdue, University of Illinois, and Southern Illinois University through Crop Management Research Awards Show less

• Partnered with Area Manager, 1 Agronomist, 8 Account Managers, and over 35 Pioneer Sales Agencies to drive gains in product performance, sales, and market share for Northern Illinois
• Trial Coordinator for corn and soybean product evaluation and advancement trials (IMPACT) working as a liaison between sales and research to collect, summarize, and share information on observations, performance, and.
• Developed training materials for field sales force related crop growth and… Show more
• Developed training materials for field sales force related crop growth and development, insects, disease, general agronomy, and product positioning and placement
• Led local field sales force in training to transfer knowledge on agronomy and product placement
• Managed product lifecycle and guided local teams on new corn and soybean product introductions and retirement

• Trial manager responsible for all aspects of planning, coordination, execution, data collection, analysis, and written summary of trials related to new seed treatment technologies throughout North America
• Manager and Trial Coordinator for Nitrogen Responsiveness Studies across the Midwest which look at effects of multiple nitrogen rates imposed over multiple years under different crop rotations
• Coordinated North American technology demonstration tours named the “ONE Tour” which… Show more
• Coordinated North American technology demonstration tours named the “ONE Tour” which brought the newest technologies into the field and to the customers at more than 25 Pioneer Research locations and dozens of.
• Managed and coordinated all aspects of Pioneer’s corporate headquarter demonstration plots to showcase new products, new technologies, and agronomic topics of interest
• Contributing author to Pioneer’s Agronomy Research Summary book which provides timely and relevant agronomic information to the Field Sales Team

• Applied Lean tools such as: Kaizen, Value Stream Mapping, and Workplace Redesign at North American and NRSP Research Locations
• Led Kaizen events in production research to improve product turn around time and reduce waste
• Taught and implemented Lean concepts to a wide variety of individuals throughout Pioneer
• Utilized Six Sigma methodologies (DMAIC) to reduce defects and variation in research processes
• Performed statistical analysis using Minitab software to make… Show more
• Performed statistical analysis using Minitab software to make data-driven business decisions

• Member of team responsible for developing locations for the testing of nitrogen responsiveness in corn
• Supported nitrogen experiments across diverse teams, locations, and agronomic conditions in North America and Chile
• Performed aspects of experiment planning, data collection, summarization, analysis, and reporting
• Managed the creation and advancement of specialized hybrids in a transgenic winter nursery
• Recruited, hired, and trained interns and part-time help for… Show more
• Recruited, hired, and trained interns and part-time help for assistance with field experiments Show less

Mba, Business

Ms, Soil Fertility And Crop Science

Bs, Agriculture, Crop Science

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