Jord BioScience is a start up out of the OTC at the University of Minnesota. We are developing a natural regenerative and sustainable platform of customizable microbial solutions, from twenty years of research by our founder Dr. Linda Kinkel.

I Chair the Ag Tech Committee. Exacto a CFH company is a leader in Crop Optimization as a private label technology provider.

NewInsights is a data and analytics group serving the Dairy Industry. Helped company develop strategy to scale.

Farmobile is Farmer Focused to help them and the Ag Retailers and Coops who serve them create greater success and value. Farmobile enables real time data movement of mission critical workflow seamlessly via an industry leading PUC to and from farm machines. The PUC captures as applied information and critical machine data. We have solved key interoperable hurdles to collect dense granular data critical for deep machine learning and AI. The DataEngine enables multiple layers of data to be captured and displayed as Electronic Field Records (EFR). Farmobile DataStore is unique and has a “Value Share” approach that allows farmers to protect their data and enables them to sell it to create new farm value.

Legacy Seed Companies (f/k/a Tillerman Seeds), LLC was created to give independent Seed Companies an option to continue their company and operations in small towns where they have provided great jobs and even better products. We serve 800 Family Farms who are looking for high performing products from Great Seed People and well run Independent companies. We acquire small, regional independent seed companies, especially those with strong conventional non-GMO and organic product lines. Tillerman Seeds is a holding company and plans to operate acquired companies as standalone entities with shared back-office services and collaboration on customer service, research and development, and marketing to improve sales and customer experience.

Advisory role regarding Food and Agriculture. Available as on going resource.

I had the greatest job in the World to help over 836 Amazing Colleagues Do Great Things around Actionable Insights to Feed, Protect and Fuel the World. We woke everyday to serve our 600,000 subscribers to be more successful every minute of everyday. We transformed the company implementing Strategy and Roadmap to be a Billion Dollar Business. I joined the company as SVP of Agriculture.

Successfully helped Spensa form, grow and be acquired by DTN. Spensa's mission was to design, develop and deliver novel technologies for precision pest management in the agricultural industry to reduce reliance on manual labor, foster eco-friendly farming and enhance crop production efficiency. Their technologies leverage the team's world-leading expertise in wireless sensor networks, robotics, machine learning and AI.

The Context Network is the world’s premier business management and strategy consulting firm providing services to agriculture, biotechnology, and food companies, and to government entities and NGOs. Context is comprised of a core of professional executive consultants and is complemented by a global network of hundreds of industry and subject matter experts on-site worldwide. As a member of The Context Network, I served clients across the value chain in food and agribusiness to solve issues. My network of contacts and experience across the industry enabled me to connect proven process and premier expertise to address urgent challenges on behalf of clients on a variety of projects.I focused on helping Context Clients understand and excel in Precision Ag, emerging Decision Ag around Big Data and the The Internet of Things for Ag. We work on Multi Client Studies, Board Projects and Acquisitions.

Beck Ag specializes in "go to market strategy" facilitating conversations with ag professionals. These conversations allow peers to connect with each other, as well as with top industry experts, to make sound decisions about products, services and solutions. Our proven Experience-Sharing Marketing (ESM) process is designed to deliver the right messages and solutions to the right people at the right time.We participated as a part of the Leadership Team and helped Beck Ag in the emerging Ag Tech market to accelerate Client results, Merger and Acquisition Implementation and Organizational Change Management. Led Peer Groups at CEO Leadership level for leading OEM's top dealers.

Led turnaround of Agricultural Business Unit operating in 54 countries with complete P&L and responsibility for Innovation, Engineering, Product Management, Marketing, Customer Experience and Sales Team. Successfully won $50 M OEM RFP. Led acquisition of AgJunction and Solutions Strategy.

Broadband Provider to Agriculture and Rural America through Hughes Network Services and others. Provided first broad band services to replace slow dial up ISPs in key ag markets.

Founded and led company as first e-commerce company serving Agriculture. Raised $32 M in private and strategic funding including Merial and Rural Press Limited. Served 32 major companies and channel partners in Ag and 40,000 farms.

Led sales and marketing efforts through a series of acquisitions and mergers to grow company from $28 M to $260 M in global sales.