Kirk Johnson Email & Phone Number

Fargo, North Dakota, United States

Fargo, North Dakota Area

• Service operations coordinator for machine telematics technologies.
• Point of contact for troubleshooting machine technology integration issues.
• Trained internal and external clientele on machine technology, sales documentation.
• Maintained and increased connected asset fleet.

Casselton, ND

• Soil sampler, utilizing precision ag zone management practices.
• Integrate technology and agronomic knowledge to maintain integrity of qualityassured sampling processes.
• Manage regional travel requirements to maximize productivity.
• Communicate with internal and external stakeholders to provide timely job progress reports.

Fargo, North Dakota Area

• Leadership role in providing account relationship support for the North American sales team.
• Engaged in customer technical training and product support.
• Dedicated with promoting advancement of agronomic technology.
• Collaborator in cross functional teams including sales, engineering, and support departments.
• Developer of product support materials and tools.

Fargo, North Dakota

• Relationship manager between farmland owner clients and tenant farm operators.
• Negotiate land lease arrangements for cash rent or crop share basis.
• Advise clients about property market value and evaluate farmland property.
• Provide timely communications to clients about crop and commodity market conditions.
• Market commodity inventories to optimize client returns.

Rural Tower Network

• Promote and manage company expansion of RTK GPS signal coverage.
• Report to board of directors consisting of three major competitor companies of RDO Equipment, Butler Machinery, and Titan Machinery.
• Provide a value added service for stakeholders.
• Promote and manage company expansion from 12 tower locations to 130 which resulted in expanding company coverage area by over 20 million acres.
• Project planning operations on multi-site infrastructure construction.
• Manage land lease contract negotiations and governmental agency permit application process across three state region.

• Precision Agriculture software product sales and service.
• Precision agriculture software product salesman.
• Sales and support for ND and SD region.
• Coached customers on agronomic information integration with precision agriculture product line to optimize crop management strategies.
• Provided product education, service and support which resulted in better crop management efficiencies for the customer.
• Utilized technology such as satellite imagery, field mapping software, and yield map data to provide insight on improving crop production.

• Agronomic consultant for sugarbeet growers/shareholders.
• Agronomic consultant for 20,000 acres and 47 grower groups.
• Head of precision farming team that promoted the use of satellite imagery to improve crop production.
• Certified Crop Adviser.
• Advise and implement best agronomic practices to optimize client profits.
• Manager of multiple piling site harvest operations. Supervisor of over 40 seasonal employees.

Sabin, MN

• Agronomic sales consultant. Coordinator of custom application services.
• Established Kragnes Farmers Elevator’s first agronomy sales department for crop protection products in a highly competitive market.
• Coordinator of fertilizer and chemical application services.
• Provided product service and support.
• Consulted with industry representatives to promote product lines and resolve customer complaints when needed.