Mark Schmidt, Ph.D. Email & Phone Number

Raleigh, NC, US

Raleigh, NC, US

Raleigh, NC

• Responsible for developing and managing global partnerships including corporate, government, and nonprofit partners - working closely with economic development, real estate, research and innovation and other core.
• Lead the Office of Partnerships including a team of eight dedicated individuals committed to advancing the mission of North Carolina State University - accounting for a partner portfolio of over 120 partners with 72 of.

Cary, NC, United States

• Developing a new regional community watersports center and program focused on using sailing, paddling, and rowing to provide STEM programming and character development programs for community youth.
• Program and business development for NC State Sailpack intercollegiate competition team and club.
• Coaching and team management – coaching and operations support for the NC State SailPack Intercollegiate Sailing Team (ICSA SAISA) supporting the intercollegiate race team that made the Intercollegiate Sailing.
• Brand representation and development – representation of a key global surfski and kayak brand with shared focus on growing the paddling and sailing watersports community.

Cary, NC, United States

• Digital education innovation using digital gaming platforms to introduce new learning metaphors to advance global agricultural education (Minecraft Education, Roblox, Farming Simulator) - FarmCraft (Minecraft Education.
• FarmCraft (2021) set introductory download records and remained in top 10 globally for total downloads for over one year - still within top 15 globally (as of 2022).
• Thought leader and author on technical whitepapers on ecosystem services and natural capital concepts for the built environment and managed landscapes.

Field to Market: The Alliance for Sustainable Agriculture tackles the most urgent challenges facing our industry by forging pre-competitive collaboration and translating science into action. We bring together nearly 150 member organizations across the food and agriculture value chain to create a future in which farmers, business and nature thrive.

The Conservation Technology Information Center (CTIC) is a national public-private partnership that envisions the widespread use of economically and environmentally beneficial agricultural systems. Members of CTIC, a non-profit 501(c)(3) organization, include farmers, policy makers, regulators, academic researchers, agribusiness leaders, conservation group.

The National Science Foundation (NSF) ERVA mission is to identify and develop bold and transformative new engineering research directions and to catalyze the engineering community's pursuit of innovative, high-impact research that benefits society.

UIDP tackles strategic and tactical challenges impacting the environment for research collaboration. It is a project-oriented organization where its members identify issues impacting university-industry (U-I) relations and opportunities to develop new approaches to working together. UIDP members work together to (a) maximize potential of existing.

The NALP Foundation is committed to growing the industry and its workforce through the Industry Growth Initiative.

Asheville, NC

For more than 30 years, The North Carolina Arboretum has cultivated connections between people and plants. The North Carolina Arboretum, an affiliate entity of The University of North Carolina System, is under permit by the Pisgah National Forest for use of the U. S. Forest Service property on which it is located.

Moline, IL

• Designed, developed and institutionalized the Global University Relations (GUR) strategy for John Deere's engagements with all university partners globally relative to talent engagement and recruiting, research and.
• Elected to board and eventually chair of UIDP (University Industry Demonstration Partnership) within one year of assuming the GUR role at John Deere. Rooted in the National Academies, UIDP is the leading global.

Cary, NC

• Served as a lead internal technical expert on agronomy as a primary science adviser to innovation, policy, and strategy functions.
• Served as lead adviser on development of the John Deere sustainability strategy including the interface with innovation, citizenship, supply chain, policy and investment.
• Served as a primary external representative to external trade associations, strategic initiatives, professional societies, and industry groups focused on sustainability, policy, and public affairs.
• Co-led an Agronomic Capability team to improve the definition of the agronomic function with respect to role definitions and responsibilities, internal interactions, development and mentoring, and strategy.
• Led strategic initiative to design a sustainability strategy for John Deere interests in built and managed landscapes - elements of this strategy enabled the eventual enterprise sustainability strategy.
• Conceived and formed the Greenscape Business Alliance (2012) as a coalition of landscape industry associations to align advocacy around key policy issues.

Cary, NC

• Designed, developed, and implemented first operational value modeling approach to define operational costs and value identification - utilized within R&D and advanced marketing organizations.
• Designed and developed new portfolio management techniques for Commercial & Consumer Equipment Division (C&CE) (now Turf, Utility, and Compact Tractors)
• Championed and led John Deere Green Initiative to identify

Charlotte, NC

• Served as key team member on several industry-first innovation R&D projects that included self-adjusting reels, floating head walking greensmower, omni-directional mower, consumer robotic mower, R-Gator (robotic.
• Innovation projects resulted in thirteen US and international patents.

Atlanta, GA

• Designed and built working prototype for first GPS-controlled precision sprayer for golf and turf applications - included RTK GPS integration, rugged touchscreen display and operating software, direct injection and.
• Managed and led Precision Turf innovation team as foundational group for precision turf management within John Deere - coordinated with John Deere Precision Farming (now Intelligent Solutions Group)
• Managed R&D projects on use of multi-spectral sensing for turfgrass health prognostics including fertility management, disease prediction, and weed identification.
• Primary interface to external R&D companies as part of open innovation program within John Deere Special Technologies Group (STG) (now Intelligent Solutions Group) including MidTech sprayers, AGRIS software, MapShots.
• Surveyed TPC at Deere Run golf course using RTK GPS for precision mapping of golf course features and topography - used precision mapping to support use and testing of John Deere Precision Turf products - also.

Champaign-Urbana, Illinois

• Department of Crop Science – Research Assistant with focus on multi-spectral sensing for turfgrass and forage health prognostics; additional program support of RiverWeb science and cultural education programming portal.
• Department of Landscape Architecture – Teaching Assistant.

Marengo, Illinois

West Lafayette, Indiana

• Adjunct instructor (department staff) for AGEN 215-Surveying - sole responsibility for preparing curriculum, teaching, grading, and student counseling.
• Conducted field practicum lab sessions in concert with classroom instruction.

Dublin, Ohio

• Served as member of golf course management team completing agronomy management practices including mowing, cultural practices, and pest management; aided mechanical maintenance.
• Aided daily course setup and supported setup for tournament play for the 1993 Memorial Tournament (PGA TOUR).

Ooltewah, Tennessee

• Served as member of golf course management team completing agronomy management practices including mowing, cultural practices, and pest management; aided mechanical maintenance.
• Aided daily course setup and supported setup for tournament play for the 1992 Devonshire Cup; equivalently supported the 1994 Curtis Cup.

Marengo, Illinois

Fort Wayne, Indiana

• Founded and developed residential and commercial landscape management business that grew to become one of the largest in northeast Indiana.

Ph.D., Crop Science

Dissertation: Multispectral Sensing for Turfgrass and Forage Health Prognostics.

Ms, Agronomy

Thesis: Soil and water hydrological modeling using the ANSWERS model integrated with GRASS GIS.

Bs, Agronomy

Bsla, Landscape Architecture