Billy Rose Crop Pro Insurance Services Chief Operation Officer Mr. Rose has 20 years of experience in the crop insurance industry. His vision and big picture understanding of agriculture, technology, and the crop insurance industry have contributed to a successful career of developing products, services and programs that are beneficial to America’s farmers, the agricultural…
Mark Chenoweth RoboFlight/AgPixel LLC Chief Operation Officer Mark Chenoweth is the leader at RoboFlight/AgPixel LLC, joining the company in late 2014. He spent nearly 30 years with CoorsTek, Inc. starting as an entry level machinist and retiring as their Chief Operating Officer. During his tenure, working in nearly every market segment (10,000 customers), CoorsTek became…
Dr. Fangjia Lu ZeaVaxx Co-Founder / Chief Operation Officer Dr. Fangjia Lu is the co-founder and Chief Operation Officer of ZeaVaxx LLC. ZeaVaxx is a Purdue University based Ag startup that is working on improving current animal vaccines based on a plant-derived nanoparticle adjuvant platform. Adjuvants are the essential materials included in many vaccine formulations…
Tom Field University of Nebraska – Lincoln Director of the Engler Agribusiness Entrepreneurship Program and holder of the Engler Chair in Entrepreneurship Tom Field serves the people of Nebraska as the Director of the Engler Agribusiness Entrepreneurship Program and holder of the Engler Chair in Entrepreneurship at the University of Nebraska – Lincoln. An enthusiastic…
Megan Vollstedt Iowa AgriTech Accelerator Executive Director Megan Vollstedt joined the Iowa AgriTech Accelerator as Executive Director in June of 2017, bringing with her more than six years of experience in the startup community. In her role, Megan is responsible for establishing and maintaining a collaborative environment for the startups who come to Des Moines…
Spencer Maughan Finistere’s Agtech Venture Fund Co-Founder Spencer Maughan is a co-founder of Finistere’s Agtech Venture Fund and heads the Silicon Valley office based in Palo Alto, California. Previously Spencer has been an entrepreneur-in-residence at KPCB working alongside members of the Green Growth Fund on AgTech opportunities and as an investor at Venrock, a Venture…
Brett Brohl The Syndicate Fund Founder and Managing Partner Founder, Investor, and Mentor Brett Brohl is driven by making a difference in the world through helping entrepreneurs succeed. Brett, based in Minneapolis, MN, is the Founder and Managing Partner of The Syndicate Fund, an early stage venture capital fund investing in retail, marketing, food &…
Joel Harris GlobalVetLINK Director of Product Joel is the former Vice President of Ames, IA based Harrisvaccines which was acquired by Merck Animal Health in November of 2015. Currently he is the Director of Product for GlobalVetLINK, a animal health data repository company. He is also the Co-director of the Ag Startup Engine where he…
Brian R. Jones Mr. Jones has been involved in several capacities in the agribusiness industry. Mr. Jones began his career in agribusiness with Desert Security Farms in California working as a farm manager. As a farm manager he was responsible for coordinating production activities for 3,500 acres of alfalfa, wheat and sudan grass. Later, Mr….
Jude Conway, CEO, Ag Ventures Alliance Ag Ventures Alliance Chief Executive Officer Jude Conway, CEO, Ag Ventures Alliance. AG Ventures Alliance is an organization headquartered in Mason City, IA that among other things, manages an evergreen fund focused on seed and start-up investments in agricultural innovation. AG Ventures Alliance currently has twenty-one companies from across…
