Agriculture, Food & Forestry

Experts in farming, food production, and forestry, contributing to sustainable agriculture, food security, and environmental conservation

Paulo Grossmann

Paulo Grossmann

Paulo Grossmann is the Quality Engineer of ExxonMobil Chemical IT. Before working as a QA Engineer in June 2019, Paulo is a QA analyst responsible on improving the quality assurance processes inside ExxonMobil Chemical, including testing support, end-to-end test automations, QA activities, and quality assurance processes optimization, for several applications (Web/APIs). Nowadays, He is leading two quality assurance teams and played a key role in the implementation of quality assurance culture for ExxonMobil Chemical IT Solutions, ensuring the quality of the deliverables in response to increasingly demanding projects.

Prior to joining ExxonMobil, Paulo was a Quality Assurance Analyst at Bematech and Nokia Siemens and was responsible for implementing test automations on Bematech's products portfolio. Paulo is graduated in Computer Science and has a specialization on Software Engineering from Universidade Federal do Paraná.

Paulo Grossmann is the Quality Engineer of ExxonMobil Chemical IT. Before working as a QA Engineer in June 2019, Paulo is a QA analyst responsible on improving the quality assurance processes inside ExxonMobil Chemical, including testing support, end... Show more

Cédric Michel

Cédric Michel

Ayant commencé, il y a 10 ans comme .Net dévelopuer, passioné par l'informatique depuis mon plus jeune age, je me rend compte que l'organisation et la méthodologie est aussi importante que la technologie. C'est pourquoi dès le début de ma carrière, j'ai eu un felling avec Scrum et les valeurs de l'agilité. Mon objectif maintenant est de transmettre cela!

Ayant commencé, il y a 10 ans comme .Net dévelopuer, passioné par l'informatique depuis mon plus jeune age, je me rend compte que l'organisation et la méthodologie est aussi importante que la technologie. C'est pourquoi dès le début de ma carrière, j... Show more

Tanja Keisu

Tanja Keisu

Tanja Keisu is a Business Developer and Data Scientist and has in depth knowledge in forest industry, it's processes and data. She is passionate about accelerating the digitalisation of the forest industry through data driven innovation.

Tanja Keisu is a Business Developer and Data Scientist and has in depth knowledge in forest industry, it's processes and data. She is passionate about accelerating the digitalisation of the forest industry through data driven innovation. Show more

Jins Kadwood

Jins Kadwood

Jins Kadwood is the Chief Technology Officer at AgriDigital. He is an experienced, successful technology entrepreneur and Executive Product and Technology leader. Awarded Australian Fintech CIO/CTO of the year by Fintech Australia in 2018, Jins brings together behavioural sciences to bridge the gap between technology and business to build high performing cross-functional business culture.

Jins Kadwood is the Chief Technology Officer at AgriDigital. He is an experienced, successful technology entrepreneur and Executive Product and Technology leader. Awarded Australian Fintech CIO/CTO of the year by Fintech Australia in 2018, Jins brin... Show more

Peter J Jones Manitoba

Peter J Jones Manitoba

Peter J Jones, PhD, of Manitoba, is the current Secretary for the Friends of Caren Environmental Protection Group which is spearheading efforts to create the Jervis Inlet Biosphere Conservation Area. He shares his time between environmental efforts and his career of over forty years in nutrition. Dr. Jones was the Director of the Richardson Centre for Functional Foods and Nutraceuticals at the University of Manitoba from 2005 to 2018.

Peter J Jones, PhD, of Manitoba, is the current Secretary for the Friends of Caren Environmental Protection Group which is spearheading efforts to create the Jervis Inlet Biosphere Conservation Area. He shares his time between environmental efforts a... Show more

Daniel Feichter

Daniel Feichter

Daniel Feichter works since a few years as red teamer and penetration tester in Austria. His focus is on Windows environment red teaming, pentesting and research. Among other things, he is intensively engaged in AV/EDR systems under Windows OS. At the end of 2021 he decided to start his own company which is called Infosec Tirol (https://www.infosec.tirol), with which he focus on product independent offensive security services to improve the IT-Security in companies in Austria.

Daniel Feichter works since a few years as red teamer and penetration tester in Austria. His focus is on Windows environment red teaming, pentesting and research. Among other things, he is intensively engaged in AV/EDR systems under Windows OS. At th... Show more

Saurav Gautam

Saurav Gautam

Faculty Member at Tribhuvan University Nepal, YouthMappers Regional Ambassador 2019-2021, Geomatics Engineer, Mapper

Faculty Member at Tribhuvan University Nepal, YouthMappers Regional Ambassador 2019-2021, Geomatics Engineer, Mapper Show more

Ariane Kouassi

Ariane Kouassi

Ariane Kouassi is Digital Development Advisor at Kaikai International. In parallel, she is the Technical Project Assistant at the Fintech MQash for which she coordinates the activities of the technical assistance project for the digitization of the agricultural value chain and the establishment of a financial ecosystem for cooperatives and their beneficiaries in Gabon.

Previously, she was a local expert in digital finance within the French-speaking branch of the International Microsave Consulting firm based in Senegal where she contributed to the realization of various studies and reports covering 6 French-speaking African countries on the fintech ecosystem. She also worked as a Monitoring and Evaluation Officer for the Financial Education Program of the Ministry of Education and Literacy of Côte d'Ivoire. Ariane is also a Digital Finance Consultant at the World Bank where she regularly contributes to the technical review of reports on financial inclusion and digital finance in West Africa.

She has over 5 years of in-depth knowledge and experience in digital finance, market research, analysis and technical review of reports. She holds a master's degree in project management and a certificate in digital transformation. She specializes in managing development and financial inclusion projects through digital means.

Ariane Kouassi is Digital Development Advisor at Kaikai International. In parallel, she is the Technical Project Assistant at the Fintech MQash for which she coordinates the activities of the technical assistance project for the digitization of the a... Show more

Jose Carlos Sanchez Valades

Jose Carlos Sanchez Valades

Director y fundador de Eys Software, creador de #elinternetdelasvacas y las plataformas BREED, BUYER, CATTLE, MEAT, CHECK y NEXT.

Director y fundador de Eys Software, creador de #elinternetdelasvacas y las plataformas BREED, BUYER, CATTLE, MEAT, CHECK y NEXT. Show more

Partha Sarathi Kundu

Partha Sarathi Kundu

Partha Sarathi is an AWS certified Solutions Architect- Associate with hands on experience to design, develop and deploy Solutions Architecture for Serverless applications with AWS Technologies.

He started his career working as a software developer and then as a team lead of 13 from 2 different countries for Forbes 500 company called Janssen & Janssen, Janssen Medical Cloud ( UK [https://www.janssenmedicalcloud.co.uk/] & Ireland [https://www.janssenmedicalcloud.ie/] ).

Working extensively with different communities both locally and globally on Cloud awareness and to build stronger communities. He has been selected as an AWS Community Builder in 2020 and targeted to be a Serverless Hero with different certification with AWS going forward.

Get to know all about me here, www.kundu.xyz

Partha Sarathi is an AWS certified Solutions Architect- Associate with hands on experience to design, develop and deploy Solutions Architecture for Serverless applications with AWS Technologies. He started his career working as a software develope... Show more

Bruce Mcpherson

Bruce Mcpherson

Author and speaker on Google technologies. Previously head of architecture and IT engineering at Motorola and and Lucent technologies.

Author and speaker on Google technologies. Previously head of architecture and IT engineering at Motorola and and Lucent technologies. Show more

Aditya Shetty

Aditya Shetty

I am a part of the trekking group working under Trek and Trails. Our trek is filled with wild flowers and herbs grow Vertical rock walls, water falls, hanging glaciers, tiny lakes and more.

I am a part of the trekking group working under Trek and Trails. Our trek is filled with wild flowers and herbs grow Vertical rock walls, water falls, hanging glaciers, tiny lakes and more. Show more

Kareem DaSilva

Kareem DaSilva

Kareem DaSilva is the youngest child and one of first generation children of Guyanese immigrants. He got into the technology world by accident and used it as a ladder to escape the situation he was in. His life changed once he attended the University of Memphis and made new friends and took advantage of certain opportunities. He has participated in multiple software development competitions around the United States of America. He is now the CEO and Founder of Edesia, a thriving Food Truck Locator App!

Kareem DaSilva is the youngest child and one of first generation children of Guyanese immigrants. He got into the technology world by accident and used it as a ladder to escape the situation he was in. His life changed once he attended the University... Show more

Mariana Pelozio

Mariana Pelozio

Me descobri cozinheira aos 9 anos, depois de encontrar um livro de receitas da minha avó. Fiz logo um suflê de espinafre. E nesse dia entendi que cozinhar era o que eu mais gostava de fazer.

Porém a vida tem suas surpresas, e quando percebi já estava formada em Administração e Marketing, enlouquecendo com e-mails e reuniões de salto alto.

Mas sonho é sonho, encorajada pelo meu marido, larguei tudo e me joguei feliz entre panelas e temperos.

Me formei pelo Senac no curso Cozinheiro Chef Internacional e descobri um pouco mais da culinária do meu país numa pós graduação em Cozinha Brasileira.

Minha mistura vem das minhas raízes nordestina e italiana. Paixão, história, família... Trago tudo isso para os pratos do restaurante.

Me descobri cozinheira aos 9 anos, depois de encontrar um livro de receitas da minha avó. Fiz logo um suflê de espinafre. E nesse dia entendi que cozinhar era o que eu mais gostava de fazer. Porém a vida tem suas surpresas, e quando percebi já es... Show more

Eric Mead

Eric Mead

Eric Mead has more than 15 years of experience in software development, primarily in the financial and agriculture industries. His primary focus is the .NET framework, however, Eric has a considerable amount of experience in front end frameworks such as Angular and React. He has held positions as a software consultant, business intelligence developer and a senior software developer. At Puma Security, Eric is a software architect, writes static source code analysis rules, and contributes to the open source version. Eric holds a bachelor of science in computer engineering degree from Iowa State University, with emphasis in Software Engineering and Information Security.

Eric Mead has more than 15 years of experience in software development, primarily in the financial and agriculture industries. His primary focus is the .NET framework, however, Eric has a considerable amount of experience in front end frameworks such... Show more

Berry Boessenkool

Berry Boessenkool

Geoecology Msc at Potsdam University (DE),
R trainer and consultant

Geoecology Msc at Potsdam University (DE), R trainer and consultant Show more

Carl Kinghorn

Carl Kinghorn

Carl Kinghorn has been shipping enterprise software for the agricultural industry for the past 10 years. Most of that time has been spent developing on the Microsoft stack utilizing .Net languages, however, in the past few years he has had the opportunity to shift focus to be a teacher and leader for a wonderful group of developers. Carl is active in the Nashville development community, is an avid PC gamer, and enjoys photography.

Carl Kinghorn has been shipping enterprise software for the agricultural industry for the past 10 years. Most of that time has been spent developing on the Microsoft stack utilizing .Net languages, however, in the past few years he has had the opport... Show more

Joash R Samson

Joash R Samson

I am the founder and CEO of Samco Technologies Ltd. it is an upcoming technological company. I am a graduate of Laikipia University with a bachelors degree in BSc. Information and Communication Technology. I am a developer who has undergone many challenges to be here and what I am today.

I am the founder and CEO of Samco Technologies Ltd. it is an upcoming technological company. I am a graduate of Laikipia University with a bachelors degree in BSc. Information and Communication Technology. I am a developer who has undergone many cha... Show more

Sharanya Srinivasan

Sharanya Srinivasan

Passionate Individual with a demonstrated history of working in the farming industry. Skilled in iOS, Android, Public Speaking, Android Development, and Leadership. Strong engineering professional with a Bachelor's degree focused in Electrical, Electronics and Communications Engineering from Cummins College Of Engineering, Pune. Apart from Android, I like to spend my time dancing, exploring, traveling, and browsing.

Passionate Individual with a demonstrated history of working in the farming industry. Skilled in iOS, Android, Public Speaking, Android Development, and Leadership. Strong engineering professional with a Bachelor's degree focused in Electrical, Elect... Show more

Sandra Thibodeau

Sandra Thibodeau

Sandra Thibodeau is Founder and CEO of Cannabis Business Opportunities, a company that focuses on providing professional acquisition support services  and supply chain management for its clients.  Sandra has spent over 13 years as an acquisition professional for the federal government where she created policy and procedures and obligated millions of taxpayers dollars in acquisition of programmed depot maintenance, major repair and modification of Coast Guard shore facilities and fixed aids to navigation, technical and logistical support for real property and environmental compliance,  including medical equipment, supplies and services for the Department of Veteran Affairs. 

Sandra has helped guide and teach companies that are entering the Cannabis industry properly plan and establish their respective supply chains and educating them on the importance of acquisition planning, procurement, supply chain management and easing the concerns of doing business with the government. 

"If your suppliers aren't practicing supply chain management with its suppliers, your own supply chain will suffer"  -Gary Marion 

Sandra Thibodeau is Founder and CEO of Cannabis Business Opportunities, a company that focuses on providing professional acquisition support services  and supply chain management for its clients.  Sandra has spent over 13 years as an acquisition prof... Show more

Abdulrazaq Imam

Abdulrazaq Imam

6+ Years Software Engineer proficient in React.JS/Native Applications with GraphQL, MySQLite, and Firebase databases. I currently build a company called PlayarOne, A social gaming platform that brings gamers together, online. While nurturing PlayarOne, I build scalable solutions for Verdant Agri-Tech, a company that uses technology to help smallholder farmers and companies seeking my skills as a consultant, remotely and or mentor/Facilitator (just like in Andela).

6+ Years Software Engineer proficient in React.JS/Native Applications with GraphQL, MySQLite, and Firebase databases. I currently build a company called PlayarOne, A social gaming platform that brings gamers together, online. While nurturing PlayarOn... Show more

John Kelly

John Kelly

After graduating college in 1987, John accepted a still photographer position at Surfer publications which lead into a staff Senior Photographer position with focus on Powder and Snowboarder magazines. This lead him into a Cofounder and CEO position at a dotcom startup in the early 2000's. This startup was a content aggregator and multimedia content development company. This startup was sold to a publicly traded communications corporation. This exit lead John to Colorado, his next venture was a multi state mortgage brokerage, he lead Heritage Home Mortgage through rapid growth and success to an eventual decline after the recession of 2008. From there, John entered the legal Colorado Cannabis industry as a business consultant. He assisted several dispensaries operators, cannabis brands, and cultivators. He saw an opportunity to launch a cannabis ancillary startup, and was accepted to the CanopyBoulder accelerator program with 420Klean in the summer of 2017. So much industry knowledge gained and contacts made. My team again spotted an opportunity in the emerging Industrial Hemp Industry and formed the Hemp Foundry in early 2018. The Hemp Foundry is a multi state licensed vertical integrated Industrial Hemp processing and extraction company. We provide CBD from seed to stomach with facilities in Colorado, Illinois, Virginia and California (coming soon). We have raised numerous rounds and amounts of capital for these different operations. John has extensive experience with the Cannabis plant and understands the unique challenges startups and especially cannabis startups face.

After graduating college in 1987, John accepted a still photographer position at Surfer publications which lead into a staff Senior Photographer position with focus on Powder and Snowboarder magazines. This lead him into a Cofounder and CEO position ... Show more

Jim Owens

Jim Owens

Story teller, Project Manager, Developer, Teacher, Trainer, Tutor and Mentor. ACS Fellow, PMP, PRINCE2 Practitioner, ACS Certified Professional

Story teller, Project Manager, Developer, Teacher, Trainer, Tutor and Mentor. ACS Fellow, PMP, PRINCE2 Practitioner, ACS Certified Professional Show more

Josh Lee

Josh Lee

Full stack web developer and a graduate of DevLeague here in Honolulu. As a day job, I am a fisheries management specialist for the NOAA National Marine Fisheries Service (NMFS). I work to forward NMFS goals to leverage technology in data collection. I very much enjoy being a part of the budding tech scene in Honolulu and enjoy working with other developers, designers, and entrepreneurs. I also enjoy exploring the city from the seat of my bicycle, which I do regularly.

Full stack web developer and a graduate of DevLeague here in Honolulu. As a day job, I am a fisheries management specialist for the NOAA National Marine Fisheries Service (NMFS). I work to forward NMFS goals to leverage technology in data collection.... Show more

Gustavo Alckmin

Gustavo Alckmin

I created my first *.bat file "FORMAT C:" when I was nine years old - those were the days when floppy disks roamed the Earth and Windows 3.1's screensaver could entertain a crowd.
I hold a double-PhD from the University of Wageningen and the University of Tasmania, which taught me to Scandisk and Defrag (at least) once a week. I've worked at the University of Missouri, the University of Melbourne and now at the University of Western Australia, where I try to make the digital-agriculture revolution a reality.

I created my first *.bat file "FORMAT C:" when I was nine years old - those were the days when floppy disks roamed the Earth and Windows 3.1's screensaver could entertain a crowd. I hold a double-PhD from the University of Wageningen and the Univer... Show more

Mindy Ratcliff

Mindy Ratcliff

Mindy is a former educator venturing into the world of software, and she fosters collaboration and communication in every problem she tackles.

Mindy is a former educator venturing into the world of software, and she fosters collaboration and communication in every problem she tackles. Show more

Hennie Fouche

Hennie Fouche

Hennie Fouche is a seasoned professional in the data and AI field with 17+ years’ experience in leveraging data to add business value to companies. Having spent a large part of his career in the Financial Services Industry, Hennie has gained an understanding of the use of quantitative techniques to help drive decision-making processes. Hennie is currently Director of AI at OmniData working with clients to drive value from data using predictive and prescriptive analytics.

Hennie Fouche is a seasoned professional in the data and AI field with 17+ years’ experience in leveraging data to add business value to companies. Having spent a large part of his career in the Financial Services Industry, Hennie has gained an under... Show more

Cathy Swanson

Cathy Swanson

Cathy has specialized in water treatment of emerging contaminants with ion exchange and other media for almost 18 years. In addition to her business development activities in groundwater and direct lithium extraction and brine purification, Cathy is the incoming Vice Chair of the AWWA Ion Exchange Committee Meeting as well as a co-chair of Ion Exchange Subcommittee that is writing a standard for ion exchange use in drinking water, which includes the use of single-use ion exchange resin for PFAS and Chrome VI. She is also the California-Nevada AWWA PFAS Subcommittee Secretary.
She received her BS in Chemical Engineering at Northwestern University and her MBA from UNC Chapel Hill.

Cathy has specialized in water treatment of emerging contaminants with ion exchange and other media for almost 18 years. In addition to her business development activities in groundwater and direct lithium extraction and brine purification, Cathy is ... Show more

Stuart Powell

Stuart Powell

Stuart has 39 years of professional experience with varying tenure lengths in; college level technical instruction, project management, industrial control systems engineering, business IT administration for Unix, Windows, and infrastructure and now OT security.

Stuart has 39 years of professional experience with varying tenure lengths in; college level technical instruction, project management, industrial control systems engineering, business IT administration for Unix, Windows, and infrastructure and now O... Show more

Tina Nyhuus

Tina Nyhuus

Har jobbet med sikkerhet i et tiår, og vært innom både infosec, personellsikkerhet, krisehåndtering og beredskap, sikkerhetskultur og virksomhetsstyring.

En ting som jeg har vært opptatt av hele veien er forenkling av prosesser, gjøre faget så "enkelt som mulig", slik at sikkerhet kan bygges i hele virksomheten. Jeg har jobbet med frivillige, helsepersonell, renholdere, byråkrater og sikkerhetsvakter og trives med å finne måter å redusere siloer og skape engasjement og samarbeid på tvers av fagområder.

Jeg liker å holde kurs, øvelser og foredrag og elsker å skape dialog, fagdiskusjoner og behovsbasert fokus på sikkerhet👏🏻

Har jobbet med sikkerhet i et tiår, og vært innom både infosec, personellsikkerhet, krisehåndtering og beredskap, sikkerhetskultur og virksomhetsstyring. En ting som jeg har vært opptatt av hele veien er forenkling av prosesser, gjøre faget så "e... Show more

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