Agriculture, Food & Forestry

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

Yovan Fowdar

Yovan Fowdar

Driven solely by passion he is ready to take the challenge to experiment and learn new things, He has shouldered various responsibilities at management position in technical and technological companies . He loves getting his hands dirty even if it is not his responsibility just to get the job done . Great problem solver in both technical and managerial fields,

User of Linux since 1993 ( Linux Slackware) has started exploring and experimenting with Open Source OS. Loves electronics and been playing with since the age of 10.

Work experience : -

Unisys - Server & Network implementation under unix for the supreme court of Mauritius (1 Year)

Mauritius Telecom -- Joined the then newly created Data Unit (Birth of Internet in Mauritius) worked in various fields, public telephone switch, commissioning of international ISDN links, trainer for local staffs and for African international telecom operators. (7.5 Years)

BNP Parisbas Mauritius Branch - Assistant IT manager , implementation of intranet, VPN , remote dial up access, administration under AIX, SCO , Windows Server(1 Year)

Card Business System and Applitel Ltd -- Technical Director ( Gemalto Smart Cards , VPN , setup of a data center , Kenya , Madagascar)
Expand Technology Holding - Technical Director + R&D Director + Software development Manager + Board Director of Mauritius and Kenya . Ten years of experience in Smart Cards security, VPN infrastructure, IP Telephony, servers physical and virtualized. (12 Years)

Generation Plus Ltd -- Founder (main activities IoT, Consultancy, Build solutions & devices around micro controllers and SBC)

Mauritius Maker Community -- Co-founder where he plays an active role in promoting innovative technology oriented initiatives (AI, Robotics, IoT, 3D Printing, microcontrollers ,

1st Makerspace in Mauritius, - Founded the 1st Mauritian Maker Space .

Driven solely by passion he is ready to take the challenge to experiment and learn new things, He has shouldered various responsibilities at management position in technical and technological companies . He loves getting his hands dirty even if it... Show more

Joshua Haag

Joshua Haag

Born and raised in Bethlehem, Pa, it has been a journey to creating multiple companies now in Los Angeles, Ca. My time has been spent following a path of multiple careers. From a chef, to Wall Street trader, as well as a trainer to professional football player, i have learned and studied under some of the most encompassing and incredible minds this country can offer!

Through my journey, I have found my calling. I Utilize my prior training to create what i see to be one of the most unique, high level, and practical applications of health/wellness/ and mindset. It has become my goal, and the goal of Heroic as a whole, to try and assist each of our people in reaching a life where they are living as the “Best Versions of Themselves”!

Born and raised in Bethlehem, Pa, it has been a journey to creating multiple companies now in Los Angeles, Ca. My time has been spent following a path of multiple careers. From a chef, to Wall Street trader, as well as a trainer to professional footb... Show more

Andri Yadi

Andri Yadi

Andri is a physicist, 2 decades of electronics and software engineer, 15 years being entrepreneur, and 11 years as Microsoft MVP. He and his team have been building real-world AI + IoT products across various industry verticals, from agriculture to industrial IoT.

Andri is a physicist, 2 decades of electronics and software engineer, 15 years being entrepreneur, and 11 years as Microsoft MVP. He and his team have been building real-world AI + IoT products across various industry verticals, from agriculture to i... Show more

Smriti Sridhar

Smriti Sridhar

Smriti is a Consulting Engineer who is been with Confluent for 1.5 years. As a member of the professional services team, she has worked with guiding customers spanning variety of industries (finance, tech, healthcare) by developing prototypes for micro services using REST APIs, conducting code reviews and building event streaming pipelines to help them kick start their Confluent journey (Kafka Streams, Confluent Platform, CP-Ansible). Smriti is passionate about technology and is excited to keep working to help companies along the data in motion journey that leverages event-based streaming for real-time data movement. Apart from technology, she likes to to hike and is an avid photographer.

Smriti is a Consulting Engineer who is been with Confluent for 1.5 years. As a member of the professional services team, she has worked with guiding customers spanning variety of industries (finance, tech, healthcare) by developing prototypes for mi... Show more

Shraddha Sharma

Shraddha Sharma

Shraddha Sharma is a Youthmapper’s Research Fellow 2020, researching on marginalized indigenous community of Nepal. Her research interest includes working on the indigenous community and their problems like disaster and food security along with efficient data analysis and visualization. She is also working as a Research Associate at Geoinformatics Center in Thailand. She is involved in maintaining open-source platforms related to agriculture and disaster.

Shraddha Sharma is a Youthmapper’s Research Fellow 2020, researching on marginalized indigenous community of Nepal. Her research interest includes working on the indigenous community and their problems like disaster and food security along with effic... Show more

Mark Murrell

Mark Murrell

Mark Murrell is the founder of Get Maine Lobster and Haddie's Bay Club, the popular NFT franchise based on Haddie, the 1 in 100 million cotton-candy lobster. He previously worked at InFilm Marketing as a Partner. Mark Murrell attended the University of Southern Maine.

Mark Murrell is the founder of Get Maine Lobster and Haddie's Bay Club, the popular NFT franchise based on Haddie, the 1 in 100 million cotton-candy lobster. He previously worked at InFilm Marketing as a Partner. Mark Murrell attended the University ... Show more

Servias Mazhetese

Servias Mazhetese

I am a senior Information Communication Technology (ICT) professional with more than thirty (30) years of experience in the industry.

I am one of the Deputy Governors and Executive Vice-Presidents of the ADCB: African Diaspora Central Bank.

currently, I am involved with projects on the roll-out of a digital bank, central bank national payment systems, Central Bank Digital Currencies (CBDC), and money transfer/payment platforms in partnership with regulated financial institutions across Africa and the Diaspora targeting the unbanked, underbanked, unserved and underserved (4U's).

I have managed small to complex projects, ranging from Software, PABX, Contact Centre Solutions, and Mobile Networks to Court Recording Technology (CRT) deployment. These projects included PABX/Contact Centre using Collab OneContact, AVAYA, Presence, Cisco, Philips Sopho, NEC, Jupiter, Panasonic solutions, 2G/3G/LTE, JAVS Recording Equipment, fibre optics, [FTTx: FTTH (fibre to the home), FTTC (Fibre to the curb), FTTP (Fibre to the premises), FTTB (fibre to the business) and FTTW (Fibre to the wireless).
I have led projects in various sectors including, but not limited to ICT, financial, mining, health, and insurance.

Job Knowledge
• Blockchain Technologies
• FinTech
• Project Management Processes & Methodologies such as PMBOK, AGILE & PRINCE2
• Understanding of 2G/3G/LTE, IP technologies (MPLS VPNS) and/or fixed and mobile access networks (radio, copper, fibre) and/or support systems and processes
• General knowledge of Financial/Budgeting
• Expert Telecommunication knowledge
• PC literate and absolute understanding and application of project management tools and Techniques in a complex systems environment

I am a senior Information Communication Technology (ICT) professional with more than thirty (30) years of experience in the industry. I am one of the Deputy Governors and Executive Vice-Presidents of the ADCB: African Diaspora Central Bank. cu... Show more

Rogério Rodrigues

Rogério Rodrigues

Microsoft Cloud Solution Architect, Software Developer, Professor, Gamer, MSc in Health Informatics Management at UNIFESP, Microsoft MVP Reconnect sharing knowledge with the technical and academic community.

Microsoft Cloud Solution Architect, Software Developer, Professor, Gamer, MSc in Health Informatics Management at UNIFESP, Microsoft MVP Reconnect sharing knowledge with the technical and academic community. Show more

Joshua Christensen

Joshua Christensen

Joshua is a Chicago-based Workplace Experiences Lead at Avanade. Throughout his 20+ year career, he’s worked for agencies and consultancies with some of the world’s largest companies and non-profits across many industries.

Joshua is a Chicago-based Workplace Experiences Lead at Avanade. Throughout his 20+ year career, he’s worked for agencies and consultancies with some of the world’s largest companies and non-profits across many industries. Show more

Carsten Brinkschulte

Carsten Brinkschulte

Serial entrepreneur (3 exits) with 20 years experience in mobile network infrastructure. Previously Core Network Dynamics (exit to Twilio), Movirtu (exit to Blackberry), Synchronica (AIM listed).

Serial entrepreneur (3 exits) with 20 years experience in mobile network infrastructure. Previously Core Network Dynamics (exit to Twilio), Movirtu (exit to Blackberry), Synchronica (AIM listed). Show more

Sumedh Ghatage

Sumedh Ghatage

Sumedh Ghatage is an Associate Lead Data Scientist (Geospatial) at Gramener. He has worked on various smart city initiatives including sectors such as environmental resource management, location intelligence, and disaster management projects.

He thrives to solve real-world problems through geospatial technology and has consistently proven his ability to deliver best-in-class solutions to fortune 100 companies across the globe.

He drives a community called the “Geospatial Awareness Hub” which helps enable Education, Employment, and Business to foster the growth and awareness of the Geospatial Industry.

Sumedh Ghatage is an Associate Lead Data Scientist (Geospatial) at Gramener. He has worked on various smart city initiatives including sectors such as environmental resource management, location intelligence, and disaster management projects. He t... Show more

Bruna Fagundes Rócio

Bruna Fagundes Rócio

Formada em Tecnologia em Análise e Desenvolvimento de Sistemas pela UDESC (2014), é Product Manager pela PM3, CSPO e CLF. Tem 13 anos de carreira em TI, sempre na TOTVS - sendo 11 dentro do segmento de agronegócio, atuou como desenvolvedora, analista de sistemas e negócios. Atualmente é PO no segmento de Agro na torre de Supplay Chain e escritora voluntária da Jornada Colaborativa, tendo participado da escrita dos títulos Jornada Ágil de Produto (2020) e Jornada do Cliente (2021).

Formada em Tecnologia em Análise e Desenvolvimento de Sistemas pela UDESC (2014), é Product Manager pela PM3, CSPO e CLF. Tem 13 anos de carreira em TI, sempre na TOTVS - sendo 11 dentro do segmento de agronegócio, atuou como desenvolvedora, analista... Show more

Chris Terrell

Chris Terrell

Chris Terrell is the Co-founder and CEO of Wexus Technologies Inc. He has successfully brought climate impact technologies to market with enterprise companies across the US and globally with "virtual power plants" that make energy generation and distribution systems more efficient, increase utility grid reliability, and reduce environmental impacts and greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions.

Prior to founding Wexus Technologies, Chris was a Strategic Energy Manager at EnerNOC, the world leader in demand response and smart grid technologies. He managed the comprehensive delivery of SaaS IoT products with advanced metering technology to save energy and money and make the utility grid more efficient.

Chris has worked extensively with farmers across the Western U.S. to help them save money, lower risk, reach operational goals, and optimize energy and water usage. As a trained architect, Chris also has extensive experience in green
building design and construction, as well as extensive leadership and management experience as a prior U.S. Army officer and military veteran.

Chris Terrell is the Co-founder and CEO of Wexus Technologies Inc. He has successfully brought climate impact technologies to market with enterprise companies across the US and globally with "virtual power plants" that make energy generation and dist... Show more

JERRY ISUWA MAKERI

JERRY ISUWA MAKERI

AI Developer, Website Designer And Developer

AI Developer, Website Designer And Developer Show more

Satish Swargam

Satish Swargam

Satish Chandra Swargam is a Lead Security Architect. Since joining Cerner, Satish has partnered with IP teams for implementing Cerner's Secure Software Development Lifecycle, commonly known as "Secure From The Start". As part of this effort, Satish has assisted IP teams by conducting internal security assessments, threat modeling and designed static code analysis roll out.
He has over 23 years experience architecting, designing and developing web based applications. In his previous jobs, he has worked on Machine Learning algorithms for self organized clusters and concept search. He has conducted application security assessments with several partners for the Code Validation Program.

His previous external presentations have been on:
* Automated Mapping for Security Compliance @Ai4 Healthcare
* Parallelization of an Object-Oriented Three-Dimensional Burnett Equations Solver @AIAA
* Development of an object-oriented three-dimensional Burnett equations solver for computing hypersonic flows in continuum-transition regime @AIAA
* Eulerian finite element analysis of 3D machining @CFD
* Kinematics of Side Impact Dummies on side-facing Aircraft Seats @International Journal of Crashworthiness

Satish Chandra Swargam is a Lead Security Architect. Since joining Cerner, Satish has partnered with IP teams for implementing Cerner's Secure Software Development Lifecycle, commonly known as "Secure From The Start". As part of this effort, Satish h... Show more

Deepak Tibrewal

Deepak Tibrewal

Apache kafka Specialist

Apache kafka Specialist Show more

Sajal Mustafiz

Sajal Mustafiz

Sajal Mustafiz is running a software company named Mistri Solutions. He has created employment and provides software services to clients.

Sajal Mustafiz is running a software company named Mistri Solutions. He has created employment and provides software services to clients. Show more

Francisco Palm

Francisco Palm

Professor at the Universidad de los Andes Mérida, Venezuela for over 25 years
Systems Engineer, MSc in Mathematics Applied to Engineering, Doctoral Studies in GIS Cartography and Remote Sensing
Promoter of Data Science and the application of Python and R for more than 10 years Open Source and Open Science activist. Part of the OpenScienceLabs team.
Organizer and recurrent participant of events related to open source technologies for more than 15 years.

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Professor at the Universidad de los Andes Mérida, Venezuela for over 25 years Systems Engineer, MSc in Mathematics Applied to Engineering, Doctoral Studies in GIS Cartography and Remote Sensing Promoter of Data Science and the application of Python... Show more

Karl Rautenstrauch

Karl Rautenstrauch

Karl is a Azure Global Blackbelt focused on Azure Intelligent Edge partners. He has held positions in Azure Engineering and on the Azure Global Blackbelt team for the last six years and brings twenty years of experience as a customer and vendor architect. Karl has worked at the local, regional, national and international levels. He has a passion for helping partners and customers build their businesses with data and compute in the right place for the right purpose.

Karl is a Azure Global Blackbelt focused on Azure Intelligent Edge partners. He has held positions in Azure Engineering and on the Azure Global Blackbelt team for the last six years and brings twenty years of experience as a customer and vendor archi... Show more

Sara George

Sara George

Sara George is project manager for Renewing the Countryside overseeing 10 Farmers Market Food Hubs statewide. She is a part of the MN State Farm to School Leadership Team, is a FSMA trainer, manages the Red Wing Farmers market and owns and operates a small produce farm in Pepin, Wisconsin. She is very passionate about supporting farmers and local food systems. As a farmer herself, she has deep ties to the farming community and is very understanding of obstacles farmers and buyers can face.

Sara George is project manager for Renewing the Countryside overseeing 10 Farmers Market Food Hubs statewide. She is a part of the MN State Farm to School Leadership Team, is a FSMA trainer, manages the Red Wing Farmers market and owns and operates a... Show more

Lucas Van Baeveghem

Lucas Van Baeveghem

Since 1 year and a half I work for delaware as data engineer consultant. I worked on large scale projects for the European Food Safety Authority.

Databricks is my tool of choice for its high flexibility and power with large data volumes.

Since 1 year and a half I work for delaware as data engineer consultant. I worked on large scale projects for the European Food Safety Authority. Databricks is my tool of choice for its high flexibility and power with large data volumes. Show more

Shyam Guptha

Shyam Guptha

Shyam is a highly motivated and results-oriented platform engineer with a passion for building and scaling robust infrastructure solutions. He has 18 years of experience in software development and a deep understanding of Kubernetes, Service Mesh, Cloud Engineering, SRE. Shyam has a proven track record of success in:

• Container Orchestration as a Service for managing Hybrid K8s Clusters
• IaaS provisioning accelerator
• DevOps - Pipeline implementations for IaaS stack applications

Shyam is a highly motivated and results-oriented platform engineer with a passion for building and scaling robust infrastructure solutions. He has 18 years of experience in software development and a deep understanding of Kubernetes, Service Mesh, Cl... Show more

Judah De Paula

Judah De Paula

Judah De Paula received his PhD in computer sciences from University of Texas at Austin where he focused on cognitive science (psychology) and computational neuroscience (biology) and published a neural network model of a trichromatic (human) primary visual cortex (artificial intelligence). For two years he wrote fluid dynamics code at Enthought and was involved in the Python open-source community. Judah moved to Iowa, started a family, lost his first wife to cancer, and has worked for fifteen years at Corteva Agriscience in a variety of roles, including management. His current title is, Senior Software Architect where he partners with agronomic researchers to write new code and simultaneously keep millions of lines of legacy in-house code operational.

Studying the human mind is his true passion but computers pay better. While not at work he's taking care of his one wife, seven kids, three cats, two dogs and a mix of hamsters, fish, but never a snake. Pro tip: listening to vinyl records as a hobby drives kids out of the den faster than the plague. Current exciting-to-him topics include music, Aristotelian logic, Jungian shadows, lobsters, comparative religion, Deadpool movies, getting a rock band together, and of course whatever is on the back of the napkin that is much more interesting than what's going on with the rest of the party.

Judah De Paula received his PhD in computer sciences from University of Texas at Austin where he focused on cognitive science (psychology) and computational neuroscience (biology) and published a neural network model of a trichromatic (human) primary... Show more

Jason Spanos

Jason Spanos

Jason Spanos applies method and rigor to everything he approaches. He is about to hit 30 years of experience working with ERP systems and has done everything from building interfaces to project management to sales and marketing. Jason stays focused on current research data and methods for successful projects and firmly believes that reflection and continuous improvement are required for growth. His current pet peeve is the term "best practice" - which should be replaced with the term "better practice", suggesting there is always room to explore better ways to do things in the future.

Jason Spanos applies method and rigor to everything he approaches. He is about to hit 30 years of experience working with ERP systems and has done everything from building interfaces to project management to sales and marketing. Jason stays focused o... Show more

Meiping Liu

Meiping Liu

Mei Liu, founder of the Lotus Health Foundation and Chief Financial Officer of the Rochester Clinic, earned her master’s degree in Health Care Administration from Des Moines University and an MBA from Drake University. In her current role, Mei champions lifestyle medicine as the most effective approach to reducing chronic disease and addressing crises affecting human health, financial markets, and the environment. As a certified facilitator of the Complete Health Improvement Program (CHIP), Mei and the physician team at Rochester Clinic introduced this lifestyle medicine education program to the Rochester community in 2015.

After witnessing the transformation of more than 100 CHIP participants, Mei recognized the need for lifestyle interventions in the community and founded the Lotus Health Foundation, the non-profit arm of Rochester Clinic, in 2016. Mei advocates for health care providers to serve as role models, promoting healthy lifestyles and nutrient-dense plant-based whole foods. She believes lifestyle education empowers individuals to achieve better health. As Mei says, “If I am able to save one person’s life, that person may turn around to save a community. Together, we can make this a healthy world for us and for our next generation.”

Mei channels her passion for plant-based cooking into various community charity activities. She leads volunteer groups in preparing nutritious meals for local organizations such as Ronald McDonald House and Jeremiah's Program, serving up to 80 guests. Additionally, you can find her at the monthly Health Talk and Cooking Show duos with Dr. Jengyu Lai at 125 LIVE. Mei also enjoys collaborating with volunteers at the FarmacyRx Community Garden, where she shares her farm-to-table cooking expertise. Other community charity projects include the ABC 6 Feed the Need Channel One LOCAL CHEF COOKOFF, where Mei showcases humble ingredients for sustainable cooking.

Mei is actively involved in community outreach and advocates for health equity in underserved neighborhoods. She collaborates with local businesses, schools, and partners to expand health and wellness initiatives in the region. Outside of work, Mei enjoys cooking, gardening, and traveling.

Mei Liu, founder of the Lotus Health Foundation and Chief Financial Officer of the Rochester Clinic, earned her master’s degree in Health Care Administration from Des Moines University and an MBA from Drake University. In her current role, Mei champi... Show more

Martha Okari

Martha Okari

Martha Moraa is a passionate agriculture professional with a Diploma in Agriculture from Kisii National Polytechnic. As an apprentice at John Deere Company in Nakuru, she is mastering cutting-edge agricultural machinery and precision farming technologies, equipping her to drive innovation in the sector. Her passion for sustainable agriculture fuels her commitment to developing practical, research-driven solutions that boost farm productivity and empower smallholder farmers. Martha is also an innovator, having developed a real-time water leak detector, which she successfully presented in TVET fairs up to the national level. With hands-on experience in modern farming techniques, a proven record in innovation, and a keen interest in agri-tech
advancements, she is poised to lead transformative change in agriculture, creating amore resilient and food-secure future

Martha Moraa is a passionate agriculture professional with a Diploma in Agriculture from Kisii National Polytechnic. As an apprentice at John Deere Company in Nakuru, she is mastering cutting-edge agricultural machinery and precision farming technolo... Show more

Brad Boggs

Brad Boggs

Brad Boggs is a backend and infrastructure engineer focused on schema-driven development, data contracts, and making complex systems easier to change safely. He has worked across distributed systems, cloud infrastructure, and legacy backend modernization, and has been exploring practical formal-methods techniques such as executable specs and invariants for real-world engineering teams.

Brad Boggs is a backend and infrastructure engineer focused on schema-driven development, data contracts, and making complex systems easier to change safely. He has worked across distributed systems, cloud infrastructure, and legacy backend moderniza... Show more

Benjamin Kwame Amponsah

Benjamin Kwame Amponsah

Benjamin Amponsah is a Senior IT Systems Analyst and Process Automation Specialist at One Acre Fund, serving 5M+ farmers across 7 African countries. With 8+ years building enterprise systems and AI-powered automation solutions, Benjamin has automated 100+ workflows and architected platforms processing 50k+ daily transactions. He founded LinoTeck (scaled to 18 countries) and is currently building Buni.ai, a no-code conversational AI platform with AI-powered workflow generation, multi-channel support (chatbots + USSD), and real-time collaboration. Passionate about making AI-powered workflow development accessible to everyone.

Benjamin Amponsah is a Senior IT Systems Analyst and Process Automation Specialist at One Acre Fund, serving 5M+ farmers across 7 African countries. With 8+ years building enterprise systems and AI-powered automation solutions, Benjamin has automated... Show more

Christian Grimsgaard

Christian Grimsgaard

Christian is a senior frontend developer at Kantega, and is highly enthusiastic about pixels and coffee. Ask him about React or the optimal way to brew a washed Kenyan coffee, and he’ll talk for days.

Christian is a senior frontend developer at Kantega, and is highly enthusiastic about pixels and coffee. Ask him about React or the optimal way to brew a washed Kenyan coffee, and he’ll talk for days. Show more

Mélanie Briand

Mélanie Briand

Depuis plus de 15 ans, je mobilise mon énergie pour des enjeux de transition, en mettant l'intérêt général au premier plan avec un esprit pragmatique guidé par l'impact.

Véritable couteau suisse de l'innovation, je suis capable de concevoir des stratégies de transformation, d'animer des équipes et de piloter le déploiement opérationnel des solutions. Curieuse et défricheuse dans l’âme, je fais preuve d’une grande ouverture d’esprit et d’adaptation au contexte et aux besoins de mes interlocuteurs.
Je crois que les transformations sont possibles grâce à la confiance et la reconnaissance des talents. C'est pourquoi j'allie écoute et pédagogie pour développer et autonomiser les équipes que j'accompagne.

Depuis plus de 15 ans, je mobilise mon énergie pour des enjeux de transition, en mettant l'intérêt général au premier plan avec un esprit pragmatique guidé par l'impact. Véritable couteau suisse de l'innovation, je suis capable de concevoir des st... Show more

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