Curt Gervelis is the founder of CPG Engineering an independent wireless telecommunications, information technology, and intellectual property consulting company.

Curt has over 30 years experience in the wireless industry including the leading roles in the expansion of the AT&T Wireless network in New York City, the design and launching of the first GSM system in the New Jersey / New York region, and the expansion of the MetroPCS system into a national prepaid carrier.

Curt has experience in cellular based IoT systems including SIM card management and provisioning systems.

Curt holds a Masters in Engineering from the University of Cincinnati, a Bachelors in Physics and Mathematics, and a certification in Business Development from the University of Washington’s Foster School of Business.

Curt is the co-author of two industry publications by McGraw Hill on wireless networks and has experience and training in patent law and intellectual property portfolio management.

Trevor is in charge of developing new ventures, partnerships and additional revenue streams for Hortau. He has spent 20 plus years in the precision ag and tech industries working in various capacities with John Deere, Leica Geosystems, CNH Industrial and Uptake.

Trevor started his career in global positioning system (GPS) precision ag working at a Silicon Valley startup, at a John Deere dealership as GPS coordinator, and at Leica Geosystems – where he participated in the development of the company’s precision agriculture products, including SaaS telematics services. Trevor then spent five years at CNH Industrial as Director of Precision Solutions and Telematics. Before joining Hortau in 2017, Trevor was VP of Agriculture and Construction verticals at Uptake, a fast-growing data analytics company.

Founded in 2002, Hortau is a leader in precision irrigation management systems for commercial agriculture. Hortau’s patented irrigation management, automation and weather monitoring solutions help growers manage crop stress in real time using soil tension, ensuring optimal production while reducing water use, energy consumption and environmental impact.

With U.S. operations based in San Luis Obispo, Calif., Hortau has offices, representatives and technicians throughout North America, including a Canada headquarters in Lévis, Québec. Learn more at www.hortau.com.

Michael is the Director of IoT Business Development for MultiTech (a hardware platform provider for the IoT industry). Michael specializes in designing wireless and wire line WAN (wide area network) topologies and implementing M2M and IoT solutions. Michael has over nineteen years of experience and has a passion for leading technical design, engineering and commercialization of embedded systems for the “Internet of Things”. Formerly, Michael was a Sales Engineering Executive at Sprint. He was a founding member of Sprint’s Emerging Solutions Group (ESG). He spearheaded an entrepreneurial division to identify and seek out high-value retail and wholesale M2M and embedded systems solutions across all channels and all markets. Michael successfully launched the world’s first M2M Collaboration Center. Michael graduated from Saint Mary’s College in California with a degree in Business Administration and Management.

Paul Schrimpf, an award-winning journalist, has been a professional trade journalist for more than 20 years and has worked in the agriculture market since 1998. As executive editor for the Agribusiness Media Group at Meister Media Worldwide, Paul leads an editorial team covering the ag retail distribution channel under the CropLife® brand, the ag technology sector through its PrecisionAg® brand, and the global crop protection and plant health industry through the AgriBusiness Global® brand. Paul holds his B.A. in Communication from Cleveland State University and is frequently asked to speak at meetings on technology in agriculture.

Founded in 1994 and acquired by Meister in 2000, the PrecisionAg brand includes a website at PrecisionAg.com, a bi-monthly magazine, a weekly e-newsletter, a variety of in-person events, and the PrecisionAg Institute. The Institute is a consortium of agriculture companies that is dedicated to facilitating the adoption of precision agriculture products and practices, and promoting the benefits of precision agriculture for improving profitability, sustainability, and efficiency in the farming operation.

Jim leads all content for Meister Media’s 12 major brands across print, digital, and event platforms and also heads the company’s cross-market strategic initiative in the rapidly growing area of precision agriculture. As the executive content lead, he maximizes the company’s editorial strength while developing new sources of content to serve the agricultural market’s growing demand for quality, round-the-clock intelligence. He earned his B.A. in English (Summa Cum Laude, University Honors) from Cleveland State University.