Susan Groeneveld is a distinguished serial entrepreneur with specialization in agricultural science and technology based businesses. Her 25 year career has included leading commercialization for some of the largest global companies in animal health and agriculture, co-founding an award winning North American marketing agency- WS- and globally recognized not for profit in animal health. In 2023, her outstanding contributions were recognized as a top 5 finalist for Entrepreneur of the Year for Women in AI across North America. This recognition underscores Susan’s impact and leadership in the dynamic and rapidly evolving landscape of artificial intelligence. Her passion for innovation, coupled with her dedication to addressing global challenges, positions her as a driving force in the ongoing transformation of agriculture and animal health sectors.

For over 30 years, Ben Cloud has been a farmer and farmland developer with operations in Arizona and Southern California. His significant experience in production agriculture including drip-micro irrigation systems and design, cropping systems, and processing. Ben believes agriculture is the best and most economical option for sequestering large volumes of CO2 and other GHG’s from our atmosphere. At Biodel AG, he has developed the tools to succeed.

Steve leads the BioLumic team, helping set the strategy, and ensuring we deliver value to customers, partners, and shareholders.  

Most recently, Steve led a range of digital and sustainability initiatives at Yara International, which acquired a company Steve co-founded and led, Agronomic Technology Corp. Steve has started and run several technology-driven businesses. 

Steve holds a BA from UCLA and an MBA from Kellogg School of Management. He lives in New York. 

Meiko joined Trimble in 2013 and currently serves as director of business development, Off-Road Autonomy. Prior to this, he was Lead Product Owner for Off-Road Autonomy and served as Trimble OEM account manager. He also has held leadership roles at Ludwig Bergmann GmbH and Krampe Fahrzeugbau GmbH.

Meiko has more than 20 years of experience in the Off-Road business, specifically in the areas of product development, marketing and sales of GNSS, machine automation and autonomy technologies for the agricultural and construction machine industry.

Meiko earned his Executive MBA from Durham Business School and EBS Business School and holds a Bsc. in Agricultural Engineering from Hohenheim University and Agricultural Economics from Stellenbosch University.

Aaron Magenheim, a California native and AgriFood systems innovator, co-founded AgTech Insight, Growers Insight, and recently Lighthouse.Ag, which distributes a portfolio of digital technologies globally. He specializes in business and operational strategy, and digital technology implementation for major AgriFood corporates along with market expansion for established AgTech companies. Known for shaping the food industry’s future, is efforts focus on integrating best practices and technology ecosystems to create successful business and sustainability outcomes.  

Maia Donahue is the Digital Farming Lead within Research & Development at Corteva Agriscience. As the Digital Farming Lead, Maia and her team are responsible for establishing the priorities and direction of Corteva’s external-facing decision science solutions. Corteva’s decision science solutions leverage on-farm data, agronomic expertise and predictive models to deliver optimal product recommendations to our customers, delivered through their trusted advisors.

Previously at Corteva, Maia led teams of software and data engineers, delivering core geospatial data and software capabilities to support predictive analytics. She also led System Biology research, supporting the development of new traits and crop protection molecules through applications of mathematical modeling with our early exploratory research teams.

Maia received her Bachelor of Science in Electrical Engineering & Computer Science from the Massachusetts Institute of Technology and her Doctorate in Biomedical Engineering from Purdue University. She currently resides in Des Moines, Iowa and has been with Corteva for 13 years.

Sid Bhandari is a Senior Director and the Practice Lead for Agriculture & Food at Publicis Sapient, a global management consultancy focused on digital business transformation.   

Sid has over 20 years in management consulting leading a multitude of complex global digital transformation advisory and delivery engagements for clients operating in different commodity supply chains. He works with Agribusinesses focused on transforming their core and modernizing various parts of the food supply chain by helping them get to their future, digitally enabled state, both in the way they operate and the way they serve their customers and farmers.  

He brings together capabilities in business strategy, farmer and consumer digital experience, data, and technology to enable Agribusinesses to create equitable, inclusive, and sustainable outcomes that are better for People (customers, consumers, farmers, employees), Planet and Profit/ Business growth.   

Sid holds an M.S. in Technology Management from University of Illinois, Urbana Champaign, and a Bachelors in Electronics (Communications) Engineering from University of Sheffield, UK. 

Joe has been involved with agricultural media for over 30 years. He is responsible for the company’s day-to-day operations and overall business performance. He is a past board member for the Biological Products Industry Alliance (BPIA) and led the Communications Committee for the association. He currently leads Meister Media’s Global Ag Technology Initiative. Joe is a graduate of Ohio University’s College of Business.

Ram works with Agriculture and Industrial segment clients to build innovative products and help them “future-proof” their growth and business success. As a Mechatronics engineering professional, he has been involved in “tough-tech” product development and commercialization for past 20 + years. At CC, he leads market and business development efforts for Agriculture, Logistics, and Industrial markets.

Adam is a strategic leader with over 12 years of experience with leading technology transformations in the agribusiness space. Adam joined the Mercer Landmark team in 2017 and is currently the Chief Technology Officer where he is responsible for leading the companies Technology Transformation. Before joining the Mercer Landmark Team, Adam ran the Advanced Agronomy program at Farmer’s Cooperative in the thumb of Michigan. Adam is also a Certified Crop Advisor and holds the Precision Ag specialty.