Information technology professionals in Agriculture
Companies with Farms in the name (Taylor Farms, Christensen Farms, Iowa Select Farms, Lipman Family Farms and Capay Farms Inc.) employ or employed five of these agriculture IT leaders, and the rest hold or held IT leadership roles at Royal Agrifirm Group, Florida Crystals, SF Agriculture, GreenPoint Ag and Novus Ag. Titles run from Chief Information Officer to developer and IT director, useful for ERP choices, farm system support, or custom versus packaged software.
Professionals to explore
Alan Shelby
LinkedInExperience: Vice President Operations and Information Technology · SF Agriculture
Vice President Operations and Information Technology at SF Agriculture since 2016, Alan Shelby covers strategic planning and cost-effective infrastructure and day-to-day operations. Dell Technologies roles from 2006 to 2016 include OCIO - Dell Information Capital, Data Science, & Business Intelligence IT, IT Director, Senior IT Manager (2009–2014) and Program Manager (2006–2011), and Shelby fits infrastructure cost questions.
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Brad LeSage
LinkedInExperience: Chief Information Officer · Taylor Farms
Chief Information Officer at Taylor Farms since 2021, Brad LeSage earlier held Vice President of Business Technology (2010–2012) and Director of IT (2008–2010) there, and was Federation Principal, Western Region at Dell Technologies (2014–2021) and Advisory Systems Engineer at EMC (2012–2021). LeSage describes building the digital future at Taylor Farms, a fit for CIO-level strategy in agriculture.
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Carl Vogel
LinkedInExperience: Director of IT · Iowa Select Farms
Carl Vogel has been Director of IT at Iowa Select Farms since 2011. Earlier roles were Information Technology Consultant at RDI - R&D Industries, Inc. (2005–2011) and Information Technology Help Desk at CBE Companies (2003–2005). Vogel describes building technology functions and teams from the ground up, useful for questions on building an IT function at a farm company.
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Connie Herschbach
LinkedInExperience: Former Vice President Information Technology · Novus Ag
M&A integration questions in agriculture fit Connie Herschbach, Vice President Information Technology at Novus Ag from 2019 to 2024 and Enterprise Program Manager at Agrian by TELUS Agriculture (2018–2019). Herschbach describes leading a cross-functional IT team for a large agricultural organization, with M&A integration and application portfolio management among strengths.
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Edwin Tragter
LinkedInExperience: Group Director IT · Royal Agrifirm Group
Production planning and stock control, along with change management, are areas of experience Edwin Tragter cites as Group Director IT at Royal Agrifirm Group since 2019. Tragter also chairs the Intercoop Digital Comittee (since 2024) and earlier held Agrifirm roles as Manager ICT Services (2014–2019) and Manager Competence Center (2011–2014), a fit for IT questions at Royal Agrifirm Group.
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Jason Evans
LinkedInExperience: Software Developer Director of IT · Capay Farms Inc.
Jason Evans was Software Developer Director of IT at Capay Farms Inc. (2020–2024) and is a Software Developer at Delta Peanut (since 2024). Earlier Chico Nut Co roles were IT Manager Software Developer (2010–2020) and Co-Owner Developer (2007–2010). Evans describes building SQL Server and Microsoft Access systems tying together production, inventory, sales and accounting for agricultural and food processing operations.
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Jeffrey Strang
LinkedInExperience: Director of IT · Christensen Farms
Jeffrey Strang has been Director of IT at Christensen Farms since 2021. Other roles include Sr. Director IT, Enterprise Services and Plant Support at 8th Avenue Food and Provisions (2019–2021), Director, IT at Dakota Growers Pasta Company (2014–2019) and Director, IT - Processing at Viterra (2010–2013). Strang names IT service management, cyber security and IT strategy in food production.
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Manish Sharma
LinkedInExperience: Director Of Technology · Lipman Family Farms
Director Of Technology at Lipman Family Farms since 2020 and Director of Analytics and Software Development there (2016–2020), Manish Sharma also held Young's Market Company roles as Director, Business Intelligence and Software Development (2012–2015) and Business Intelligence Manager (2010–2012), and was Software Development Team Lead at Southern Glazer's Wine & Spirits (2005–2010). Sharma fits analytics and software questions at Lipman Family Farms.
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Martin Carbrey
LinkedInExperience: Senior Director FCC IT Agriculture, Tellus and FCI Residential · Florida Crystals
Global ERP in agriculture is Martin Carbrey's call, from Monsanto Company roles as IT Senior Director - Global Enterprise Resource Planning (2014–2017), Director - Global Infrastructure Service Center (2012–2014) and Director Global Manufacturing IT (2008–2012). Carbrey has been Senior Director FCC IT Agriculture, Tellus and FCI Residential at Florida Crystals since 2022 and was Senior Director of Global IT Operations there (2017–2022).
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Raj Grewal
LinkedInExperience: Vice President Information Technology · GreenPoint Ag
Setting IT strategy at GreenPoint Ag is what Raj Grewal can speak to: as Director of IT there (2021–2024), Grewal developed and implemented the company's IT strategy, and has been Vice President Information Technology since 2024. The Andersons, Inc. roles were Business Process Owner (2017–2021), Application Support Analyst II (2013–2017) and Technical Support Specialist II (2011–2013).
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Choose the right perspective
For enterprise strategy and large ERP programs, Brad LeSage, Martin Carbrey and Edwin Tragter hold the most senior titles. Jeffrey Strang, Carl Vogel and Raj Grewal know IT director work at Christensen Farms, Iowa Select Farms and GreenPoint Ag, Connie Herschbach is the one for merger integration, and Manish Sharma and Jason Evans are the picks for analytics and custom software for farm and food processing operations.
Questions to take into the conversation
- 01How do you choose an ERP for an agriculture business whose seasons, yields and commodity prices make planning so uneven?
- 02What IT support model works for farms, packing sheds and processing plants spread across rural sites?
- 03When does it make sense to build custom software for production and inventory tracking instead of buying a packaged system?
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