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10 Tyson Foods engineering leaders
These ten current and former Tyson Foods engineering leaders hold or held director, senior director, managing director and vice president of engineering roles, covering fresh meats, prepared foods, poultry, electrical and civil engineering, and emerging tech and AI. A reader can learn how engineering leaders work at Tyson Foods from people who have held the role.
Professionals to explore
01—10Barret Miller
LinkedInExperience: Managing Director, Emerging Tech and AI · Tyson Foods
Managing Director, Emerging Tech and AI at Tyson Foods since May 2025, based in Springdale, Arkansas. Barret Miller was Director Emerging Tech, AI, Software Engineering (2024–2025), Sr. Manager Emerging Technology (2020–2024) and Staff Architect Emerging Technology (2018–2020) at Tyson Foods.
Bryan Swafford
LinkedInExperience: Director of Engineering - Fresh Meats Division · Tyson Foods
Director of Engineering - Fresh Meats Division at Tyson Foods since October 2024, managing a discipline engineering team for the division, per the profile. Bryan Swafford was Director of Enterprise Engineering at Tyson Foods (2022–2024) and Vice President R&D Engineering at ABB (2012–2021), where earlier roles were in sales management.
Dustin Kratochvil
LinkedInExperience: Senior Director of Engineering · Tyson Foods
Senior Director of Engineering at Tyson Foods since February 2023, based in the United States, with the role listed at Director level in the engineering and technical department. Dustin Kratochvil was Associate Director of Engineering at Tyson Foods (2016–2023), with that role listed in Sherman/Denison, and Plant Engineer at Tyson Foods (2002–2016).
Jason Coyle
LinkedInExperience: Former Managing Director, Engineering · Tyson Foods
Former Managing Director, Engineering at Tyson Foods (2024–2026), where Jason Coyle was Engineering Program Lead for the Center of Excellence, responsible for governance, process and engineering standards, per the profile. Former Senior Director, Logistics Engineering at Tyson (2022–2024), and now Chief Executive Officer at Independence Hydrogen (since 2026).
Jason Pense
LinkedInExperience: Director - Electrical Engineering · Tyson Foods
Director - Electrical Engineering at Tyson Foods since September 2022, based in the Greater Fayetteville, AR Area, with the role listed in Springdale, Arkansas at Director level in the engineering and technical department. Jason Pense was Sr Manager Control Engineers at Tyson Foods (2008–2022).
Jerry Hartfield III, P.E.
LinkedInExperience: Director Civil Structural Architectural Engineering Manufacturing Services · Tyson Foods
Director Civil Structural Architectural Engineering Manufacturing Services at Tyson Foods since June 2020, based in Fayetteville, Arkansas. Jerry Hartfield was Engineer IV (2017–2020), Sr. Managing Engineer (2017) and Sr. Design Engineer (2006–2016) at Tyson Foods, and served as an Air Transportation Craftsman in the United States Air Force.
Jonathan Marshall, MBA, MSIE
LinkedInExperience: Director Engineering Small Bird, Raw, IQF · Tyson Foods
Director Engineering Small Bird, Raw, IQF at Tyson Foods since October 2025, based in the Fayetteville, Arkansas area. Jonathan Marshall was Associate Director SBVA Engineering (2022–2025), Engineer IV (2021–2022), Engineer Greenfield Design (2018–2021) and Sr. Business Engineer in business process and continuous improvement (2009–2018) at Tyson Foods.
Roger Miller
LinkedInExperience: Director of Live Engineering, Tyson Foods · Tyson Foods
Director of Live Engineering, Tyson Foods at Tyson Foods since May 2024, based in Springdale, Arkansas, with the role listed at Director level. Roger Miller is also listed as Sr Mgr Engineering - Milling & Rendering (since 2024) and Associate Director of Engineering, Feed Mills (since 2019) at Tyson Foods, and was Project Manager (1997–2019) and Feed Mill Manager (1996–1997) there.
Steve Mathison, PE
LinkedInExperience: Former VP of Engineering Fresh Meats · Tyson Foods
Former VP of Engineering Fresh Meats at Tyson Foods (2022–2025) and Senior Director of Engineering there (2015–2022), based in Dakota Dunes, South Dakota during that role. Steve Mathison held electrical engineering, controls and automation roles at Tyson Foods from 1994 to 2015, and is now President of Mathison Consulting Solutions.
Will McCants
LinkedInExperience: Sr Director Engineering - Prepared · Tyson Foods
Sr Director Engineering - Prepared at Tyson Foods since June 2023, leading capital project development, design and execution across the Prepared Foods division, per the profile. Will McCants was Sr Director Engineering - Poultry (2022–2023) and Assoc Director Engineering - Prepared Foods (2017–2022) at Tyson, and Project Engineer at Hillshire Brands (2011–2014).
Choose the right perspective
Pick a division engineering leader such as fresh meats, prepared foods or poultry for plant and capital project questions, a discipline leader such as electrical or civil and structural for design standards questions, and the emerging tech leader for software and AI questions. Note who is current and who has moved on.
Questions to take into the conversation
- 01How does a large protein company plan and execute capital projects across many processing plants?
- 02What engineering standards and governance does a food manufacturer use across its plant network?
- 03How are food manufacturers applying automation and AI inside their plants?
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