BIOLINE CORPORATION - Key Persons
Job Titles:
- Business Development Manager
I am a veteran in the fluid fertilizer industry with more than thirty-years of experience serving in leadership roles with some of the most innovative fertilizer companies. I joined the BioLiNE team as the Business Development Manager, because I was impressed by the technology, and the potential opportunities it presented to formulators, retailers, and ultimately farmers. Throughout my due diligence I was impressed by the caliber of research, the focus on science, and the technical capacity of the BioLiNE team. Some of the highlights of my career include serving as the Director of Discovery & Innovation after serving as National Sales Director for Brandt Consolidated, Inc. Prior to joining Brandt, I was the Vice-President of Plant Nutrition at Loveland Industries (UAP), and the Vice-President of Environment and Agronomy at the J.R. Simplot Company. I attained my Ph.D. in small grains pathology and physiology from the University of Stirling, and a B.Sc. in Agricultural Botany from the University of Leeds. I moved from England to America in 1987 to serve as the Director of the Fluid Fertilizer Foundation and Vice-President of the National Fertilizer Solutions Association (NFSA). I served as Board Chair and still serve on the Board of Directors of the Fluid Fertilizer Foundation. I received the prestigious Fluid Fellow Award in 2012. I am also a widely published agricultural professional. Throughout my career I have been primarily concerned with plant nutrition and specialty products.
I was born and raised in Glencoe and continue to raise my family in the area. Before joining the BioLiNE team I worked in administration with Jackson Carson Inc and Dyer Brown LLP. I took some time to stay home with the three children my husband Mike Cummings and I had at the early ages and returned back to work-life when I joined the BioLiNE team in August 2016. I have always been an active, athletic and health conscious person who loves to spend time in the outdoors with my family and friend. I also enjoy traveling and have been figure skating for most of my life.
Job Titles:
- Executive Vice President of Corporate Growth & Strategy
Born and raised on a farm east of Melfort Saskatchewan, Geoff has been involved in Agriculture his whole life. After graduating from the University of Saskatchewan with a Diploma in Ag, Geoff went into the retail side of Ag as an agronomist, then moved through to a location manager level before starting into the nutritional side of Ag as the General Manager for Stoller Enterprises Ltd. over the course of 7 years Geoff acquired and set up a manufacturing facility along with building and training a sales team that covered from Prince Edward Island to British Columbia. Specializing in plant Nutrition, and plant hormone products Geoff became involved with BioLiNE as a reseller and educator through his relationship with Cangrow and BioLiNE. Now at BioLiNE as the Director of Market Development & Product Innovation Geoff is continuing to focus on market growth for the BioLiNE group of products in Canada.
Job Titles:
- Director, Product Innovation & Market Development
I chose to join the BioLiNE team after retiring from my role at Stoller International. My 30-year career includes extensive experience working directly with renowned researchers to help them understand how to practically apply their discoveries at a grower level. As the company's Director of Product Innovation & Market Development, I will focus on identifying market needs at the grower and distribution level. My success has come from my ability to leverage my knowledge of plant physiology, biochemistry, and nutrient interactions to help bridge the scientist to farmer gap. BioLiNE's innovative approach of feeding plants on a cellular level is the way of the future. I am looking forward to applying my expertise to BioLiNE's unique technology because I understands the potential benefits of this breakthrough technology to improve the quality and quantity of food grown by farmers. Toward the end of my career, I value the opportunity to work on sustainable agriculture innovations that will last well beyond my tenure. The technology that BioLiNE is developing is very positive for humanity and I take pride in having a part in that process.
Job Titles:
- Market and Product Advisor
I graduated with my BSc (1973) and my MSc (1975) in Biology & Chemistry from the University of Mississippi. After graduation, I moved to Greenville, MS, and founded McRight Soil Testing, Inc. I was involved in introducing innovations to agriculture, growing our agronomy services, and developing our own products for growers. We pioneered the introduction of the concepts of biostimulants to our growers and by 1998, our products and formulations had done so well with growers that we changed our business model and converted from a retail service provider to a wholesale operation. Today, we operate as McRight Services, LLC and all products are labeled under the DeltAg Formulations name brand. Our product line is registered and distributed in forty-eight (48) states, Canada and several other countries overseas. At our location in Greenville we formulate, manufacture, label, package and ship all of the DeltAg products to our Distributors. We also provide product and crop nutrition training seminars annually to our dealers. These seminars include educational information on the fourteen DeltAg products along with basic crop nutrition.
Job Titles:
- EVP Innovation & Sustainability
I have been managing the development and commercialization of innovations for more than 13 years. I graduated from Western University with a Bachelors (2001) and Masters (2005) in Chemical Engineering. Immediately after the completion of my Masters Degree, Dr. Zhu and I co-founded the Particle Technology Research Centre (PTRC) at Western University. For the next five years I served as the General Manager for the Centre. In 2008, I founded CENNATEK, a technology development company with a focus on innovations in bio-fuels and bio-products. In 2010, I joined the executive team at Entropex, a N.A. leading plastics recycling company as the Director of Technology Development. I managed the development, scale-up and implementation of a three-year, $34 million innovation. In 2014, I joined my team at CENNATEK on a full-time basis and raised $2 million towards the first prototype of our BioLiNE process in partnership with Highline Mushrooms. In 2016, I partnered with Ray McDonald in establishing BioLiNE Corp. with the objective to bring the BioLiNE technology to market. Today, I am leading an enthusiastic research team to innovate and improve our process, our products and the applications of our technology. I am passionate about our BioLiNE technology and its benefits to farming.
Raised on a farm in Southwest Middlesex County, Ontario, I graduated from Ridgetown College of Agricultural Technology in 1971. I began my 45-plus year career in the Canadian and U.S. agricultural community with United Cooperative in 1971. In 1976 I joined Scotch Fertilizers as a Manager. In 1981, I started a Crop Management company called Competitive Edge, based in Southwestern Ontario that grew to service 48,000 acres. In the mid-80s, I participated on the development committee for Stoller USA. It was during this association that CanGrow was started by a local group of farmers. I was instrumental in the product development and marketing of this company. I purchased CanGrow in 1999 and grew it into a stable and profitable business with a track record of providing superior product and services to our customers. In 2016, I was introduced to Mohammad Rahbari, and his innovative process for production of fulvic acid. Motivated by his energy and enthusiastic about the process, I incorporated Bioline Corp. with the goal of bringing superior quality bio-stimulants to market using his innovation.
Job Titles:
- Director of Commercial Growth & Strategy
Growing up just outside of Tavistock, Ontario, Shawn learned agriculture at an early age helping out on his grandfather's 50 cow dairy farm. After receiving his Bachelor of Science & Biotechnology from Carleton University, he worked for 2 years with NK Seeds in Sales and Agronomy. He then spent 5 years in Simcoe County and 5 years in Oxford/Middlesex/Norfolk Counties in Ag Retail providing growers with recommendations and solutions in fertilizer, seed and chemical. Shawn has spent the last 15 years with Syngenta Canada in various Sales & Agronomy Territory Rep positions as well as the Agronomic Services Manager for Eastern Canada. He is a Certified Crop Advisor and previous recipient of the Ontario Certified Crop Advisor of the Year Award. As the Director of Market Development, Shawn is responsible for the strategy and growth of the BioLiNE product portfolio throughout Eastern Canada. Shawn lives in Lambton County just outside of Alvinston, Ontario.