CIRAS - Key Persons
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- Member of the CIRAS Industry Advisory Board
- Innovation Team Project Manager Iowa Economic Development Authority Des Moines
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- Assistant Director / Ames
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- Food and Feed Quality and Safety Extension Specialist
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- Workforce Programs Director
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- Member of the CIRAS Industry Advisory Board
- Vice President of Business Development Iowa Area Development Group Des Moines
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- Technology Program Director
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- Executive Strategy Project Manager / Iowa City
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- Food and Feed Quality and Safety Extension Specialist / Ames
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- Construction Strategic Advisor
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- Government Contracting Director / Clive
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- Process Improvement Project Manager / Onslow
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- Construction Strategic Advisor / Ames
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- Event Manager
- Event Manager / Ames
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- Digital Marketing & Innovation / Hiawatha
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- Strategic Advisor / Hiawatha
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- Technology Program Director / Ames
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- Supply Chain Project Manager
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- Government Contracting Director
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- Executive Strategy Project Manager
Kira Kistner joined the CIRAS team after 20 years of experience with chemical manufacturing companies. She has a bachelor's degree in chemistry from Iowa State University and spent seven years as quality control manager for BASF in Ames. Before that, she worked as an environmental health and safety specialist at POET Biorefining and as a quality and safety coordinator for Colorbiotics. Her role at CIRAS is external services project manager.
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- Busniess Administration / Ames
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- Member of the CIRAS Industry Advisory Board
- President LT Leon Associates, Inc Des Moines
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- Member of the CIRAS Industry Advisory Board
- Strategy and Transformation Officer ImOn Communications Cedar Rapids
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- Workforce Programs Director / Fort Dodge
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- Member of the CIRAS Industry Advisory Board
- General Manager Engineering Services & Products Co Dyersville
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- Marketing & Human Resources
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- Marketing & Human Resources / Ames
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- Member of the CIRAS Industry Advisory Board
- President Story Construction Ames
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- Member of the CIRAS Industry Advisory Board
- President Iowa Association of Business and Industry Des Moines
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- Member of the CIRAS Industry Advisory Board
- Investment Manager Iowa Farm Bureau Federation West Des Moines
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- Digital Marketing & Innovation
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- Event Manager
- Event Manager / Ames
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- Member of the CIRAS Industry Advisory Board
- President DMACC Ankeny
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- Logistics & Supply Chain / DeWitt
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- ILC Program Director / Newton
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- Process Improvement Project Manager
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- Information Technology / Ames
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- Strategic Advisor / Boone
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- Member of the CIRAS Industry Advisory Board
- President and COO World Class Industries Hiawatha
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- Strategic Advisor / Davenport
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- Strategic Advisor / Hiawatha