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Hans Aae, Vice President – EMEA, Oceania and Russia
Mr. Aae earned his degree in animal science from the Royal Veterinary and Agricultural University in Copenhagen, Denmark. He provides business and nutritional solutions, and technical sales support for Zinpro® swine customers throughout Europe, Middle East, Russia, Oceania and South Africa.
Dr. Chris Ashworth, Discovery Researcher – Beef
Dr. Ashworth earned his doctoral degree in veterinary medicine from Louisiana State University. He directs research and technical nutritional services for the Zinpro beef team worldwide.
Cinzia Boggino, Business Development Manager
Ms. Boggino is a business development manager and provides sales development, leadership and support to the Zinpro International Sales Division for aquaculture and pet food. She earned a degree in veterinary medicine from the Federal University of Paraná, Brazil and has worked for Zinpro with increasing levels of responsibility since 2003.
Dr. Alvaro Burin, Account Manager
Dr. Burin is account manager – poultry for Zinpro Corporation, providing sales development and technical services for poultry customers in Brazil. Dr. Burin earned his doctorate in animal sciences from the University of São Paulo – Piracicaba and has multiple research papers published in peer-reviewed and technical journals. He earned a veterinary degree from Federal University of Paraná – Palotina, Brazil.
Alyssa Cornelison, M.S., Research and Technical Services Associate
Alyssa Cornelison, M.S., is a Research and Technical Services Associate for the Zinpro Global Swine Team. She has a master’s degree in applied Swine Nutrition from Iowa State University. Alyssa’s educational emphasis in economics and statistics allows her to provide unique support to the Global Swine Team.
Dr. Paco Fernandez Lopez-Brea, Business Development Manager
Dr. Lopez-Brea holds a doctoral degree in veterinary medicine from Complutense University, Madrid, Spain. He serves Zinpro Corporation as global poultry advisory team lead and business development manager, working with the company’s poultry team and regional business unit managers to develop business strategies and solutions to benefit poultry customers worldwide.
Ms. Chanda Engel, Research Associate
Ms. Engel earned her master’s degree in animal science-ruminant nutrition from South Dakota State University. She is a Research Associate supporting the Zinpro Beef and Dairy research teams.
Dr. Adam Geiger, Technical Service
Dr. Geiger earned his doctoral degree in dairy science – lactation physiology from Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University. He conducts research and provides dairy technical services to customers globally.
Dr. Arturo Gomez, Discovery Researcher – Dairy
Dr. Gomez is a veterinarian and holds a doctoral degree in public health and epidemiology from the University of Wisconsin-School of Veterinary Medicine. He is part of the Research and Developing team at Zinpro, with responsibilities in ruminant research and technical services globally and coordinating the Zinpro Innovation Center in Spain.
Dr. Daryl Kleinschmit, Discovery Researcher – Dairy
Dr. Kleinschmit earned his doctoral degree in animal science from South Dakota State University. He conducts research and provides dairy technical services to customers globally.
Dr. Stefan Langer, Swine Nutritionist – Technical Service International
Dr. Langer received his doctoral degree from Aberdeen University, UK. As a nutritionist at Zinpro, he provides swine research support as well as technical support for digital swine-management tools.
Dr. Connie Larson, Technical Service
Dr. Larson earned her doctoral degree in animal nutrition at New Mexico State University. She directs research and technical nutritional services for Zinpro across all species worldwide.
Dr. Leonardo Linares, Technical Service
Dr. Linares earned his doctoral degree in animal science from the University of Missouri. He has served Zinpro Corporation as Poultry Nutritionist for the Global Technical Services Team and he supports customers worldwide on poultry nutrition and management and also develops new research.
Dr. Huw McConochie, Technical Service
Dr. McConochie earned his doctoral degree in lactation physiology from Aberystwyth University in Wales. He conducts research and provides dairy technical services to customers globally.
Dr. Duarte Neves, Technical Service
Dr. Neves earned his doctoral degree in poultry science from the University of Georgia. He conducts research and provides poultry technical services to customers globally.
Dr. Lucas Rodrigues, Discovery Researcher for Swine
Lucas received his DVM and MSc degrees from the Federal University of Minas Gerais (UFMG, Brazil) and completed his doctoral degree at the Prairie Swine Centre and the University of Saskatchewan in Canada. Lucas joined Zinpro Corporation in 2022 as a Discovery Researcher for Swine. His current role includes product development and support, directing and coordinating research studies and providing training for internal employees and external customers.
Dr. Christof Rapp, Technical Service
Dr. Rapp earned his doctoral degree in animal nutrition from Hohenheim University. He conducts research and provides swine technical services to customers globally.
Dr. Marco Rebollo, Business Manager
Dr. Rebollo earned his doctoral degree in veterinary medicine from the National University of Mexico. He conducts research and provides poultry technical services to customers globally.
Bill Scrimgeour, Former Chief Executive Officer
Mr. Scrimgeour is a former Zinpro Corporation CEO, where he led the company to develop new trace mineral products and launch them to the industry. From 2017 through 2018, he served as both Zinpro Corporation president and CEO and from 2008 until 2017 he served as president and COO.
Dr. Claudia Silva, Technical Service
Dr. Silva earned her doctoral degree in aquatic sciences from Abel Salazar Biomedical Sciences Institute in Portugal. She conducts research and provides aquaculture technical services to customers globally.
Dr. Mike Socha, Associate Director, Product Development
Dr. Socha earned his doctoral degree in animal and dairy sciences from the University of New Hampshire. He is responsible for managing the company’s product support and product discovery research.
Dr. Peter Stark, Director of Product Development
Dr. Stark earned his doctoral degree in medicinal chemistry from the University of Minnesota. He is responsible for directing and overseeing the company’s research and development of new products. He also manages the company’s regulatory and quality assurance departments and the lab staff who provide product development, quality control and competitive analysis support.
Dr. Dana Tomlinson, Technical Service
Dr. Tomlinson earned his doctoral degree in animal science – ruminant nutrition from Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University. He directs aqua, equine and companion animal research and provides technical nutritional services for the Zinpro specialty team worldwide.
Dr. Terry Ward, Director of Strategy
Dr. Ward earned his doctoral degree in animal nutrition from Louisiana State University. He leads the Zinpro strategy team for Zinpro across all species worldwide.
Dr. Jeff Weyers, Technical Service
Dr. Weyers earned his doctoral degree in animal science from Oklahoma State University. He conducts research and provides dairy technical services to customers globally.
Ms. Janice Wolfinger, Account Manager
Janice is an account manager for Zinpro Corporation, providing mineral and nutrition support for beef producers in eastern Kansas and eastern Nebraska. She earned her bachelor’s degree in agriculture from The Ohio State University. She lives in central Nebraska with her husband and two daughters on their feedyard and ranch.
Dr. George Xu, Technical Sales Manager
Dr. Xu earned his doctoral degree in animal nutrition and feeding from Zhejiang University in China. He conducts research and provides dairy technical services to customers globally.
Dr. Ton Kramer, South American Business Manager
Ton Kramer holds both master’s and doctorate degrees in Animal Science focused on Swine Locomotion and Health from Federal University of Paraná in Brazil. He has MBAs in Business Management and Project Management from Fundação Getúlio Vargas and a postgraduate degree in Marketing from Escola Superior de Propaganda e Marketing. Ton has also held leadership roles in the Brazilian Association of Veterinary Specialists in Swine. Currently, he serves as the South American Business Manager at Zinpro.
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