ADVISORY BOARD
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Robert J. Dolibois, Executive VP, ANLA
Robert Dolibois is executive vice president of the American Nursery & Landscape Association (ANLA). The ANLA is the national voice of the nursery and landscape industry. ANLA provides education, research, public relations, and representation services to members. This support enables members to operate more effectively and to provide the public with quality plants, landscape design and installations, and related products and services. |
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Mick Mountz, CEO & Founder, Kiva Systems
Mick Mountz founded Kiva Systems in 2003. Since then Kiva Systems has been named #6 on the Inc. 500 fastest growing companies list. He has been awarded the Ernst & Young Entrepreneur of the Year® in the New England Region. Mick attended MIT and Harvard. |
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Francis J. Pierce
Dr. Pierce is Professor Emeritus and former Director of the Center for Precision Agricultural Systems at Washington State University. He was President of the American Society of Agronomy, is a fellow in the American Society of Agronomy and the Soil Science Society of America, was the first recipient of the Pierre C. Robert Precision Agriculture Senior Scientist Award, and received the USDA Distinguished Service Award. Dr. Pierce's research interests in agricultural production include soil management for crop production and conservation, precision agriculture, sensor networks for real-time monitoring and control, and agricultural automation for specialty crop production. He co-authored the National Tree Fruit Technology Roadmap, is the series editor for the CRC Press book series "GIS Applications in Agriculture", and is a co-editor for forthcoming books on "Automation - The Future of Weed Control" and "Agricultural Automation: Fundamentals and Practices". Dr. Pierce received MS and Ph.D. degrees in Soil Science from the University of Minnesota and a BS degree in Geology from the State University of New York. |
