Submit Questions for Executive Breakfast Panelists

The 2018 Executive Breakfast will be held at the Scoular Ballroom in downtown Omaha on Wednesday, November 14, 2018 from 7:30-10:00 A.M.

Parking is available at the Joslyn Museum across Dodge street and at metered street parking.

Questions are being solicited for our moderator and panelists, please submit your questions via email at ypia.nebraska@gmail.com.

Moderator and Panelists

Tom Field, PhD serves the people of Nebraska as the Director of the Engler Agribusiness Entrepreneurship Program and holder of the Engler Chair in Entrepreneurship at the University of Nebraska – Lincoln. An enthusiastic advocate for free enterprise, the potential of young people and opportunities in both agriculture and rural communities, Tom is an internationally recognized educator and innovator who has the ability to connect the dots between people, industries, and ideas. A fifth generation cattleman who is partnership in a family cow-calf business in western Colorado, he also authors the column “Out of the Box’, consults and advises a number of enterprises and organizations, and is a sought after speaker who challenges and inspires audiences to lead their organizations to excellence by asking the right questions, seeking solutions beyond conventional wisdom, and unleashing the power of focused creativity He and his wife Laura and their family live near Raymond, NE. Tom is a native Coloradoan and earned his bachelors, masters and doctoral degrees at Colorado State University.

Kyle McMahon is the founder and President of Tractor Zoom. At Tractor Zoom, we’re building the world’s most trusted and transparent marketplace for farm equipment auctions. We make it easy for farmers to find equipment upcoming at auction and also connect them with local lenders and insurers.

Prior to starting Tractor Zoom in 2017, he was the Director of Acquisitions for Summit Agricultural Group where he led a team to buy and sell farmland across the Midwestern corn belt for several private equity funds. Kyle co-founded Buch-McMahon Lawn and Landscaping, in which he sold in 2012. Kyle graduated with a bachelor’s degree in Landscape Architecture from Iowa State University after growing up in Fairfield, IA.

Vishal Singh is cofounder and CEO of Quantified Ag, a precision livestock data analytics company. Quantified Ag’s core product is a patent-pending sensor and software platform for the beef cattle feedlot industry. He has over 18 years experience in AgTech.

Quantified Ag is a precision livestock analytics company. Think FitBit for cattle! This makes the beef supply better by providing feedlot workers with the tools to identify sick animals sooner and more accurately. Through early detection, Quantified Ag’s technology helps dramatically reduce costs by lowering re-treatment rate and death loss, and getting animals back to peak performance faster.

Brant Burkey Co-Founder of Realm Five

Let us tell you about RealmFive. First was Mechanization, then Hybridization, followed by Genetically Modified Organisms and today we are in the age of Precision farming. Even though precision farming has been vital for agribusiness, it’s simply not enough to ensure future profits and production. That’s why data and automation are quickly entering agriculture. And it’s why we are empowering the shift from precision agriculture to decision agriculture.

Welcome to the fifth realm of major disruption in agribusiness where technology and innovation lead the way.

Deb Casurella MyAgData CEO Deb Casurella brings with her a wealth of experience in Information Technology and executive management for both small and large companies. She also participates in Ag Gateway, a non-profit consortium serving the agriculture industry with the mission to promote, enable, and expand eBusiness in agriculture. Ms. Casurella has a Bachelor’s degree in Business Administration and a Masters in Training and Organizational Development from the University of Minnesota.