Dr. Emerson Nafziger, Crop Science Professor at UIUC

Emerson Nafziger grew up on a farm in northwestern Ohio and has degrees in agronomy from Ohio State, Purdue, and the University of Illinois. His research and Extension at the University of Illinois has focused on corn and soybean management, including effects of planting date and how planting date interacts with other management factors such as soybean variety maturity and foliar fungicide.

Marcos Quiroga, GDM Global Research Director

Marcos Quiroga oversees the global research and development program for all commercial channels in all countries where GDM is operating.

Lance Burditt, GDM North America Commercial Brands Lead

Lance Burditt is GDM USA’s Commercial Brand Leader responsible for the strategy, execution and growth of DONMARIO and Virtue brands. His 20+ years of commercial, marketing and product management experience are now focused on creating a network of seed companies and retailers who want access to GDM’s Global Genetics horsepower and soybean focus to ultimately bring greater soybean profitability for their farmer-customers.

Hunt Wiley, 30+ years of Soybean Breeding Experience

Hunt Wiley is working with GDM as a plant breeding consultant after a long career as a commercial soybean breeder. Hunt spent most of his 38-year breeding career working in maturities 2-4 with a strong emphasis on high yield and genetic disease protection.

Josh Gunther is the Product Lead for Burrus Seed Farms, Inc.

Josh’s main responsibilities include managing the Research and the Agronomy Teams at Burrus. One of Josh’s primary efforts is Product Advancement for corn and soybean products as well as seed treatment selection for PowerShield seed treatment.