Agbioscience

This week Inside INdiana Business host Gerry Dick is joined by Chris Lowery, Sr. VP - Workforce Alignment, Ivy Tech Community College.  Chris Lowery is the senior vice president for workforce alignment for Ivy Tech Community College. Prior to this role, Chris served as Chancellor for the Columbus/Southeast Region of Ivy Tech.  Over the course of his career, he has worked for Hillenbrand, Inc., the...

This week Inside INdiana Business Host Gerry Dick is joined by Scott Henderson, VP + Chief Entrepreneurial Officer for Purdue Research Foundation.  A human spark plug and world-class connector, Scott can turn “something” into “something amazing” through grassroots collaboration and old school perseverance. His career arc includes raising charitable donations for universities, running a capital cam...

This week Inside INdiana Business Host Gerry Dick is joined by Kevin Cavanaugh, Director of Research for Beck's Hybrids. Kevin's first introduction to corn breeding was with detasseling—a summer job many teenagers dread but that the 14-year-old loved and used to launch his career. His labor of love turned into a full-time career after he earned a Ph. D. in plant breeding from Purdue University. No...

This week Inside INdiana Business Host Gerry Dick is joined by Jason Mauck, CEO of Constant Canopy.

AgriNovus Indiana Director of Communications + Engagement and co-producer of this very podcast, Libby Fritz joins us this week on the Ag+Bio+Science Podcast. Since she was young, Libby has always wanted to share the agriculture story to a broader audience outside of the sector. Now, three years into her role at AgriNovus, Libby gets to do exactly that. If there is a way to tell Indiana’s agbioscie...

gBETA Indy Director Chelsea Linder introduces listeners to our newest partnership to support entrepreneurs in the agbioscience community: gBETA Agbioscience. This is a new program of nationally ranked startup accelerator, Wisconsin-based gener8tor. gBETA Agbioscience is a free, seven-week accelerator for early-stage agriculture, biotechnology, and life science companies with Indiana roots. Each pr...

NutraMaize is a consumer-focused agbioscience company commercializing a more nutritious variety of better tasting, non-GMO orange corn. The company was co-founded by a father-son team, Torbert and Evan Rocheford, who now serve as the company's CTO and CEO respectively. CTO: “Professor Torbert” Rocheford is internationally recognized as a leading expert in his field and holds the Patterson Endowed...

How has Indianapolis cultivated a thriving tech community over the past decade? Look to TechPoint Indiana. TechPoint President + CEO Mike Langellier fills us in on how the organization strives to lead Indiana into a next-generation, high tech economy. Entrepreneur and software executive Mike Langellier serves as the President and CEO of TechPoint, Indiana’s technology growth initiative. Langellier...

The life sciences sector is undoubtedly crucial to Indiana’s economy, with over 1,750 companies that call Indiana home. Much of this success can be attributed to CICP’s first initiative, BioCrossroads. Learn about BioCrossroads’ many programs and efforts from project director Brian Stemme. Brian Stemme is the project director for BioCrossroads. Brian has a strong background in life sciences market...

Ascend Indiana strays from the traditional model of all other CICP initiatives because it serves all industry sectors, working in all areas of talent and workforce development. What was it about Indiana’s overall economy or talent ecosystem that compelled the creation of Ascend? Jason Kloth, President + CEO of Ascend Indiana fills us in.   Jason Kloth joined CICP in July 2015 and serves as Preside...

The need for renewable energy and technological innovation to reduce greenhouse gas emissions and ultimately ensure energy security has never been more urgent for a promising future. How is Indiana advancing energy technology? Paul Mitchell, President + CEO of Energy Systems Network, (ESN) fills us in. Paul Mitchell serves as President + CEO of ESN. Prior to joining ESN, Paul served as Policy Dire...

Learn all about AgriNovus Indiana’s parent organization, the Central Indiana Corporate Partnership (CICP) from President + CEO David Johnson.  David L. Johnson was elected President and CEO of CICP in December 2012. CICP is a unique, nationally-recognized, strategic collaboration of business executives, philanthropic leaders and university presidents brought together to develop initiatives, invest...

Learn all about AgriNovus Indiana’s parent organization, the Central Indiana Corporate Partnership (CICP) from President + CEO David Johnson.  David L. Johnson was elected President and CEO of CICP in December 2012. CICP is a unique, nationally-recognized, strategic collaboration of business executives, philanthropic leaders and university presidents brought together to develop initiatives, invest...

One year ago, AgriNovus Indiana President + CEO Beth Bechdol recorded the first episode of our Ag+Bio+Science podcast. What have we accomplished with our partners over the past year? What’s next? Beth shares her thoughts on the future of Indiana’s agbioscience community. Beth Bechdol is the President + CEO of AgriNovus Indiana. Beth excels at building unconventional alliances, connecting people wh...

This week Inside INdiana Business Host Gerry Dick speaks with Claire Baney, AgriNovus Intern and Purdue College of Agriculture Student.

This week Inside INdiana Business Host Gerry Dick speaks with Tom Bratton, Medallion Partners, CEO

This week Inside INdiana Business Host Gerry Dick speaks with Zack James, Rabbit Tractors, Founder

This week Inside INdiana Business Host Gerry Dick speaks with David Rowe, Epogee, Chief Technology Officer

This week Inside INdiana Business Host Gerry Dick speaks with Bruce Kettler, Indiana State Department of Agriculture, Director

This week Inside INdiana Business Host Gerry Dick speaks with Karen Plaut, Purdue College of Agriculture, Dean

This week Inside INdiana Business Host Gerry Dick speaks with Rebecca Schroeder, Whiteshire Hamroc, President

This week Inside INdiana Business Host Gerry Dick speaks with Jason Whitney, Indiana University Philanthropic Venture Fund, Manager of Strategic Partnerships

This week Inside INdiana Business Host Gerry Dick speaks with Dan Dawes, AgriNovus Indiana, Senior Director of Strategy + Innovation

This week Inside INdiana Business Host Gerry Dick speaks with Ting Gootee, Elevate Ventures, Chief Investment Officer

This week Inside INdiana Business Host Gerry Dick speaks with Sonia Nofziger Dasgupta, EnviroKure Inc., Vice President of Commercial Strategy