Omaha, Nebraska
May 28, 2009
 Katie Gutzmann has joined the
marketing staff of
GreenLeaf Genetics located in Omaha, Nebraska.
Gutzmann is responsible for customer events as well as managing
marketing and promotional initiatives. She facilitates
deployment of marketing resources from the parent companies;
Syngenta and Pioneer, to enable GreenLeaf Genetics to offer
unique customer events such as Go! Plots Technology Days and
Oktoberfest. “I am excited to join GreenLeaf Genetics in their
commitment to help independent seed companies grow,” said
Gutzmann.
According to Bryan Kliewer, Vice President of Marketing and
Sales, “We are very excited to bring Katie on board. Her
agriculture background and marketing expertise will help
GreenLeaf Genetics execute against our unique brand promise to
independent seed companies which is simple and effortless access
to profitable and high-performing traits and germplasm.”
Gutzmann is familiar with the seed industry through her previous
work in communications at Golden Harvest and through her account
services role at Ervin Group, an Omaha-based advertising agency.
Gutzmann is a board member of the National Agri-Marketing
Association and graduated with a degree from the University of
Nebraska – Lincoln in Agribusiness.
GreenLeaf Genetics LLC, a joint venture between Syngenta and
Pioneer Hi-Bred International Inc., a subsidiary of DuPont,
offers licenses for corn and soybean genetic material to
foundation seed houses and seed companies and facilitates the
licensing of biotech traits from its parent companies. GreenLeaf
Genetics is currently helping more than 200 seed companies to
access genetics and traits from Syngenta and Pioneer. |
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