Join Alltech at VIV Asia 2023 at booth No. 3410 in Exhibit Hall 2 to explore the latest solutions, trends and technologies in agriculture. At the event, Alltech will showcase its solutions for improving animal health and performance while decreasing producers' environmental impact. VIV Asia 2023 takes place Wednesday, March 8 to Friday, March 10, 2023, IMPACT Exhibition and Convention Center.
- A complimentary seminar, 'Smarter, more sustainable solutions for agriculture,' in meeting room Jupiter 9, IMPACT from 2:00–3:45 p.m. on Wednesday, March 8
- Alltech Happy Hours in booth No. 3410 from 3:00–4:00 p.m. on both Wednesday, March 8 and Thursday, March 9
Speakers include:
Dr Mark Lyons, president and CEO, Alltech
Dr Mark Lyons grew up in the Alltech business, having traveled with his father and Alltech's founder, Dr Pearse Lyons, from a young age to visit customers. With experience working in all regions and nearly all departments — before even officially joining Alltech — he has a deep and uniquely personal knowledge of the company. Based on Alltech's belief that agriculture has the greatest potential to positively shape our world's future, he launched the Planet of Plenty™ vision in 2019. He has called for collaboration to provide nutrition for all, revitalise local economies and replenish the planet's natural resources.
Dr Lyons began his career at Alltech focused on the development of the company's core nutritional technologies. He spearheaded many critical projects, including simultaneously managing the establishment of a plant in Serbia and the creation of Alltech's flagship yeast production facility in São Pedro, Brazil. He also spent nearly four years in Mexico rebuilding the company's solid state fermentation plant in Serdán, which is one of the largest of its kind in the world.
Under his leadership as director of North America from 2009 to 2011, Alltech expanded its presence with the opening of new offices and a growing involvement in all agricultural sectors. In 2012, Dr Lyons relocated to China, the world's largest feed market, as part of Alltech's focus on the Asia-Pacific region. Living in Beijing and traveling throughout the country, he led the Alltech China office and focused on building bridges between China and the wider industry through research, education and strategic initiatives.
Today, Dr Lyons is based at Alltech's headquarters in Kentucky, USA. He serves on the CLEAR Center Advisory Council and is active in many industry groups. Dr Lyons has published papers and patents in areas ranging from enzyme production to global economics and is interested in the assurance of food safety and quality throughout the entire food chain.
Dr Lyons received his bachelor's degree in political science and environmental science in 1999 from the University of Chicago. He received his master's degree in brewing and distilling in 2001, followed by a Ph.D. in the area of solid-state fermentation, at Heriot-Watt University in Edinburgh in 2008. Dr Lyons is fluent in Spanish, Portuguese, French and German, and he has a working knowledge of Mandarin.
Jonathan Forrest Wilson, president, Alltech Asia-Pacific
Jonathan Forrest Wilson is the president of the Asia-Pacific region for Alltech. With more than 25 years of experience living and working throughout Asia-Pacific and Oceania, his career has focused on leading industrial businesses and agri-businesses to help them reach their full potential.
Mr Wilson has led businesses with operations on every continent, developing and executing innovative and impactful growth-focused transformation strategies, including cross-border mergers and acquisitions, sales, product development, capital projects and technology initiatives in both emerging and developed markets. His experience living and working internationally has shown him the importance of working with diverse teams.
Mr Wilson is particularly passionate about innovation in agri-business and aquaculture. He has seen firsthand the industry's potential to make a positive difference in local communities, add value to customers' operations and develop sustainable solutions that positively impact the environment while providing excellent results for shareholders and stakeholders.
Prior to joining Alltech, Mr Wilson served as the chief operating officer and executive director of GODACO Seafood in Ho Chi Minh City, Vietnam. He was also a senior advisor to Navis Capital Partners Private Equity in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia. Previously, he served as the group CEO and as a board member of Hong Leong Industries, a Malaysia-based, publicly traded industrial conglomerate that conducts $1.4 billion in sales.
Mr Wilson joined Gold Coin Group in 2009 as its chief operating officer and a member of the board, later rising to acting CEO. Gold Coin is one of the largest family-owned feed, premix, animal nutrition, shrimp genetics and poultry integrators in Asia, with sales of approximately $1 billion. It was at Gold Coin that he first developed a passion for agri-business and aquaculture.
Before joining Gold Coin, Wilson held top management positions at several companies, including as vice president and managing director of Asia at IMERYS and managing director of Asia at Great Lakes Chemical Corporation. He joined Unilever's National Starch and Chemical Company in 1987 after receiving a bachelor's degree in chemical engineering from The Catholic University of America in Washington, D.C. Mr Wilson also received a master's degree in business administration with an emphasis on finance from Rutgers University.
Mr Wilson sits on the advisory board of Saigon A.I., a technology startup that aims to increase the participation of women in STEM fields, specifically data science and artificial intelligence. He also sits on the advisory board of Zero Waste Saigon, a startup dedicated to finding natural and innovative solutions to combat the problem of single-use waste and its impact on our environment through community engagement. Additionally, Mr Wilson is an active member of AmCham Vietnam. He speaks French and Bahasa Malaysia and is a student of Mandarin Chinese.
Dr Kyle McKinney, vice president of innovation, Alltech
Dr Kyle McKinney is the vice president of innovation at Alltech. Prior to being appointed to his current position, Dr McKinney led Alltech's global enzyme management platform, which focuses on feed efficiency and developing enzyme technologies to provide innovative solutions for producers.
Previously, Dr McKinney worked for three years in Costa Rica on a project that aimed to utilize the Alltech Crop Science portfolio to control disease and reduce chemical applications. This project allowed the Alltech team in Costa Rica to establish a fermentation lab, where they can evaluate more sustainable microbial solutions for disease control.
Dr McKinney worked with the Alltech applications research program for more than a decade and was part of Alltech's Farm of the Future project from 2007 to 2008. Additionally, he and his team designed Alltech True Check™, an in-vitro digestion system developed to evaluate diets and the impacts of feed technology on monogastric animals.
Dr McKinney received his bachelor's degree in agricultural biotechnology from the University of Kentucky, his master's degree in brewing and distilling fermentation technology from Heriot-Watt University in Scotland, and his Ph.D. in agricultural biotechnology, which focused on the development of microbial fermentation systems to produce complex enzymes to improve monogastric feed and nutrition, from Harper Adams University.
Nick Adams, global director of mycotoxin management, Alltech
Nick Adams joined the feed industry in 1996 as a ruminant feed specialist with Hanford Feeds, Ltd., in Southwest England. After three years with Hanford Feeds, he accepted a position at Alltech, where he has been for the past 23 years, starting first in the U.K. and then spending eight years in California. For the past 10 years, Mr Adams has focused on supporting the mold and mycotoxin side of Alltech's business, most recently as the global director of the company's mycotoxin management team.
Mr Adams received a bachelor's degree in animal science from the University of Reading, where he majored in ruminant nutrition. He is also a graduate of the Alltech Advanced Management Program, run in conjunction with the University College Dublin Michael Smurfit School of Business.
Steve Elliott, global director of mineral management, Alltech
Steve Elliott is the global director of the Sel-Plex® and Bioplex® product division at Alltech. He is also a member of the American Registry of Professional Animal Scientists (ARPAS), as well as the National Mastitis Council (NMC). He has spoken to groups around the world about the benefits of trace mineral nutrition and their impact on health and immunity.
Mr Elliott received an undergraduate degree in animal science from the University of Florida, where he also completed graduate work in animal nutrition. He has authored and/or co-authored numerous articles for both professional journals and trade publications focused on how trace mineral status affects the well-being of local populations of both animals and humans.
Gustavo Sa Ribeiro, regional technical manager for monogastrics, Southeast Asia, Alltech
Gustavo Sa Ribeiro is the regional technical manager for monogastric animals in Southeast Asia for Alltech. He has more than a decade of experience in various capacities and fields, including R&D, marketing and technical support for monogastric operations. He also has an array of international experience, having worked in numerous global markets, such as the Netherlands, Spain, Mexico, Eastern Europe, Africa and the Asia-Pacific region.
Born in Portugal, Mr Sa Ribeiro received degrees in zootechnical engineering from the University of Tras-os-Montes and Alto Douro in Portugal and in international livestock production from CAH Vietnam University of Applied Sciences in the Netherlands.
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