Company Bios
Learn more about the team behind AGvisorPRO
Rob Saik
Founder and CEO
Robert Saik has forty years of experience as a Professional Agrologist, entrepreneur and an international consultant who’s worked with a wide variety of agriculturalists from Nigeria’s Minister of Agriculture to Bill Gates.
His latest book, “FOOD 5.0 How We Feed the Future” is a pragmatic look at the five iterations of agriculture, culminating in an examination of how technology convergence is reshaping the farm and the consumer.
Robert, an outspoken champion of agriculture, is a Distinguished Agrologist, Professional Agriculture Consultant, a serial entrepreneur and has been hailed as an agriculture futurist with unparalleled insight into where the industry is headed.
He has leveraged these strengths to found over 15 companies in the areas of Farming, Agri-Retail, Distribution, Media and Ag Tech including The Agri-Trend/Agri-Data Group of Companies which was acquired by Trimble. He served as CEO of DOT Technology Corp (Autonomous Farming) through the acquisition of Dot by Raven Industries.
He’s also the founder and CEO of AGvisorPRO, a platform that “uberizes” knowledge and wisdom, enabling farmers to instantaneously connect with agriculture experts worldwide.
Through Saik Management Group Inc he facilitates the PowerFARM peer group for progressive farmers.
His first book, “The Agriculture Manifesto – Ten Key Drivers That Will Shape Agriculture in the Next Decade” was a 2014 Best of Amazon Books and this TEDx Talk “Will Agriculture be Allowed to Feed 9 Billion People?” has been viewed over 150,000 times. Robert is a passionate keynote speaker and is executive producer of the Know Ideas Media a science based multi-media company addressing issues such as GMO’s and their use in food production.
He serves on several Boards, is an advisor to Olds College, is a member of the A100 (Alberta Tech Entrepreneur Network), a student of Strategic Coach and Singularity University and a member of Abundance 360. As a partner in Perigro Venture Partners he participates in early stage technology investments.
He been recognized for agriculture leadership by the Alberta Institute of Agrologists (Provincial Distinguished Agrologist of the Year) and in 2016 was awarded Canadian Agri-Marketer of the Year by the Canadian Agri-Marketing Association.
Brock Moir
CPO
Brock Moir received his M Sc while studying the sub-atomic particle collisions produced within the Large Hadron Collider. Throughout his professional career, he has led the development of data science and machine learning products in the utility, building management, and construction domains. Before joining the AGvisorPRO team, Brock worked alongside some of the top AI researchers in the world at the Alberta Machine Intelligence Institute building services and leading projects designed to guide businesses in developing their AI programs.
Vanessa Trentin
Product Designer
Vanessa is a graphic designer who has been working with web interaction since 2010. Vanessa has been a tech entrepreneur in Brazil for 10 years. She loves solving problems with creative solutions and building user-friendly interfaces. She is fascinated by science, technology and psychology.
Mitchell Ludwig
Senior App Developer
Mitchell Ludwig was born to use computers, while he may yet have undiscovered alternate uses, so far they have not presented themselves. He was born in Calgary, and lives with his girlfriend Emily and his dog Daisy. Mitchell helps to keep our servers and applications running smoothly and efficiently.
Brian West
Product Developer
Brian is a mobile developer from Ottawa who specializes in bringing mere thoughts and ideas to life – technically speaking. He co-founded RideBuddie and led its technical team in the creation of its product. Brian has accumulated over 5 years of experience as a developer and graduated from Carleton University.
Patrick Hao
Product Developer
Patrick is a frontend web/mobile developer who specializes in React and React Native. Patrick holds a bachelor’s degree in Software Engineer and has over 5+ years of frontend experience such as co-founding Ottoair and Idoneous, as CTO/Director. Patrick is looking to further strengthen his expertise in the front-end development industry.
Hector Chauran
Product Developer
Based in Latin America, Hector has been crafting software for over 7 years. At AGvisorPRO, he uses his skills to help keep our systems on top of new requirements as the company evolves. In his spare time, he is passionate about expanding his knowledge, as well as working on side projects that spark his interest.
Yunfan Yang
Product Developer
Yunfan is pursuing a Computer Science Bachelor at the University of Calgary, with a concentration in Software Engineering and a minor in Data Science. He likes to be practical and innovative, so he always works on a handful of side projects in his free time, and his favourite is everything related to web development. He wishes to explore and develop more in the field of Software Engineering in his career.
Miranda Carr
Project Lead
Miranda Carr is the fourth generation on a mixed farm Northeast of Olds, Alberta. Her formal education includes a BSc. in Physiology and a degree in Turfgrass management. She also hand makes and sells jewelry at local farmer’s markets. Her skills include data analysis, basic graphic design, and making spreadsheets fun! Miranda is the Project Lead at AGvisorPRO and has helped to develop the platform since November of 2018.
Fun Fact: Miranda’s Great Aunt and Uncle, Anita and Vernon Puzey, were one of Rob Saik’s first customers at AgriTrend.
Kersti Rasmussen
Marketing Director
Kersti Rasmussen is a marketing and communications leader with over 10 years of experience driving growth, brand strategy, and partnerships.
She’s led teams and managed million-dollar budgets across heavy equipment dealership, technology and professional service sectors—always with a focus on driving market expansion, engagement and long-term impact.
She holds a Bachelor of Arts in English from Dalhousie University, Graduate Degree in Public Relations from Western University, and Master of Business Administration from the University of Aberdeen.
Dhruv Gupta
Growth Marketer
Dhruv is a computer engineer with extensive experience in solving business problems for SMB/Startups in eCommerce and SAAS by leveraging technology to define, create and implement business processes and improve results via market plan and strategy.
Shyn Myers
Marketing Specialist
Shyn Myers is a Marketing Specialist at AGvisorPRO.
Cihan Basoglu
Software Developer
Cihan Basoglu is a Software Developer specializing in building data-related solutions and scalable cloud-based systems. He brings an interdisciplinary perspective to data engineering, designing and implementing data pipelines and cloud infrastructure.
He assists technical teams with the development and optimization of data platforms that support business intelligence and machine learning initiatives. His expertise includes data architecture and workflow automation.
Cihan holds an academic background in Linguistics and Cognitive Science.
