Prior to Dairy One, Jim served as Branch Manager of Monroe Tractor for ten years in their Adams Center, NY location. In this role, Jim managed relationships in an agricultural community heavily influenced by dairy operations that spanned from northern New York to Maine.
Previously, Jim served as an officer in the United States Marine Corps for 22 years. During his tenure as a Marine Communications Officer, he led organizations as large as 300 Marines, Sailors, and Soldiers, managed Marine Program portfolios as large as $2.9 Billion, planned and installed robust communication infrastructures, and served in the software test and evaluation realm for the Department of Defense…an adventurous life that saw 43 countries, 3 years on a ship at sea, and 3 combat tours.
Originally from a crop farm in the Finger Lakes region of New York state, Jim is a 1990 graduate of Cornell University with a Bachelor of Science degree in Agricultural Economics. In 1999, Jim received a Master of Science degree in Information Technology Management from the Naval Postgraduate School in Monterey, California.
John started his career at Dairy One as a field technician and then moved into the position of market manager in the New Jersey area a short time later. He then transitioned into software support for Dairy Comp 305, eventually moving into a leadership role. From there he became director of Ag Management, which included overseeing DHI Services, Agricultural Consulting Services, and Integrated Farming Solutions. In the position of Chief Operating Officer, he oversees all customer facing teams and managing various teams.
Ebru is in charge of all financial management of Dairy One. She has extensive experience in business finance management from a career that spans over 20 years and includes work in for-profit and non-profit organizations. While working as CFO and COO in previous positions with her peers, she led organizational change and growth and oversaw numerous financial projects for improved financial management.
She has a Master of Arts degree in Economics from CUNY Brooklyn College, as well as a Bachelor of Arts in Sociology. Ebru holds a Cornell University Executive Leadership Certificate and a Non-Profit Accounting Professional Certificate.