People and Events

People

Becker Underwood
Paul Holliday to chief strategist at Becker Underwood. Holliday will provide direction, expertise and support to the company’s executive team to ensure the execution of Becker Underwood’s corporate strategic plan. He will assist in the design of the global organizational structure and ensure that operational decisions align with corporate strategy at all levels within the organization.

Fernando Lopez to global business development lead at Becker Underwood. Lopez will identify trendsetter ideas and work with the R&D team to identify in-licensing opportunities. He also will assess potential business deals and ensure a consistent and coherent company framework for collaborations with partners and global customers.

Mike McFatrich to director of marketing and sales – NAFTA region at Becker Underwood. McFatrich has management responsibility for all aspects of marketing and sales within the NAFTA region.

Chris Feiden to global head of operations and supply chain at Becker Underwood. Feiden has direct management responsibilities for all manufacturing operations within the NAFTA region. He also will oversee all global manufacturing operations to ensure standardization of process, products, procedures and global supply-chain management.

OHP
Don Hanson to national accounts manager at OHP. Hanson will work to optimize OHP business with key national partners. In addition, he will have territory sales responsibilities in South Texas. He will work with growers in this region to strengthen OHP sales efforts.

Ryan Lindstedt to market project manager at OHP. Lindstedt will assume project management responsibilities for several key activities including the transition of technologies into the OHP product line. In addition, he will work with the OHP field team to help identify market opportunities.

Everris
David Gunter to product manager, Ornamental Horticulture, at Everris. Gunter’s primary responsibilities include supporting the Americas Ornamental Horticulture Marketing Manager in the execution of category marketing plans, development of new markets as well as overall portfolio and project management.
 

Events

August

11-15, International Society of Arboriculture annual conference Portland, OR;
www.isa-arbor.com.

16-19, Nursery/Landscape Expo, Portland, OR;
www.isa-arbor.com.

23-25, Farwest, Portland, OR;
www.farwestshow.com.

24-25, MTNA (Middle Tennessee Nursery Association), Murfreesboro, TN;
www.mtna.com.


September

17-19, GLEE (The Garden Retail Show),  Birmingham, UK;
www.gleebirmingham.com.

19-20, CanWest, Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada;
www.canwesthortshow.com.

19-22, IPPS Western Region, Ventura, CA;
www.ippswr.org.

27-29, The Landscape Show, Orlando, FL;
www.fngla.org/thelandscapeshow.


October

10-13, IPPS Eastern Region, Brandywine Valley, PA;
www.ippseastern.com.

13-16, IPPS Southern Region,  Auburn, AL;
www.ipps-srna.org.


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