Tim is a Global Ambassador specializing in Agribusiness Serivices. With 30 years of business experience in international agricultural food industries, Tim has held senior management positions with units of Continental Grain Company and U.S. Wheat Associates, Inc. He has been providing international marketing and consulting services to U.S. companies since 1993. Tim has amassed 15 years of successful, results-oriented direct international marketing experience related to agricultural food products and related industry. In this capacity, he has developed and executed strategic marketing plans and activities for both agribusiness and non-profit clients “on the ground” in markets as diverse as Mexico, Turkey and Egypt.
Tim has worked closely with USDA/FAS and is well acquainted with the Cooperator Program and other USDA foreign market development programs and export promotion groups, such as SRTG’s. He has worked extensively with foreign importers of agricultural and food products, particularly in the Middle East and Africa and has an extensive network of contacts in the U.S. agricultural product export promotion field, including with organizations such as the Wheat Foods Council, U.S. Grains Council, American Soybean Association, U.S. Meat Export Federation and CoBank.
Tim earned a B.A. in Journalism from DePauw University and received the Master of International Management degree from Thunderbird — The Garvin School of International Management.