Agnetic, LLC was started in 2004 to design, develop and implement delivery systems for consumers who want more capable, productive and responsible inbound agricultural raw ingredient supply chains.
We help our customers apply proven process improvement techniques and technologies that simultaneously reduce the cost of doing business and improve Ag raw ingredient quality consistency
Our Team
Russ Curry
• Founder of Agnetic, LLC
• Applied systems research and customer centric business model assignments provide the framework for Agnetic’s Ag raw ingredient deliver system design, development and implementation offerings.
•Formally Archer Daniels Midland spanning whole grain origination, whole grain and product arbitrage and global bio-product marketing, sales and business development.
Scott Dyer
•Scott brings 25 years of production, marketing and sales experience to the Agnetic team. His extensive training in analytical-synthesis procedures and translation of the analytics by applying “math, not money” to the solution mix, is a critical driver to solution development.
•Scott has spent time with Sandoz Crop Protection, Monsanto-HybriTech, and John Deere – GeoVeritas in various management positions, and joins the production side supply chains financial requirements to the financial value on the consumption side
Our Network
• Consists of individuals and teams from all walks of life, many industries and countries, handpicked by Russ Curry since 1994. Each has been selected on their particular expertise in hard numbers or soft issues and their flexibility quotient, their willingness to share and teach others.
Our Advisors
Charles H. Fine Ph.D
• Chrysler LFM Professor of Management Sloan School of Management Massachusetts Institute of Technology
• Author of “Clockspeed: Winning Industry Control in the Age of Temporary Advantage”
• Dr. Fine’s ‘Clockspeed” work illustrates how competitive advantage is lost or gained by how well a company manages its dynamic web of relationships that run throughout its chain of suppliers, distributors, and alliance partners.
• Professor Fine consults and teaches widely, with clients including with Merrill Lynch, Motorola, GM, GE, Toyota, TRW and many others
Joyce Cacho, Ph.D
• Currently Novus International’s Chief Sustainability Officer. Dr. Cacho’s primary responsibility will be managing, planning and implementing Novus’s global Corporate Social Responsibility Program and initiatives.
• Previously the Corporate Council on Africa’s Agribusiness Initiative Director, where she works closely with the African regional economic communities and the New Partnership for Africa’s Development (NEPAD) Secretariat to support the development of stronger private sector agriculture policy initiatives in the economic communities throughout Africa
•Previously Rabobank’s Executive Director of Global Food & Agricultural Policy Specialist, where she Advised Rabobank International (clients and Board) about the business risks that originate in increasingly dynamic network of agricultural policies.