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VP Sales and Marketing, Adesso Technology Inc
I have been a Solutions idea developer for over 25 years helping small brands become bigger brands.
Vice President, Canadian Channel Operations, Xerox Canada
Karl Boissonneault is Vice President, Channel Partner Operations for Xerox Canada, responsible for growth strategies and programs related to Xerox’s network of channel partners – including alliance partners, distributors and value-added resellers (VARs) – and its community of Authorized Xerox Agencies.
With more than 15 years’ experience in sales and marketing in the technology industry and 8 years in senior leadership roles; he brings deep knowledge and experience in partnering to deliver higher value solutions to clients. Karl joined Xerox in 2014 leading the Canadian Eastern and Central Agent Operations. No stranger to the channel, he also led an independent Xerox dealership in Bermuda and founded his own start up telecom company.
Karl holds a degree in Accounting from Université du Québec à Montréal. He is a member of the Canadian Channel Chiefs Council (C4), and executive sponsor for the Canadian Young Professionals Group.
Manager of Sales
Charles manages Canadian distribution for Western Digital and has been with the company for 25 years.
Topic: An update on the HDD and SSD market in light of Covid-19.
National Account Manager Distribution
Corey has had a long career in IT with Hewlett Packard Enterprise, starting in 1999 after 5 years at Merisel Canada ( now SYNNEX ) his responsibilities and roles have changed over time. As a Business Analyst with HP Corey worked on the integration of Compaq & HP in the early 2000’s. Moving onto manage the HP Canbuild facility where HP built business Laptops locally here in Canada running up to 3 shifts per day. Moving from the PSG group Corey then took on the role of Marketing Manager for Procurve, HPs switching business and then eventually into a sales role as a National Account manager for HP Networking. In 2016 Corey after working with HP’s distributors during his whole career, Corey was promoted to the National Account Manager for Distribution managing 2 of HPE’s largest Distributor Partners. Corey lives in North Toronto, is a loving husband and father of 2, hobbies include hockey, golf, and spending time on his boat fishing.
Business Development Executive, SMB, Aruba Canada
Cindy has been working in the IT industry since 1997 starting her career with Compuware Corporation in sales support and moving into field sales. Following an additional vendor role supporting both end users and channel partners, Cindy moved into a distribution role for Alternative Technology (Arrow) and Avnet (Tech Data) for a combined total of 16 years supporting mostly Networking and Security products. The last 8 years were supporting the Aruba line and helping the partner community achieve tremendous growth the Canadian market. In January 2019, Cindy moved into her role at Aruba supporting the Canadian partners to learn and grown with Aruba. The last year, Cindy has been responsible for launching the new Aruba Instant On product portfolio to the Canadian SMB market and channel. Cindy lives in Georgetown, ON and is married with a son and identical twin daughters. She can be found on the side of the baseball diamond all summer scorekeeping for the 3 kids and in the arena all winter either cheering loudly for her son or as the trainer for her daughters.
Data Platform Specialist, Lenovo Canada
20 years+ in the industry working with OEMs and partners. My current roles aso the Data Management Specialist at Lenovo Canada for the last year. Prior to Lenovo, The Storage and Virtualization Specialist at Tech Data Canada for 8 years where I presented, and trained partners on VMWare, Brocade, EMC and other datacenter storage OEMs. “I’ve learned a long time ago that, as OEMs, we are only part of an end user’s solution. It’s channel partners that that are the glue to putting it all together”
National Distribution Account Manager
Printing & Personal Systems Group (PPS), HP Canada
Fred Proia is a National Distribution Account Manager for HP Canada, responsible for printing & personal systems, reporting into John Cammalleri.
Fred joined HP in 2007, and has worked his way up through the organization, from field sales, to managing DRC Resellers, to his current role managing distribution accounts.
In additional to his corporate life, Fred is also a professional stand-up comedian, often touring throughout Canada and the US.
Fred has combined his 20+ years of sales experience and industry knowledge, with his comedy performance, creating a dynamic, informative, and very entertaining presentation style.
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Connecting Buyers and Suppliers
The Washington State Tree Fruit Association and the NW Hort Expo are excited to host a virtual conference and trade show on December 7th, 8th, and 9th 2020. The 116th Annual Meeting & NW Hort Expo serves as a forum to discuss the latest trends and hot topics within the tree fruit industry and to connect with the leading providers of horticultural services and cutting-edge technology. We have not let a virus prevent us from bringing you the nation’s largest tree fruit industry event, so register today!
8:00 AM
AgroFresh
Gary Snyder
Annual Meeting Chairman, & Sean Gilbert, WSTFA Board Chairman
Jon DeVaney
Washington State Tree Fruit Association
Dr. Eric Jessup
Associate Research Professor, Washington State University
Jim Bair
President & CEO, US Apple Association
Dr. Kirk Schulz
President, Washington State University & Dr. André-Denis Wright, Dean of CAHNRS, Washington State University
Chad Kruger
Director, TFREC & CSANR
Phil Lempert
Supermarket Guru
Moderator, Brian Focht
Manager, The Marketing Associations
12:00 PMJon DeVaney
President, Washington State Tree Fruit Association, Washington State House Republican Panel
1:00 PM Northwest Farm Credit Services
Session Manager: Jordan Matson
Matson Fruit Company, Annual Meeting Vice Chair
Shannon Dininny
Managing Editorm Good Fruit Grower
Jennifer Witherbee
Executive Director, WAEF
2:00 PMNorthwest Farm Credit Services
Session Manager: Jon DeVaney
President, Washington State Tree Fruit Association
Derek Sandison
Director, Washington State Department of Agriculture
Mark Powers
President, Northwest Horticultural Council
Action Mary
Gerald Barron
Agincourt Strategies, LLC
3:00 PM Ceres Imaging
Suzanne Bishop
Allan Brothers
Jonathan Magby
Wesley Crump
Victor Blanco
Nadia A. Valverdi
Stefan Roeder
Bernardita Sallato
Juan Munguia
Lee Kalcsits
Claudia Baldassi
Erica Casagrande Biasuz
Achour Amiri
Alexis Hamilton
Blanca Ruiz-Llacsahuanga
Kory Anderson
8:00 AMValentp
Co-Session Managers: Garrett Bishop
Quality Services, G.S. Long Company Tobin Northfield, Assistant Professor of Entomology, WSU
Chris Looney
Entomology Laboratory, Washington State Department of Agriculture
James Hepler
Entomology Ph.D. Candidate (Beers Lab), WSU
Elizabeth Beers
Professor & Entomologist, WSU
Moderator: Tobin Northfield
WSU – Speakers: Chris Looney, WSDA; James Hepler, WSU; & Elizabeth Beers, WSU
Scott Harper
Clean Plant Northwest; Tobin Northfield, Assistant Professor of Entomology, WSU; Louie Nottingham, Research Assistant Professor of Entomology, WSU; & Tianna DuPont, Tree Fruit Extension Specialist, WSU
Moderator: Garrett Bishop
G.S. Long Company – Speakers: Scott Harper, Clean Plant Northwest; Tobin Northfield, WSU; Louie Nottingham, WSU; & Tianna DuPont, WSU
10:00 AMFirstFruit Farms
Co-Session Managers: Carolina Torres
Associate Professor of Horticulture, Washington State University TFREC & Bradley Farrar, Education and Technical Assistance Unit Supervisor, Washington State Department of Agriculture.
Jaime Ramon
Pesticide Education Specialist and WPS Compliance Inspector, WSDA
Mario Miranda Sazo
Cultural Practices Specialist, Cornell Cooperative Extension, Cornell University
Bernardita Sallato
Tree Fruit Extension Specialist, Prosser-IAREC, Washington State University
Teresa Andrews
Education and Outreach Specialist, UC Davis, Western Center for Agricultural Health and Safety
10:00 AMCeres Imaging
Session Manager: Suzanne Bishop, Allan Brothers
Tracey Somera
Keith van den Broek
Ryan Sheick
Abhilash Chandel
Anura Rathnayake
Kit Galvin
Uddhav Bhattarai
Rene Mogollon
Dennise Drury
Kit Galvin
Jennifer Krenz
Edward Kasner
12:00 PMWashington Apple Education Foundation
Jennifer Witherbee
1:00 PMKey Bank
Co-Session Managers: Cody Bishop, Orchard Technology & Process Manager
Price Cold Storage & Packing, Inc. & Ines Hanrahan, Executive Director, WTFRC
Moderator: Ines Hanrahan
Executive Director, WTFRC – Panel: TBA
Moderator: Ines Hanrahan
Executive Director, WTFRC – Panel: Steve Mantle, Innov8 Ag; Bernardita Sallato, WSU; Lav Khot, WSU-CPASS; & Shawn Tweedy, Columbia Reach
3:00 PMDoug Gibson, Mt. Adams Orchard
8:30 AMStemilt
Co-Session Managers: Leo Gonzalez
Orchard Level Food Safety Coordinator, Domex Superfresh Growers; Raquel Gomez, Scientific Assistant, Washington State University TFREC
Dr. Maria P. Lemos
Vaccine and Infectious Disease Division, Fred Hutch Cancer Research Center
Jenny Bolivar
Tree Fruit Extension Information Technology Transfer Specialist, Wenatchee-TFREC, WSU Extension
Elizabeth Torres
Research Coordinator, Pacific Northwest Agricultural Safety and Health Center, University of Washington
Nadia Valverdi
WTFREC
10:00 AMStemilt
Session Manager: Garrett Henry, Douglas Fruit
Betsy Beers
WSU TFREC Wenatchee
Rebecca Schmidt Jeffreis
USDA Wapato
Robert Orpet
WSU
Ken Johnson
Brad Higbee
Inc R&D; Dain Craver, KDS Orchards; & Darrin Belton, Washington Fruit & Produce
1:00 PMCo-Session Managers: Faith Critzer
Associate Professor, Washington State University
Jacqui Gordon Nunez
Director of Training, Education & Member Services, Washington State Tree Fruit Association
John Hamlin
Vice President Food Safety Global Food & Beverage, Ecolab (5 min recap)
Panel: Sarah Rasmusen
Food Safety & Compliance Team Lead, Gilbert Orchards
Panel: Jeremy Leavitt
Food Safety & Compliance Director, Borton Fruit & Sons
Panel: Ben Barnes
Operation Manager / Food Safety Manager, Kershaw Fruit & Cold Storage.
2:00 PMSession Manager: Tom Hoffmann
WSDA Pesticide Management, WSDA
Robert Sausedo
Senior Pesticide Compliance Investigator, WSDA
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8:00 Welcome – Gary Snyder, Annual Meeting Chairman, & Sean Gilbert, WSTFA Board Chairman
8:10 WSTFA Update – DeVaney, President, Washington State Tree Fruit Association
8:30 41st Batjer Address – Dr. Eric Jessup, Associate Research Professor, Washington State University
9:15 USApple Association Update – Jim Bair, President & CEO, US Apple Association
9:35 Washington State University Update – Dr. Kirk Schulz, President, Washington State University & Dr. André-Denis Wright, Dean of CAHNRS, Washington State University
9:55 Washington State Tree Fruit Research and Extension Center Update – Chad Kruger, Director, TFREC & CSANR
10:15 Keynote Speaker – Phil Lempert, Supermarket Guru
11:05 Panel – Moderator, Brian Focht, Manager, The Marketing Associations
1:00 Board & Commission Nominations – WSDA
1:15 Latino Leadership Award
1:20 Sliver Pear Award
1:25 Sliver Apple Award
1:30 Washington State Tree Fruit Distinguished Service Award
1:35 Good Fruit Grower, Grower of the Year – Shannon Dininny, Managing Editor, Good Fruit Grower
1:40 Washington Apple Education Foundation – Jennifer Witherbee, Executive Director, WAEF
2:00 WSDA Update – Derek Sandison, Director, Washington State Department of Agriculture
2:10 Northwest Horticultural Council Response – Mark Powers, President, Northwest Horticultural Council
2:20 WSTFA Response – Action Mary
2:40 Save Family Farming Response – Gerald Barron, Agincourt Strategies, LLC
3:00 Welcome and Introduction – Suzanne Bishop
3:04 Genotypic Variation in Sweet Cherry Cold Tolerance – Jonathan Magby
3:10 Understanding Genetics of Fruit Cracking and Firmness in Sweet Cherry – Wesley Crump
3:16 Q&A: Tree Fruit Breeding
3:20 Trunk Diameter Fluctuations as Water Stress Indicator in Sweet Cherry Trees – Victor Blanco
3:26 Fruit Hydraulic Conductance of 'Gala' and 'Honeycrisp' Apple – Nadia A. Valverdi
3:32 Impact of Wildfire Smoke on Leaf Gas Exchange – A Case Study on Crabapple – Stefan Roeder
3:38 Mineral Composition in Apples with and without Green Spot – Bernardita Sallato
3:44 Q&A: Tree Fruit Physiology - Part 1
3:50 BREAK
4:00 Root Growth Differences Between M9-Nic 29 and G41 – Juan Munguia
4:06 Rootstock Choice Strongly Affects Bitter Pit Incidence in Honeycrisp – Lee Kalcsits
4:12 Rootstock and Crop Load Effects on 'Honeycrisp' Fruit Quality – Claudia Baldassi
4:18 WA 38' Performance on Geneva Rootstock Trial – Erica Casagrande Biasuz
4:24 Q&A: Tree Fruit Physiology - Part 2
4:30 Efficacy of Some Materials Used for Organic Disease Management – Achour Amiri
4:36 Characterization of the Relationship between Postharvest Fungal Rot and Indicator Organism Die-Off Rates on Gala Apples During Eleven Months of Storage – Alexis Hamilton
4:42 Prevalence of Listeria spp. on Food Contact Surfaces of Washington State Apple Packinghouses – Blanca Ruiz-Llacsahuanga
4:48 Evaluation of Physicochemical Characteristics of Recirculating Water Systems in Apple Packinghouse Operations – Kory Anderson
4:54 Q&A: Postharvest Pathology and Food Safety
8:00 Welcome – Garrett Bishop, Quality Services, G.S. Long Company & Tobin Northfield, Assistant Professor of Entomology, WSU
8:06 The Giant Hornet (Vespa mandarinia) in the Pacific Northwest – Chris Looney, Entomology Laboratory, Washington State Department of Agriculture
8:14 Brown Marmorated Stink Bug (BMSB) in the Pacific Northwest – James Hepler, Entomology Ph.D. Candidate (Beers Lab), WSU
8:24 Invasive Species: Everything Old is New Again – Elizabeth Beers, Professor & Entomologist, WSU
8:32 Q&A Session with Invasive Pests Speakers –Moderator: Tobin Northfield, WSU – Speakers: Chris Looney, WSDA; James Hepler, WSU; & Elizabeth Beers, WSU
8:40 X-disease Phytoplasma, Little Cherry Virus and X-disease Vector Management – Scott Harper, Clean Plant Northwest; Tobin Northfield, Assistant Professor of Entomology, WSU; Louie Nottingham, Research Assistant Professor of Entomology, WSU; & Tianna DuPont, Tree Fruit Extension Specialist, WSU
9:25 Panel Session with Q&A: X-disease Phytoplasma, Little Cherry Virus and X-disease Vector Management – Moderator: Garrett Bishop, G.S. Long Company – Speakers: Scott Harper, Clean Plant Northwest; Tobin Northfield, WSU; Louie Nottingham, WSU; & Tianna DuPont, WSU
10:00 Introduction – Carolina Torres, Associate Professor of Horticulture, Washington State University TFREC; Bradley Farrar, Education and Technical Assistance Unit Supervisor, Washington State Department of Agriculture.
10:05 Analysis of Worker Protection Standard (WPS) Inspection results / Analisis de resultados en inspecciones de la Ley de protección al Trabajador (WPS) – Jaime Ramon, Pesticide Education Specialist and WPS Compliance Inspector, WSDA
10:25 Airblast sprayer calibration and configuration. Synopsis of the WSDA Technical Assistance Program / Calibración y configuración de aspersores de ráfaga de aire. Sinopsis del programa de asistencia técnica de WSDA – Jaime Ramon, Pesticide Education Specialist and WPS Compliance Inspector, WSDA
11:05 Adapt and Change Faster: How the Most Innovative Fruit Companies and their Key Hispanic Employees can Capitalize on today Rapidly Evolving and Competitive Economy / Adáptese y cambie pronto: Como las compañías frutícolas más innovadoras y sus principales empleados Hispanos pueden capitalizar en la economía competitiva y cambiante de hoy” – Mario Miranda Sazo, Cultural Practices Specialist, Cornell Cooperative Extension, Cornell University
11:45 BREAK / RECESO
12:00 Little Cherry Virus control and recommendations for the Pacific Northwest / Control y recomendaciones para la enfermedad de la cereza pequeña (LCD) en el Pacifico Noroeste – Bernardita Sallato, Tree Fruit Extension Specialist, Prosser-IAREC, Washington State University
12:30 Risks of heat illness and poor air quality/ Riesgos de enfermedades por calor y mala calidad del aire - Teresa Andrews, Education and Outreach Specialist, UC Davis, Western Center for Agricultural Health and Safety
10:00 Research News Flash: Welcome and Introduction – Suzanne Bishop
10:05 Linking microbial taxa with function in artificially structured apple rhizosphere microbiomes – Tracey Somera
10:11 Efficacy of some conventional and organic materials to control apple powdery mildew in Washington – Keith van den Broek
10:17 Fire blight (Erwinia amylovora) susceptibility of crabapple (Malus spp.) cultivars and selections – Ryan Sheick
10:23 Q&A: Pest Management
10:30 Drone based visible range and multispectral imaging towards rapid detection of powdery mildew infestation in apple orchard - Abhilash Chandel
10:36 Intelligent sprayer optimized for modern apple orchard systems – Anura Rathnayake
10:42 PestiSafe/PestiSerguro In your Hand, on your Phone. Pesticide Label Safety Information is Spanish & English. Plus Easy Label Access – Kit Galvin
10:48 Automated flower count and density estimation for selective blossom thinning in tree fruit – Uddhav Bhattarai
10:54 In the search of sorting indexes for sun-stressed apples using hyperspectral images – Rene Mogollon
11:00 Q&A: New Ag Technology
11:00 BREAK
11:15 Basta!: A Developing a Culturally Tailored, Multi-Level Sexual Harassment Prevention Training Video and Toolkit with and for Farmworkers and other Agricultural Stakeholders – Dennise Drury
11:21 PestiSeguro/PestiSafe on your Phone, in your Hand: Pesticide Label Safety in Spanish & English Plus Easy Label Access – Kit Galvin
11:27 Heat Education and Awareness Tools (HEAT) for Identifying, Preventing, and Treating Heat Illness In Agricultural Workers – Jennifer Krenz
11:33 Smoke Monitoring for Agricultural Safety and Health – Edward Kasner
11:39 Q&A: Worker Safety
11:45 Closing Remarks – Suzanne Bishop
1:00 Welcome – Cody Bishop, Orchard Technology & Process Manager, Price Cold Storage & Packing, Inc. & Ines Hanrahan, Executive Director, WTFRC
1:05 Labor Tracking: practicable utilization of available software systems – Cody Bishop, Price Cold Storage & Packing, Inc.
1:20 Labor Tracking – Moderator: Ines Hanrahan, Executive Director, WTFRC – Panel: TBA
1:50 The Smart Orchard Pilot Project – Moderator: Ines Hanrahan, Executive Director, WTFRC – Panel: Steve Mantle, Innov8 Ag; Bernardita Sallato, WSU; Lav Khot, WSU-CPASS; & Shawn Tweedy, Columbia Reach
2:25 Closing Remarks
8:00 Introduction – Leo Gonzalez, Orchard Level Food Safety Coordinator, Domex Superfresh Growers; Raquel Gomez, Scientific Assistant, Washington State University TFREC
8:05 COVID-19 management in the tree fruit industry / Manejo de COVID-19 en la industria frutícola – Dr. Maria P. Lemos, Vaccine and Infectious Disease Division, Fred Hutch Cancer Research Center
8:45 Tree vigor and yield in apples / Manejo de vigor en huertas y su relación al rendimiento – Jenny Bolivar, Tree Fruit Extension Information Technology Transfer Specialist, Wenatchee-TFREC, WSU Extension
9:00 Stop! Prevent sexual harassment in agriculture / ¡Basta! Prevenga el acoso sexual en la agricultura – Elizabeth Torres, Research Coordinator, Pacific Northwest Agricultural Safety and Health Center, University of Washington
9:15 Water and Nutrients, an important balance for high productivity on fruit trees / Agua y nutrients, un equilibrio importante para una alta productividad de arboles frutales – Nadia Valverdi, WTFREC
9:30 Latino leadership award / Premio del liderazgo Latino
9:50 Welcome – Garrett Henry, Douglas Fruit
10:00 Update on Current Research into Novel Codling Moth Control Tactics – Betsy Beers, WSU TFREC Wenatchee
10:25 Supplementing and Enhancing Biological Control of Key Insect Pests – Rebecca Schmidt Jeffreis, USDA Wapato
10:50 Earwigs: Pest or Predator – Robert Orpet, WSU
11:15 Organic Options for Fireblight Control – Ken Johnson
11:40 Q&A Session – Brad Higbee, Trece, Inc R&D; Dain Craver, KDS Orchards; & Darrin Belton, Washington Fruit & Produce.
1:00 Introduction – Faith Critzer, Associate Professor, WSA & Jacqui Gordon, Director of Training, Education & Member Services, WSTFA
1:05 Fighting Invisible Foes: Micro Basics from On-Farm Applications – Faith Critzer, Associate Professor, Washington State University
1:10 Your Food Safety Journey: The Mountain is High, But the Path is Well-Trodden – John Hamlin, Vice President Food Safety Global Food & Beverage, Ecolab (5 min recap)
1:15 Health and Hygiene: Why Do We Care? – Jacqui Gordon, Director of Training, Education & Member Services, Washington State Tree Fruit Association
1:20 Q&A
1:35 Adapting for safety and health in warp speed, lessons from the in the tree fruit industry in 2020 - Panel: Sarah Rasmusen, Food Safety & Compliance Team Lead, Gilbert Orchards; Jeremy Leavitt, Food Safety & Compliance Director, Borton Fruit & Sons; & Ben Barnes, Operation Manager / Food Safety Manager, Kershaw Fruit & Cold Storage.
2:00 Update on the WSDA Compliance Pesticide Program – Christopher Sutherland, Senior Pesticide Compliance Investigator, WSDA
2:10 WSDA Pesticide Drift Observation Project – Christopher Sutherland, Senior Pesticide Compliance Investigator, WSDA
2:25 What to Expect When the WSDA Comes A-knocking – Christopher Sutherland, Senior Pesticide Compliance Investigator, WSDA
2:40 Common Mistakes Observed During Inspections and Investigations: Perspective of a WSDA Pesticide Compliance Investigator – Christopher Sutherland, Senior Pesticide Compliance Investigator, WSDA
2:50 The Worker Protection Standard: After 26 Years . . . Still not well Understood – Robert Sausedo, Senior Pesticide Compliance Investigator, WSDA
