"Agriculture is undergoing a massive infusion of technology, specifically information technology. At Land O’Lakes, we are focused on harnessing new and innovative technologies for competitive advantage with our growers and our members."

Mike joined Land O’Lakes, Inc. in 2010 and became senior vice president and chief information officer in June 2013. During his tenure, Mike has led extensive efforts to embrace big data, mobile, and cloud computing across the enterprise and invest in developing unique and market-leading solutions in the areas of precision agriculture, ag technology and industry leading analytics.

Mike has deep relationships across a number of companies in the technology industry and participates in Customer Advisory Boards with Microsoft, Oracle and Salesforce. He also is an advisor in various capacities to Blumberg Capital, Landmark Ventures, Lightspeed Venture Partners, SVG Partners, and accelerators such as Thrive.