On The Move

Jennifer Zurko

BioSafe Systems  
BioSafe Systems recently hired a new team member to focus primarily on new product development, including vendor relations. Melissa Carserino comes to BioSafe from Chemtura Corporation, where she worked as a Technical Sales Service Engineer and Product and Market Analyst.

In her new role, Melissa will work to engineer and develop revolutionary new products to add to BioSafe’s product line for agriculture, horticulture, and meat and poultry. She will also assist in the day-to-day management of production and procurement schedules.

Dümmen Group
Jim Devereux and Andrew Konicki have joined the Dümmen Group NA team in Key Account and Broker Support roles for the sales division.

Jim and Andrew will be responsible for building, developing and maintaining current broker and grower customer relationships. They will also coordinate customer support efforts with marketing, product management, logistics and customer service, while promoting product portfolios and increasing sales to build the Dümmen Group brand.

North Creek Nurseries
North Creek Nurseries, announced the recent hire of Heather Wheatley, who joined the team as Marketing Specialist & Inside Sales Support. Heather will assist with key horticultural grower accounts and marketing initiatives for both the horticultural and ecological markets.

Heather brings 18 years of industry experience to North Creek. Most recently, she was employed by Maryland Plants & Supplies, Inc. within their Horticultural Sales & Market Development department. There, she was charged with bolstering their horticultural division. Prior to that, Heather served as Director of Horticulture & Marketing for Kurt Bluemel, Inc.

Syngenta Flowers
Syngenta Flowers Home & Garden announced the appointment of Chris Freeman as Senior Key Account Manager for its Commercial Sales business in the Americas. In his new position, Chris is responsible for managing the relationships with the company’s vegetative Root n’ Sell partners, as well as seed plug producers. He will also oversee the genetics brokerage operations in Latin America, with a focus on strategic planning and growth.

Chris, who joined Syngenta in 2006, carries more than 25 years of experience in the agriculture and floriculture business, having held key positions at leading floriculture breeders. Previously, he also served as a Regional Specialist and Associate Professor of Horticulture at Colorado State University.

Terra Nova Nurseries
Terra Nova Nurseries announced it has hired Nathan Lamkey as director of sales and marketing/assistant general manager, and Steve Flickinger in the role of sales and marketing manager.

In Nathan’s new position, he will be focusing on sales, marketing and production. Additionally, he will play a significant role in enhancing the company’s global online presence. He also will be increasing communication with company licensees, as well as utilizing new sales and marketing tools that will allow Terra Nova Nurseries to create more personalized content for customers.

Nathan comes to Terra Nova Nurseries with advanced horticultural experience, having worked as a product manager at Shemin Landscape Supply, where he oversaw the Turf & Ornamental hard lines division. Prior to his time with Shemin, he held the position of sales representative at Ball Horticultural Company, managing the sale of seeds, cuttings and liners to production greenhouses in eastern Michigan. He also worked at PanAmerican Seed where he held the title of assistant breeder, supervising breeder technicians and coordinating breeding efforts.

As the company’s new sales and marketing manager, Steve will concentrate on supervising and directing sales personnel, broker networking, overseeing orders and working directly with Nathan and the entire Terra Nova Nurseries staff.

Previous experience for Steve includes positions as key accounts sales manager at Paul Ecke Ranch, key accounts sales manager at Simple Pleasures Flowerbulbs and Perennials, western region manager at MasterTag, and the role of USA sales manager at Norwood Plastic Printers. GT