milc group Employee Directory

Manuel brings over 40 years of dairy knowledge and business experience from the family dairy to managing both small and large dairy operations and more than 24 years with the largest software company in the dairy industry. His role in the previous software company ranged from applying software systems and managing development teams to becoming the... CEO prior to his departure in early 2017 to create milc group. Michel brings experience with technical services related to dairy nutrition. Born in southern Brazil, Michel was raised on a small dairy farm. Michel received his BS and MS degrees in animal science from Santa Catarina State University, Brazil. Additionally, Michel completed a PhD in animal science with focus in dairy nutrition at Penn State University, under the supervision of Dr. Kevin Harvatine. Michel joined Cargill Animal Nutrition postdoctoral where he applied his experience in the field with customers improving ration balancing strategies, deploying new technology, and onboarding compelling academic research. Michel is passionate about developing state-of-the-art solutions that can help consultants and producers improve dairy farming efficiency. Having grown up in the displaced decade of the 1960s, hes always believed in big goals and better mousetraps. He attended both Pierce College and Moorpark College focusing exclusively on electrical and software engineering. His first tech job was in 1978 working for a personal computer retailer where he voraciously consumed every aspect of computer related data he could lay hands on. Since that initial job, he worked for nearly a decade engineering solutions in the SCADA and Process Control realm until finally landing in the Dairy Ag-Tech space in 1989. Growing up around his grandparent's dairy ignited Jason's passion for the dairy industry. He began managing dairy farms in the California central valley after graduating from California Polytechnic State University, San Luis Obispo in 2012 with a BS degree in Dairy Science. With his experience in day-to-day ...Read More