Experience Infused
with Vision & Passion
The Heartland Team
Jesse Henry
CEO & Founder
Previous Speaker for Tony Robbins. Jesse is focused on pipeline, product development, and corporate partnerships.
Tim Almond
Chairman & Founder
Expertise in enterprise business development, corporate strategy, positioning and product innovation.
Eric Austermann
Chief Sustainability Officer
Previous Head of Sustainability at Jabil Manufacturing, overseeing the integration of ESG related operations.
John Ely
Chief Marketing Officer
John has over 20 years of executive marketing experience with companies such as, AMETEK, UNIPOWER and Crane Plastics.
Rusty Peterson
Director of Supply Chain
Rusty has 15+ years of experience working directly with farmers to develop and expand agricultural opportunities across America.
Cory VanderZwaag
Director of Agriculture
Cory has 15+ years of experience in agricultural equipment development and facility operations.
Joshua David
Head of Social
Digital guru with history scaling social media presence into the millions of engaged followers.
Robby Dameron
Head of Sales
Extensive experience managing diverse sales teams and selling clients enterprise products with multi-million dollar quotas.
Markus Von Graf
Special Projects
Software and hardware specialist with a background in chemistry, providing a unique skill set to steer special projects.
Heartland Senior Advisors
Heartland has a team of scientists, engineers, and technologists working along side our executive team and advisors to fulfill our commitment to sustainable innovation. We are bringing together the greatest minds from across industries to create bio-based solutions that will impact market sectors across the world.
Mark Kramer
Plastics
Former CEO of Laird Plastics and Current President Emeritus of North American Plastics, the global leader in distribution.
Deborah Labelle
Community Relations
Managing Partner at a Law Firm in Ann Arbor, specializing in civil law and community relations in the Detroit area.
Karl Wagner
Global Security
CEO of Eastern Sky Technologies, a global risk consultancy. Former Senior Director at Tesla and the Central Intelligence Agency.
Andrew Bishop
Systems Engineering
Principal Engineer for Ag Processing Solutions. He has designed countless large scale agricultural processing facilities.
Dan Swiger
Natural Rubber
20+ years experience combining genetic breeding and chemical process engineering for the global production of natural rubber.
Gerald Francese
Attorney
Senior Partner at Locke Lord, a NY Law Firm, specializing in corporate law, securities law, and fund formation.
Willy Vlasic
Partnerships
A Michigan native with dozens of businesses and community relationships to further propagate Heartland as a household name.
Bob Dameron
Building Materials
Founder of RockBridge, managed over $100M in commercial build outs for processing & manufacturing over the last decade.
Sean Colopy
Business Development
Sean cultivates relationships across the mobility industry to augment sales, product development, and strategic initiatives.
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