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Front Row: Paul Giacobazzi - 2nd Shift Production Supervisor, Amy Krueger - Quality Assurance Supervisor, David Gulick - 1st Shift Production Supervisor
Back Row: Kent Woods - Plant Manager, Patrick Biggs - PhD Formulations & Technical Support, Tom Seite - General Manager, Rex Blunk - Purchasing Manager

Meet Our Team

Meet Our Management Team

Tom Seite - General Manager

  • B.S. in Animal Science from Iowa State University and a MBA from North Central College.
  • More than 26 years of experience in the feed and animal health business. Previous positions include Quality Assurance, Production, Pricing and Formulation, Director of Feed Additives, and Operations Manager.

Kent Woods - Plant Manager

  • B.S. in Agri-Business Management and Farm Operations from Iowa State University.
  • More than 22 years of experience in the feed and animal health business. Previous positions include Pricing, Quality Assurance/Production Supervisor, and Production Manager.

Rex Blunk - Purchasing Manager

  • More than 30 years of experience in the feed and animal health business.
  • Previous positions include, Production & Shipping Manager, Purchasing Manager, Operations Manager, General Manager for Custom Blenders of Fort Dodge, Iowa, Director of Purchasing for Veterinary Laboratories, and Production Supervisor for Ridley Feed Ingredients.

Meet Our Supervisory Team

"Our supervisory staff work great together and with our plant employees to assure what we produce is done right!"

David Gulick - 1st Shift Production Supervisor

  • More than 25 years of experience in the feed and animal health business.
  • Previous positions include Maintenance, Production, and Packaging Operations in a feed mill. More than 22 years of production experience at Mendota coupled with a passion for automation and computers made him a key operator for the Mendota facility.
  • For the past two years, David has been our 1st Shift Production Supervisor.

Amy Krueger - Quality Assurance Supervisor

  • B.S. in Feed Science and Management from Kansas State University.
  • Over 13 years of experience in Quality Assurance and Production with the last 11 years at Mendota.
  • Amy heads up our Quality program which includes being our ISO and HACCP Team Leader.

Paul Giacobazzi - 2nd Shift Production Manager

  • Our newest addition to our supervisory staff came to us with more than 10 years of experience working in plant operations with the last 5 years supervising production.
  • Paul brought with him good supervisory skills, pride in his work, and an eagerness to learn our business and make a positive impact.
  • Paul has led our 2nd shift for over one year now.