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David Donovan joins Newsham Choice Genetics as National Account Manager

West Des Moines, Iowa – David Donovan, has been hired as a National Account Manager at Newsham Choice Genetics. Newsham is a Groupe Grimaud company and one of the world’s leading pig genetics companies.

David was most recently with Triumph Foods in St. Joseph, Missouri as Director of Quality Assurance. While at Triumph, David operated as liaison between operations and sales, implemented electronic data capture plant-wide, traveled globally with partner relationships, and was involved in the development of the genetic program.

Based out of Newsham’s West Des Moines headquarters, David is assigned to specific accounts in North America.

“David brings a technical strength of capturing full genetic value in an integrated system to Newsham, and this will be valuable to our customers,” says Brent Mitchell, COO of Newsham Choice Genetics.

“I have been very excited about the commercial results of the new frontline products from Newsham, both from a commercial performance perspective as well as a primal perspective. I am looking forward to helping producers capture the value of the Newsham full program,” says Donovan.

David holds a BS in Business Finance from Missouri Western State in 2009 and an MBA from Northwest Missouri State in 2011.  David and his family have relocated to the Des Moines area.

Source: Newsham Choice Genetics


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