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Daniel Cavanaugh

Hadley,MA

Summary

Dynamic executive and operations manager with over 15 years of success at Clean Crop Technologies and Cargill Inc., specializing in market mapping and entrepreneurial leadership. Demonstrated ability to raise over $16 million in venture-backed funding while transforming lab-scale concepts into functional hardware. Proven track record of driving new market expansion efforts in emerging markets, underscoring strategic vision and operational excellence. Expertise includes cultivating strategic partnerships and managing high-stakes projects.

Overview

19
19
years of professional experience
1
1
Certification

Work History

CO-FOUNDER / VP OF BUSINESS DEV.

CLEAN CROP TECHNOLOGIES
Holyoke, Massachusetts
05.2018 - Current
  • Lead market discovery engagements for companies in Cold Plasma Treatment Technology across multiple food and ag sectors, focusing on vegetable and forage seed.
  • Raised over $16 million USD in non-dilutive venture funding.
  • Lead a multi-disciplinary team of engineers, scientists, and operations specialists to convert a lab-scale concept into a revenue-generating hardware used commercially in the U.S. and Canadian seed industry.
  • Development of customer acquisition strategies for vegetable, forage, and row crop initiatives.
  • Design and execution of enterprise sales strategies with global market stakeholders.
  • Cross-functional engagements with customers and the product development team to manage technology PRD and design efforts.
  • Advisory to the Product Development team for all performance specs and product requirements.
  • Managed research and product validation studies with customers, and new product applications.

INDEPENDENT CONSULTANT

International Finance Corporation, IFC
Washington, DC
10.2016 - 03.2018
  • Technical, strategic, and operational advisory services for large-scale food processing and ingredient sourcing operations.
  • Spearheaded client supply chain interventions for ingredient and feedstock supply, reducing client sourcing costs by 18% across all product categories in a 12-month period.
  • Technical advisory to the FDA for mycotoxin interventions and monitoring programs across multiple product lines (focus: High Value Tree Nuts).
  • Oversaw the integration and development of new digital ERP systems to improve supply chain traceability in food handling and international sourcing facilities.
  • Clients include: International Finance Corp (IFC), Mars Inc., AgDevCo, KADPMC, ACDI/VOCA, Agribusiness Systems International.

COMMERCIAL MANAGER

CARGILL
Sofala Province, Mozambique
07.2014 - 09.2016
  • Managed a $25 million commodity trading portfolio for grain and oilseed in the country.
  • Lead the growth of domestic sales by 250%, increasing the customer base by a similar amount through contract renegotiations, strategic interventions on operational footprints, and the expansion of price volatility data collection systems.
  • P&L reporting responsibilities for all country operations (buy and sale-side contracts, operations, logistics, and inventories).
  • Successful spearheaded ERP and WMS integration for Triplepoint CXL software from a legacy platform, involving over 200 operational team members in 30 locations.
  • Developed new client storage solutions, resulting in a 15% operational cost reduction in our supply chain.
  • Managed a field staff of over 250 people, with 8 direct reports.

AGRI AND TRADING OPS MANAGER

RIFT VALLEY HOLDINGS
Zambezia Province, Mozambique
04.2011 - 03.2014
  • Business division manager for the development and implementation of the company's new oilseed trading and processing investments.
  • Successfully negotiated a joint-venture supply agreement between Golden Peanut (ADM subsidiary) and PFarms South Africa to become the largest raw peanut and oilseed exporter in the region.
  • Designed a vertically integrated groundnut supply chain business, including farmer credit and marketing contracts linked with company trading, logistics, and processing (shelling and grading) operations.
  • P&L manager for all trading and agricultural operations
  • Staff manager for trading and processing operations.A

FIELD TECHNICIAN COORDINATOR

OPPORTUNITY INT.
Manica Province, Mozambique
02.2010 - 02.2011
  • Assisted in the start-up of a new agricultural lending arm in Mozambique
  • Designed training modules for agricultural loan officers and USAID technicians for the integration of a new cloud based Credit Risk Management (CRM) system
  • Conducted data analysis on the local small farmer tobacco and horticulture sector

CARPENTRY ASSISTANT

MERRILL CONTRACTING
Arlington, Virginia
09.2005 - 01.2010
  • Building (Framing and Trim) for residential homes

Education

MASTERS OF SCIENCE - Applied Economics

JOHNS HOPKINS UNIVERSITY
12.2018

CERTIFICATION DEGREE - Agronomy

PURDUE UNIVERSITY
12.2017

EXECUTIVE MANAGEMENT TRAINING - Agricultural Management

UNIVERSITY OF WESTERN ONTARIO
Nairobi, Kenya
10.2013

BACHELORS OF SCIENCE - Business Finance

VIRGINIA TECH UNIVERSITY
12.2009

Skills

  • Market mapping
  • Contract negotiations and management
  • Customer relationship management
  • Contract negotiation
  • Data Analytics
  • ERP system administration
  • Project design and management
  • Financial & Credit risk management
  • P&L Management
  • Data system design and process flow management
  • MS Access
  • Excel
  • VBA/SQL
  • Partnership cultivation
  • Operations management
  • Risk management
  • Product development
  • Stakeholder relations
  • Networking strategies
  • Entrepreneurial leadership
  • Team building
  • Sales strategy
  • Partnership development
  • Strategic partnerships
  • Business development
  • Customer relations
  • Project management

References

  • DAN WHITE, (+1) 717-779-7894, DWHITE@CLEANCROPTECH.COM, Business Partner (Clean Crop Technologies, Inc.), Clean Crop Technologies, Inc, CEO
  • JOE BOULIER, (+1) 703-655-8471, JBOULIER@ASINTL.ORG, Former Supervisor (ASI), ASI (Agribusiness Systems International), Program Manager
  • VASCO NUNES, (+258) 84-312-9512, VASCOSN@GMAIL.COM, Former Supervisor (Cargill Mozambique), IFC (International Finance Corp), Senior Agriculture Advisor

Affiliations

  • Kite Surfing
  • Rock Climbing
  • Basketball
  • Fishing
  • Carpentry

Certification

  • Agronomy (Purdue University)
  • Data Analytics & Statistics (Johns Hopkins University)

Languages

English
Native/ Bilingual
Portuguese
Professional

References

References available upon request.

Timeline

CO-FOUNDER / VP OF BUSINESS DEV.

CLEAN CROP TECHNOLOGIES
05.2018 - Current

INDEPENDENT CONSULTANT

International Finance Corporation, IFC
10.2016 - 03.2018

COMMERCIAL MANAGER

CARGILL
07.2014 - 09.2016

AGRI AND TRADING OPS MANAGER

RIFT VALLEY HOLDINGS
04.2011 - 03.2014

FIELD TECHNICIAN COORDINATOR

OPPORTUNITY INT.
02.2010 - 02.2011

CARPENTRY ASSISTANT

MERRILL CONTRACTING
09.2005 - 01.2010

MASTERS OF SCIENCE - Applied Economics

JOHNS HOPKINS UNIVERSITY

CERTIFICATION DEGREE - Agronomy

PURDUE UNIVERSITY

EXECUTIVE MANAGEMENT TRAINING - Agricultural Management

UNIVERSITY OF WESTERN ONTARIO

BACHELORS OF SCIENCE - Business Finance

VIRGINIA TECH UNIVERSITY
Daniel Cavanaugh