Linaya Pot
Austin,TX
Summary
A data-oriented equine nutritionist looking to combine practical nutritional experience with data analytics to drive the animal nutrition industry forward.
Overview
10
10
years of professional experience
Work History
Team Lead & Equine Nutritionist
Mad Barn
11.2022 - Current
- Streamlined work processes and implemented workflow logic for a team of 7 nutritionists to improve team efficiency by 15%
- Consult and advise horse owners on implementing management techniques and feeding strategies to optimize animal health and performance
- Identify market gaps and trends to help direct future research for product development
- Perform data collection and analysis to determine market trends and provide benchmarking among clients
Ruminant Nutritionist & Consultant
DairySmart Nutrition
10.2020 - 11.2022
- Created and optimized feeding programs for over 40 dairy and beef operations, successfully improving production and animal health while decreasing operating costs
- Performed opportunity cost analysis while tracking commodity trends to help select the most cost-effective forage, ingredients and by-products for producers
- Developed custom programs to analyze feeding data from 3 robotic dairy herds to help identify individual animals exhibiting abnormal patterns that may be predisposed to health risks
- Analyzed on-farm data to highlight areas of opportunity to improve business profitability.
Ruminant Formulator
New Life Mills
04.2019 - 10.2020
- Managed and analyzed feed sales data to forecast and predict sales of proprietary ruminant feed products
- Optimized and managed product file and tags for over 100 ruminant products to ensure data consistency between sales, nutrition and production staff
Research Technician
Nutreco Canada
04.2014 - 10.2016
- Performed data collection, organization and preliminary analysis for two concurrent nutrition trials, resulting in clean and systematized final datasets
- Coordinated and communicated between researchers, stakeholders and farm staff to augment cohesive study preparation and execution
Education
Certificate - Data Analytics, Big Data & Predictive Analytics
Toronto Metropolitan University
Toronto, ON04.2022
Master of Science - Animal Nutrition
University of Guelph
Guelph, ON01.2019
Bachelor of Science - Animal Biology
University of Guelph
Guelph, ON04.2016
Skills
Development of research trials
Data Analytics
Programming Software
Data Collection
Model forecasting
Scientific writing
References
References available upon request
Timeline
Team Lead & Equine Nutritionist
Mad Barn
11.2022 - Current
Ruminant Nutritionist & Consultant
DairySmart Nutrition
10.2020 - 11.2022
Ruminant Formulator
New Life Mills
04.2019 - 10.2020
Research Technician
Nutreco Canada
04.2014 - 10.2016
Certificate - Data Analytics, Big Data & Predictive Analytics
Toronto Metropolitan University
Master of Science - Animal Nutrition
University of Guelph
Bachelor of Science - Animal Biology
University of Guelph
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