His work involves taking medium and long-term outlooks for global and regional environments and applying them to decision making situations. His specialties include business strategy, agribusiness economic development and market analysis. In addition to his work in North America, he has extensive experience in the agribusiness sectors of other regions. Before joining us in 1989, Tom worked for the Continental Grain Company in roles including management, trading, logistics and merchandising.

He has a bachelor's degree from Cornell University and a master's degree in business administration from the Amos Tuck School of Business Administration at Dartmouth College.