Our Team

Norm Davy

Norm is a seasoned executive with 25+ years of applied passion in agriculture. With experience as SVP, CRO, and CCO, he excels in strategic planning, business development, negotiation, and contract development. Bilingual in French and English, he thrives in multicultural environments and fosters strong relationships with diverse teams and partners.

Dr. Ramesh Raliya

Having grown up on a farm, Dr. Ramesh Raliya brings his industry-leading understanding of smart materials and decades of engineered biomolecule research to Tidal Grow AgriScience so that his ideas can scale globally. With three books and over 100 research articles published, Dr. Raliya leads the development of cutting-edge formulations that integrate nanotechnology, chemistry, and biology.

Yuan Cheng

Yuan is a serial entrepreneur with a passion for transforming food systems and over a decade of experience commercializing platform technologies. He has a knack for leading cross-functional collaboration and leads development of Tidal Grow AgriScience’s product portfolio through an agile, customer-centric approach to innovation.

Gary Jones

Gary has been an entrepreneur, building companies since 1975, playing a critical role in Newhall Jones, Inc, North American Seasonings, and Creative Ag Products. Since merging Creative Ag Products with Tidal Vision in 2022, Gary has continued to lead strategic initiatives improving the technology and efficiency of our Raymond facility and paving the way for expansions in Washington and Texas.

Tom Robeson

Tom has over 30 years (7 with us) of experience managing and growing companies in aviation, logistics, and regenerative agriculture. He has an uncanny ability to improve efficiency, reduce costs and improve productivity, while earning the respect and trust of his teams, suppliers, and customers. Tom oversees both the Raymond and Texas facilities.

Dr. Trey Cutts

Trey has over 18 years in the agricultural industry, spanning both public and private roles within North America and overseas. With technical expertise across crop protection, seeds and genetics, and crop nutrition and agronomy, he has leveraged extensive experience with overseeing large R&D programs and building value propositions. Recently, he led teams in developing sustainable and regenerative crop solutions—focusing on reduced carbon footprint and resource use efficiency. Trey is passionate about collaborating with cross-functional teams and external partners to bring concepts to commercial reality and facilitate solution impact at scale. Trey received in his Ph.D. in Plant Breeding from Texas A&M University, and his M.S. and B.S. degrees in Crop and Soil Science from the University of Georgia.

Dan Benson

Dan is a passionate sales executive with over 20 years’ experience in developing and leading high performing teams. With a background in multiple industries and diverse company cultures, Dan will focus on supporting a sales environment, developing each of the team’s strengths to contribute to our overall team’s success.

Lisa Scebbi

Lisa is a global agricultural and food marketer with extensive experience in building niche brands. She is passionate about agriculture and bringing regenerative solutions to market that positively impact retailers, growers, and ultimately consumers. Lisa leads strategy and execution of integrated marketing communications plans for Tidal Grow AgriScience.

Andy Low

Having grown some of the largest agricultural business divisions in the game at Helena and Western Farm Services, Andy brings 3 decades of experience to the team. With master degrees in Biology (CSU, Freso) and Soil Science (Utah State), and experience in every part of commercial ag, Andy matches our solutions to his deep understanding of agriculture’s needs.

Brian Cummings

Brian has over 30 years of experience in strategic sales and business development for seed, crop protection, and technology in the agriculture industry in both Canada and the U.S. His vast experience in agriculture sales leadership and supply chain management enables him to be highly customer-centric. Brian is passionate about building and maintaining trusted customer relationships that are rooted in finding solutions to best fit the customers’ needs. Brian also serves on the board of directors for the Canadian Association for Agri-Retailers.

Geoffrey W. McInnes

Geoffrey is a plant nutrition specialist, agronomist, entomologist, plant pathologist, and microbiologist who comes to Tidal Grow® AgriScience with over 30 years of experience in the agricultural industry (Wilbur-Ellis, Helena, AEA). In California as an agricultural consultant, CCA & PCA, his experience has served over 85 different crops in 20 counties on 100,000+ acres of fruits, vineyards, vegetables, grain, nuts, fiber, and row crops.

Katie DeBord

Rooted in Iowa, Katie is passionate about farming practices that improve the planet and our farming communities. With an agronomy degree and extensive experience focused on fertilizer, Katie is committed to educating others about the benefits Tidal Grow offers.

Kevin Steward

Kevin, previously at Purina Feed and Winfield United, is a seasoned veteran of the livestock and agronomic segments of Agriculture. Having covered over 10 Midwest states, Kevin understands the differences between geographies and crops. His passion is to help the customer balance their resources to outperform expectations while improving the environment for future generations.

Levi Tipton

Levi is a forward-thinking seedsman driven by a mission to deliver value from business-to-business relationships all the way down to the farm gate. Rooted in a family farm in Iowa, his journey spans seed production, agronomy support, and a Master’s in Seed Technology and Business from Iowa State University.

Sarah Budde Rodriguez, Ph.D.

Sarah Budde Rodriguez, Ph.D. is a plant pathologist and a graduate of North Dakota State University. She's passionate about innovating solutions for the agricultural industry’s ever-evolving challenges. With five years of experience in the agricultural chemical industry, she's eager to contribute her expertise to Tidal Grow AgriScience.

Tyler Schwetner

Tyler grew up on a cotton and small grain farm in West Central Texas and is dedicated to driving sustainable solutions for the agriculture industry. With extensive agricultural experience in retail, chemical manufacturing, and advocacy at Texas Farm Bureau, he is committed to providing value to retailers and innovative products for farmers.

Alex Gaynor

Having grown up surrounded by farming and equipped with a graduate degree from UCSB’s Bren school, Alex brings an intense passion for micro and macro ecologic systems to the team. He applies deep experience in communications to connect the exciting portfolio available at Tidal Grow AgriScience with the growers that can benefit by applying them.

Ashley Nief

Ashley comes to Tidal Grow AgriScience with a deep background in marketing and communicating with a diverse set of target audiences. Her experience coordinating and developing marketing for Shibuya Hoppman complements her passion for working with people to keep our trade shows running smoothly.

Carly Brewer

Carly’s passion for building relationships has led her down the path of customer service and volunteer management for over 20 years. At Tidal Grow AgriScience, Carly aims to enhance the customer experience and provide sales support to heighten each customer’s journey.

Meghna Rao

Meghna crafts dynamic marketing materials that narrate Tidal Grow AgriScience ‘s story around impact, green chemistry, and thought leadership in climate technology. As an educator trained in environmental science with a master’s from UCSB’s Bren School, her mission is to bridge the gap between complex technical products and their applications in promoting a more sustainable future.

Gilbert Borquez

As Plant Manager at Raymond, Gilbert is a trusted leader with devotion to his team and the absolute highest standard of product. After 9 years of helping the company grow, Gilbert knows how to deliver a smooth supply chain experience with the exceptional quality we are known for.

Lane Smith

After 10 years of showing up and making things happen, Lane is a manager respected by his team and those customers lucky enough to overlap with him. With hard skills in welding, plumbing, fabrication, maintenance of machinery, mechanics, and construction, Lane also has the soft skills to lead a team that enjoys their work and delivers impressive results.

Marcin Kluza

Marcin has over 12 years of sales experience and a background as a CDL driver for Tidal Grow, bringing a unique blend of customer relationship skills and operational insight to his role as Assistant Plant Manager. With a passion for both environmental and community well-being, he is excited to shape a sustainable future through Tidal Vision’s mission.

Rose Stigar

An adept multi-tasker with over a decade of office admin experience, Rose literally keeps the wheels turning as Tidal Grow AgriScience’s Logistics Manager. Respected for her tenacity and ability to help anywhere and all the time, Rose is in it for the long haul and is excited to see where the road takes the Tidal Grow team.

Dr. Alex Mullins

Alex is passionate about bringing sustainable chemical products to market. She is a trained chemist with a PhD from UNC Chapel Hill and comes to Tidal Vision with five years of commercialization and business development experience at Duke University’s Office for Translation & Commercialization. She is committed to breaking down barriers for world-changing innovations in her role on the regulatory team at Tidal Grow.

Anthony DiMeglio

Anthony is a published chemical ecologist who brings over a decade of diverse experience in applied biotechnology research and product development. He has conducted research with highly specialized research groups including the USDA-ARS Invasive Insect Behavior and Biocontrol Laboratory, Bayer Crop Science’s Ecological Risk Assessment team, and Virginia Tech’s Vegetable Insect Pest Research group. He aims to further the innovation ecosystem by building a robust, grower-informed research pipeline.

Dr. Jennifer Williams

Originally from Ashland, Kentucky, Jennifer comes to Tidal Vision with a breadth of regulatory and deeper crop science experience. Equipped with a PhD in Entomology and a MS in ecology of agroecosystems, Jennifer has direct field experience getting products through regulatory and into farmer’s hands at MGK/Sumimoto, and Loam Bio.

Ricki Schneider

Inspired by nature, Ricki brings a chemistry degree and years in botanical chemistry and biological systems research to Tidal Grow AgriScience. Ricki understands and can explain the deepest intricacies of how chitosan and other important biologicals work for agricultural applications.