Meet Our Team
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Diana Warren
CEO & CO-FOUNDER
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Ken Warren
PRESIDENT & CO-FOUNDER
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Jason Gillikin
CHIEF TECHNOLOGY OFFICER
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Sheri Neuhofer
CHIEF MARKETING OFFICER
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Mickey Cowden
DIRECTOR OF SOFTWARE DEVELOPMENT
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Steve Redden
INTEGRATION & APPLICATION SPECIALIST
Our Team
We can't wait to connect with you and get to work with pest detection, pest prevention, and pest control. Learn more about our team below:
Diana Warren
CEO & Co-Founder
Our forward-thinking CEO, Diana, is one half of our brilliant founding team of Agricision, Inc. Diana’s path did not start in the agricultural industry, you’d be surprised to know her roots began in accounting. Prior to founding Agricision, Diana worked most of her career as a Controller at a Structural Engineering firm and worked side by side with her husband, Ken, on their farm. Diana’s passion for farming is driven by her own personal values of living as healthy as possible! Because of this foundation, it is Diana’s mission to research and find a better and safer way to bring food to the table without the overuse of potentially harmful pesticides.
Ken Warren
President & Co-Founder
Our tagline says, “For Farmers by Farmers” for good reason! Ken is the President and second half of our amazing founding team! Growing up, Ken was heavily influenced by farming because of course, he was born into farming. As a child, Ken’s father wanted to grow and farm animals while Ken’s passion has always been row crops. Naturally it would make sense for Ken’s experience, kind spirit and passion for connection with the soil to be part of the founding process of Agricision. While it is true Ken lives and breathes all things farming, you’d be surprised to learn he once diverted from what he knew and started a successful concrete business, only to return to his first love: farming. Ken effortlessly looks at problems that might arise with a keen eye and an idea of how t o fix it rather than walking away! Because of this drive and tenacity, Ken’s greatest success professionally would be getting patents for ideas cultivated at Agricision, watch them being built and eventually used.
Jason Gillikin
Chief Technology Officer
If you wonder how our technology was so meticulously developed, look no further than our Vice President, Jason Gillikin. Jason is a Database Architect and Software Developer and, work wise, is most proud of developing applications that are still being used by many people on a daily basis. The applications Jason has created are in fact essential to some users to complete their jobs every single day! Because of Jason’s passion for technology, he has won the Oracle Rookie of the Year, a highly coveted innovation award while working at Oracle, two awards from DLA for outstanding service, and one award from the FDA for outstanding service. It’s safe to say Jason certainly knows what he’s doing.
Sheri Neuhofer
Chief Marketing Officer
It should come as no surprise that generating content and clever business development solutions comes as second nature to our Vice President of Business Development. Sheri’s path has taken many twists and turns but all of these roads in some capacity have helped morph her into the team player she is today! After Sheri’s college graduation, she followed her dreams of working in the marketing industry all the way to the Big Apple. After a year in NYC, fate had other plans and Sheri returned to Virginia. As a freelancer, Sheri used her ability to think outside of the box and creative experience to help companies, individuals, and non-profit organizations get their message conveyed in the most memorable ways! Sheri also volunteers as the Community Development Director for a non-profit organization where she has developed and launched Education programs, fundraising programs and, donor campaigns.
Mickey Cowden
Director of Software Development
A proud Virginia Tech Hokie, Mickey works as a Roboticist and Software Engineer. He has 20 years' experience working in the robotics industry, primarily in software. One of his current projects is the training of a semi-autonomous carbon-based system affectionally known as Biscuit. In his spare time, if he can find it, Mickey co-operates a vineyard at his family farm in Southwest Virginia where he's hoping to battle grapevine pests with autonomous drone technology. Recently, Mickey awarded a patent for a drone docking station and docking module designed to enable the continuous operation of drone system by automatically handling power, data, and payload logistics.
Steve Redden
Integration & Application Specialist
Steve is the newest member of the Agricision, Inc. team. He gained firsthand knowledge of the need to protect crops by spending his summers applying herbicide via backpack sprayer while pursuing his Sociology degree at Concord University. After graduation, he pursued a passion in the beer and wine industry—working not only in the cellar, but also in the fields. A 107 pilot with 3D printing experience, Steve is a multi-talented professional with the drive to take the risk out of the pesticide industry.