September 22, 2006

 

Pas Reform appoints new experts
 

Press release

 

As part of its ongoing, strategic programme to improve customer service and make further advances in its research activities, Pas Reform has appointed Dutchman Gerd de Lange as Senior Poultry Specialist to the Pas Reform Academy.

 

De Lange will work alongside Hatchery Specialist Martin Barten and Embryologist Marleen Boerjan, to deliver comprehensive training programmes in all key aspects of modern hatchery management, for Pas Reform customers worldwide.

 

His new role will include the organisation and coordination of hatchery management courses and visiting customer and partner sites in the field, to guide personnel through hatchery operation post-installation, and to focus on key areas of hatchery management that impact on efficiency and quality. Because of his extensive Parentstock management and broiler growing experience, Gerd will also undertake research activities in this field.

 

Gerd has degrees in Livestock Health and Production from the Royal Veterinary College in London, the Practical Training Centre for Pig and Poultry Husbandry in Almelo (Netherlands) and the University of Professional Education in Deventer (Netherlands).

 

His broad practical experience has been gained from the ground up, working at cattle pig and poultry farms in the Netherlands as a native, before working as a trainer for national and international clients, with assignments taking him from Vietnam and Sudan, to the Caribbean region, Ethiopia, Ghana, Kenya and Tanzania.

 

Prior to joining Pas Reform, Gerd worked at PTC+ (formerly known as IPC Livestock Barneveld College) as Trainer on the Small Livestock and Feed Programme. In this position, he trained clients on poultry production management, hatchery management and more specialised aspects of hatchery practice.

 

"We are delighted to have Gerd on board," said Bart Aangenendt, President of Pas Reform Hatchery Technologies. "With experience gained in Europe, the Middle East, Asia and Africa, Gerd's great breadth of practical knowledge on Poultry Production Management in a range of environments will be invaluable to our customers worldwide, and to expanding the knowledge-base provided by our Academy even further."

 

De Lange joins a distinguished team at the Pas Reform Academy, where specialists are world-class technicians, engineers, hatchery specialists, embryologists and integration experts in their own right, and are each well respected in their own field.

 

As part of its continuing international expansion programme, Pas Reform has also appointed Dr. Marek W. Pospiech, as the new business development manager for central and eastern Europe.

 

In his new role, Pospiech will focus on growing Pas Reform's range and depth of commercial services in central and eastern Europe, with responsibility also for registration and management of field trials with Pas Reform customers, following the installation of their Smart incubation systems throughout the region.

 

Dr. Pospiech brings with him over 30 years of experience in the poultry business. Since graduating as Master of Science and Agricultural Engineer from the Academy of Agriculture at Poznan (Poland) in 1973, Marek has held numerous positions in the poultry industry on both sides of the Atlantic, including Poultry Specialist, Economist, Geneticist and Breeding Production Manager.

 

During his scientific career at the Polish Research and Development Centre,

Pospiech received his Doctorate in Animal Breeding and successfully introduced several commercial laying hen strains to market, becoming Visiting Professor at the Poultry Science Department of the Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University in the US in 1990.

 

In 1991, he started his commercial activities as Country Manager for Euribrid in Poland, where he achieved the position of Area Manager for Central and Eastern Europe.

 

Alongside his commercial activities, Pospiech has been Director of the Polish-Swiss Foundation for the Development of Agriculture and the Food Industry since 2000, while working as Technical Expert and Market Development Consultant for The Cobb Breeding Company and later, Cobb Europe.

 

"I'm looking forward to working with Pas Reform in this dynamic and fast-moving market, and helping our representatives to realise further growth for Pas Reform throughout the region," said Marek.

 

"Marek is a strong addition to our team in central and eastern Europe," concluded Aangenendt. "We are delighted with the confidence he has expressed for our Smart incubation system, and very much look forward to working with him to further consolidate our plans for international growth."

 

 

Gerd de Lange

Dr. Marek W. Pospiech