August 6, 2012

Keith McCay to oversee Aviagen's poultry breeding operations in US, UK

Press release

Poultry breeding company Aviagen named Keith McCay as the Director of Pedigree and Great-Grandparent (GGP) Operations, who will oversee all operational functions for Aviagen's breeding programs in the US and UK.

Reporting directly to Aviagen CEO Randall Ennis, McCay will be responsible for managing the production of Pedigree and GGP stock for the company's US and UK programmes. He will focus on the continuous improvement of stock quality both internally and externally. McCay will also drive innovations to improve the output through efficiencies in the Pedigree and GGP operations, working closely with Aviagen's R&D operation to establish, test and implement best practices across the program.

During his 22-year career in the poultry industry, McCay has spent 18 years at Aviagen and held senior management posts in GP operations, quality assurance, sales and production. McCay grew up on family broiler farms with ConAgra, and pursued a BS degree in Biology from Athens State University. Prior to joining Aviagen he held the position of Broiler Flock Supervisor at Wayne Farms for four years.  He was most recently the vice president of operations at Aviagen North America.