Cobb Focus Three 2011 (English)

Poultry Federationhonor for Jerry MoyeJerry Moye, presidentof Cobb-Vantress, wasn a m e d t h e ‘ 2 011Industry Leader of theYear’ by the PoultryFederation during the52nd Annual PoultryFestival in Rogers,Arkansas, USA.The award formerlytitled ‘Man of the Year’has been awarded since 1955 and recognizesthe outstanding achievements of poultry andegg executives and their contribution to theindustry.Jerry completed in 2010 a three-year term onthe Poultry Federation’s board of directors andis currently serving another term - he is one ofthe very few directors to serve two consecutiveterms as chairman.“During his tenure, there was never a job toosmall or too large for him to tackle and hisleadership as chairman is well recognized,”says the Federation.N E W S O F O U R P E O P L EFlock survey award for George’sGeorge’s Inc, located in Springdale, Arkansas, was the recipient of the USCobb 500 Sold Flock Survey Award.The award is given to the top producing complex with the highest average totaleggs per hen housed. Chance Bryant and Bob Ickes from Cobb presented the awardto Ricky Pinkerton, George’s breeder manager.Chance Bryant comments: “George's breeder personnel have worked veryhard, remained focused on the basics and functioned as a team, makingtremendous improvements over the last few years to achieve this performance.We congratulate them on earning this well deserved award."Joining the teamRoger Vessell, who hasbeen appointed directorof world marketing forCobb-Vantress, bringsover 26 years of sales andmarketing experience.He has been seniormarketing manager forthe past five years withHolt Caterpillar at SanAntonio, Texas.Previously he was vice president -sales and marketing with Columbia300 in San Antonio and held brandmanagement positions with RawlingsSporting Goods.He obtained his BSc in socialsciences from the University ofMissouri Rolla, and is currentlycompleting his MBA from MissouriState University.Roger and his wife Joan, who have twosons and a daughter, will be relocatingto Northwest Arkansas.Dr Annsofie Wahlström hasbeen appointed as nutritionistfor Cobb Europe to servecustomers in Europe, the MiddleEast and Africa and also beinvolved in nutritional aspectsof research.For the past seven years shehas been working with Sweden’slargest feed company, LantmannenLantbruk, where she waspoultry feed nutritionistand product manager forbroiler, turkey and breederdiets.She gained a mastersdegree in animal sciencefrom SLU, the SwedishUniversity of Agriculture,and then a PhD In 1999studying diet and hybrid interactions inlaying hens.Cesar Coto has joined theCobb North America TechnicalService Team, responsible forproviding technical advice tocustomers throughout CentralAmerica and the Caribbean.Cesar, who has been atechnical manager for DSMNutritional Products in thissame region, is a graduate of the Universityof Arkansas where he completed a PhD inpoultry science in 2010 as programassociate in the laboratory of Dr ParkWaldroup.He began his studies with a five-yearprogram in animal science in his nativeCosta Rica and after an initial two-yearperiod with DSM resumed his studies atthe University of Arkansas, gaining anMS in poultry science and then inagribusiness.Cobb-Vantress, Inc Tel: +1 479 524 3166 Email: info@cobb-vantress.comCobb Europe Ltd Tel: +44 1206 835835 Email: info@cobb-europe.comCobb-Vantress Brasil, Ltda Tel: +55 (17)3267 9999 Email: cobb.info@cobb-vantress.comCobb-Vantress Philippines Inc Tel: +63 2 634 35908cobb-vantress.com