Kumud Kokal, formerly of Stitch Fix, Airbnb, and Intuit, to lead company’s digital and IT transformation
Farmers Business Network the global farmer-to-farmer network and ag tech company, announced the hiring of the company’s first Chief Information Officer, Kumud Kokal.
“Every day our employees are working to provide the best and most cutting-edge solutions to our farmer members. I’m looking forward to furthering that goal through leading FBN’s information technology and bringing our employees the best tools to help them serve growers.”
Kokal brings a wealth of experience in digital transformation, and IT transformation to drive innovative solutions across the company. Kokal will work to optimize the company’s processes and technology to pass that innovation along to its growing network of farmer members. In the pandemic age, digital innovation has never been more vital to a business and its customers.
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“FBN has long been the leader in farm data and analytics, and we will bring that same innovation to our employees and internal processes,” said Kokal. “Every day our employees are working to provide the best and most cutting-edge solutions to our farmer members. I’m looking forward to furthering that goal through leading FBN’s information technology and bringing our employees the best tools to help them serve growers.”
Kokal will lead the IT, infrastructure, and security teams – working closely across FBN’s many departments, such as FBN Finance, Gradable™, FBN Direct, R&D, and more to optimize workflows and technology, and in turn, get better products to farmers faster.
“Kumud brings expertise across a range of tech companies to FBN,” said Amol Deshpande, CEO and Co-Founder, FBN. “Everything we do strives to provide ROI to our members. By optimizing FBN’s internal processes, we’ll be able to even better deliver for our growers.”
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