About Arable
Arable is increasing the sustainability and resilience of how we feed the world.
We’re On a Mission
The need has never been greater to rethink how we feed our ever-growing population and transform agriculture’s impact on the planet for good. At Arable, we believe the heart of the solution to this challenge lies in digitizing the analog world with high-fidelity data to improve human health, achieve economic stability, reduce our environmental footprint, and uplift the lives of those who work in agriculture. We come to work every day to do what we can to make a positive mark on the food system, the foundational engine of human existence in our interconnected web of life on Earth.
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Leadership
Jim Ethington
Chief Executive Officer
Jim Ethington
Chief Executive Officer
Prior to joining Arable, Jim spent 10 years at The Climate Corporation where he was VP of Product and grew the company to 50 million paid acres and built a team from 10 to over 600 individuals. Previous to The Climate Corporation, Jim worked at PriceWaterhouseCoopers, where he led several high-profile engagements, including developing innovative financial analysis and fraud detection software products that became core drivers of revenue across PwC's lines of business. Jim has an A.B. in Computer Science and Economics from Duke University.
Madhur Agarwal
Senior QA Manager
Madhur Agarwal
Senior QA Manager
Madhur has over 15 years of experience working as a software quality assurance professional. Her vast experience working in startups centers on setting up processes from scratch, coordinating with multiple teams, and ensuring the quality and efficiency of the product. She has a Masters degree in telecom management from Pune University in India.
Thais Andrade
Commercial Director, Brazil
Thais Andrade
Commercial Director, Brazil
Thais has been leading the digital ag transformation in Brazil for more than 5 years. She was part of the early team and led Strider's initial sales efforts before they were acquired by Syngenta. She holds a BA in Entrepreneurship and Business from University Presbyterian Mackenzie, lives in São Paulo, and is leading the Arable sales efforts in Brazil as Commercial Director.
Warren Baelen
VP Software Engineering
Warren Baelen
VP Software Engineering
Warren has over 20 years of experience in the software engineering and information systems space. He worked on many analytics and reporting systems throughout his career, including at Cognos and then IBM, where his customers included many of the largest banks and Fortune 500 companies. At Cognos, he envisioned and co-created a reporting application for which he received a company-wide Innovation Award. He received both his Bachelor’s and Master’s degrees from Drexel University. A guitar player and watercolor artist, he lives with his family in San Francisco.
Pedro Barbieri
Brazil Operations Manager
Pedro Barbieri
Brazil Operations Manager
Pedro, an agronomist who graduated from Luiz de Queiroz College of Agriculture, University of São Paulo, worked for years in the bioenergy sector in several areas, mainly in strategic projects and agronomic development. When he's not working in the Arable office in Piracicaba - SP, Brazil, he is baking sourdough, working on carpentry projects, and playing with his dog, Luke.
Jagan Bhalaki
VP and Head of Arable Bangalore
Jagan Bhalaki
VP and Head of Arable Bangalore
During the three decades of his tenure in the IT industry, Jagan worked on a wide range of platforms from embedded systems to mainframes. A vertical ERP solution he built has been in use for over two decades now. He enjoys building competent and motivated teams. He is passionate about sustainable lifestyles and manages a farm using permaculture principles. Jagan holds a master's in computer science from the Indian Institute of Technology, Chennai.
Jess Bollinger
VP Sales & Business Development
Jess Bollinger
VP Sales & Business Development
Jess works with Arable's growers and partners to reduce supply chain risk and build innovative financial products. She has worked at UNICEF USA; with smallholder farmers in Mayange, Rwanda and Xochimilco, Mexico; on the Hurricane Sandy recovery effort at the NYC Mayor’s Office of Long-Term Planning & Sustainability; and in the private sector. Jess has an MS in Sustainability Management from Columbia University and a BA from Tufts University in International Relations and Spanish.
Ron Butterworth
VP Devices
Ron Butterworth
VP Devices
Ron is a Silicon Valley veteran with over 20 years of product design experience. Prior to Arable, he was a founding member of several startups including Atheer Labs, where, as the VP of Hardware Engineering, he was responsible for the initial architecture and prototyping the world’s first mobile 3D interactive smart glasses. He has also worked at Eva Automation, SunReports, and AlphaSmart. Ron enjoys motorcycling, photography, and spending time with his family.
Anand Desai
Chief Financial Officer
Anand Desai
Chief Financial Officer
Anand has more than 15 years of experience in financial management, business leadership and corporate strategy. Prior to joining Arable in 2021, he served as Senior Director of Corporate FP&A for HashiCorp, an IT infrastructure software company. From 2017 to 2019, he served as Director of Business Operations for Rigetti Quantum Computing, and from 2012 to 2017, he served in a variety of product and corporate finance roles at Alphabet Inc. Anand enjoys traveling, biking, and exploring the outdoors. He holds a Master of Business Administration from the Massachusetts Institute of Technology's Sloan School of Business and dual Bachelor of Arts degrees in finance and liberal arts from the University of Texas.
Jan Forslow
VP Product Management
Jan Forslow
VP Product Management
Jan has 10+ years of experience in product and engineering management in the energy and communications industries, with a dozen patents and publications in his name. He founded a startup that specialized in Mobile-VPN, and has worked in product development at several leading Bay Area tech firms. He holds two Master's degrees, in Information and Data Science from UC Berkeley and in Industrial Engineering and Management from Linköping University in Sweden.
Jake Galbreath
Sensor Systems Architect & Data Scientist
Jake Galbreath
Sensor Systems Architect & Data Scientist
Jake has 20 years of experience developing intelligent sensing systems across a range of commercial and industrial markets. He currently serves as Sensor Systems Architect at Arable, developing novel in-field measurement systems for data-driven decisions in agriculture and natural resource management. Prior to Arable, Jake founded SensorNova, started SensorCloud.com, and served as VP Wireless Systems at MicroStrain.
Scott Geiger
VP Manufacturing & Supply Chain
Scott Geiger
VP Manufacturing & Supply Chain
Raised on a farm in Iowa, Scott has over three decades of experience in supply chain management and technology, with deep roots in Silicon Valley and extensive experience at both startups and Fortune 500 corporations. His career began at HP, where he spent almost two decades managing and leading teams for many household-name products introduced by the company. His expertise is in supply chain design and DfX capabilities focused on customer satisfaction and cost. He holds a BA in Supply Chain Management from Iowa State University and an MBA from University of San Diego.
Sunil Gupta
Senior Director, Firmware
Sunil Gupta
Senior Director, Firmware
Sunil has a M.Tech in Computer Sicence and Engineerig from IIT Chennai, India. He started his career with Wipro Ltd. He went on to found Synergy Infotech Pvt Ltd and later moved to Sonim Technologies. Other experience includes Parallocity India, Nav Innovations, and Itron India. He has been working in firmware and OS all along.
Jamie Hardy
Head of People & Culture
Jamie Hardy
Head of People & Culture
A lifelong learner with one MS degree in Sustainability Management and another in Landscape Design, Jamie can hold an interesting conversation with just about anybody on Earth. She came to Arable as a content strategist through her work on a biogas and rainwater harvesting project in periurban Mexico, anchored the Marketing department for two years, and is now Head of People & Culture. Prior to that, she worked for nearly a decade with the passionate minds in the MFA Theatre program at Columbia University School of the Arts in New York City. In her spare time she is pursuing a permaculture design certificate and building a food forest at a Buddhist monastery in New Jersey.
Jason Jaacks
VP Data Science
Jason Jaacks
VP Data Science
Jason calls himself an AstroAgriPhysicist, a nod to his diverse background in astrophysics, agriculture, and data science. He draws on his experience growing up on a farm in Iowa to inform how he applies his skills as a data scientist to help digitize the analog world of agriculture. Before joining Arable, he led a field sensing data science team at Corteva Agriscience that focused on using field data to produce machine learning algorithms built to classify, score, and measure phenotypic traits for plant breeding. Jason is passionate about improving human health, achieving economic stability, reducing our environmental footprint, and uplifting the lives of those who work in agriculture.
Kristie Jones
VP Marketing
Kristie Jones
VP Marketing
Kristie has a unique combination of technology startup, SaaS, and agricultural marketing. She has held marketing leadership roles at Plex, Purfresh, and Marrone Bio, and holds a Bachelor of Science from California State University, Fresno.
Vilas Rao
Chief Revenue Officer
Vilas Rao
Chief Revenue Officer
Vilas is Arable's Chief Revenue Officer and has been working in agriculture for the past decade. With a background in development economics and passion for the outdoors, he was attracted to the field by its impact on natural resources and people's livelihoods around the world. Before Arable, he led Digital Strategy for Bayer Crop Science / The Climate Corporation, which was a pioneer in digitizing agriculture, and was part of McKinsey & Co's global agriculture industry practice, where he worked with food & agriculture industry leaders, international development agencies, and private foundations to imagine and steer investment in future food production systems.
Joakim Wiklund
Chief Technology Officer
Joakim Wiklund
Chief Technology Officer
Joakim has over 25 years experience working worldwide in software and hardware development. He produced the first-in-company IP solution, and industry-first GPRS wireless core network solution, at Ericsson; developed the first-ever cellular-based Push-to-Talk product, and first-of-their-kind rugged GSM handset products, at Sonim; and pioneered the use of cellular technology and SaaS for Smart Meter/Smart City solutions. He has created and launched R&D, product delivery, and support organizations from the ground up in companies across Europe, North America, and Asia. He has an MS in Physics & Engineering from Lund University in Sweden.
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