ABOUT FARM HEALTH GUARDIAN
Farm Health Guardian is your partner in disease prevention and outbreak preparedness for livestock and poultry farms.
Our vision is to protect livestock and poultry health globally. That means Farm Health Guardian works with each of our customers to customize the best tools to make farm biosecurity work for you.
Our mission is to be the platform of choice for protecting the health and sustainability of the livestock and poultry industry.
Farm Health Guardian Ltd. a digital biosecurity and disease prevention software provider based in Guelph, Ontario, Canada. The software system was launched in 2020 for the swine and poultry sectors. In 2023, Farm Health Guardian merged with NoveTechnologies, LLC (NoveTech), an innovative agricultural technology company located in Omaha, Neb., U.S. The company strives to protect the health and sustainability of the livestock industry and those who work within it, through real-time disease monitoring and response technology.
STAFF
Rob Hannam
Rob Hannam
CEO, Farm Health Guardian
As a Farm Health Guardian partner and CEO, Rob is committed to providing technology solutions to create a healthy and sustainable agri-food industry. Rob has proven experience in building and marketing innovative businesses like Farm Health Guardian. He is also President of Synthesis Agri-Food Network where he leads a team of consulting and communications professionals to push the boundaries of agri-food leadership and innovation.
Anthony Novero
Anthony Novero
Chief Technology Officer
Anthony’s extensive background in developing digital technologies, livestock biosecurity and agricultural building construction brings a unique and valuable insight to the Farm Health Guardian team and customers. As the Chief Technology Officer, he is responsible for overseeing the development of Farm Health Guardian hardware and software solutions for swine and poultry farmers. Anthony has dedicated his career to helping farmers and innovators enhance their biosecurity to keep their livestock and poultry healthy.
Tim Nelson
Tim Nelson
Founder and CIO, Farm Health Guardian
Tim has dedicated his career to livestock research. As the Founder and Chief Innovation Officer (CIO) he strives to help livestock and poultry farmers prevent disease in their barns and provide response tools to disease outbreaks. With a focus on disease observation and prevention, Tim is dedicated to improving biosecurity across the globe, starting with the development of Farm Health Protect and Farm Health Monitor.
Kent Andersen
Kent Andersen
U.S. Swine Specialist
With a life-long career in the animal health industry, Kent is Farm Health Guardian’s U.S. Swine Specialist. Utilizing his vast experience in his role, Kent is focused on business development across the U.S. swine sector and establishing customer relationships. As the industry continues to evolve, Kent brings his professional experiences to find new ways to innovate, improve and implement biosecurity protocols and systems.
Zach Easterbrook
Zach Easterbrook
Senior Software Engineer
Zach is an experienced Devops engineer and has worked on embedded software for leading edge smart technologies. He brings wide-ranging knowledge of coding, infrastructure management and system administration to the team. As Senior Software Engineer, Zach uses his expertise to focus on bringing new biosecurity technologies from proof of concept to completed product. He draws on his background with software and firmware for IoT sensors to improve GPS and other biosecurity technologies for our clients.
Jeff Wrathall
Jeff Wrathall
Senior Software Engineer
As Senior Software Engineer, Jeff supports the Farm Health Guardian team developing software for the smart biosecurity system. He brings extensive experience in software development – front and back-end technologies – and understands what it takes to create user-friendly software as a service platform for our customers. Jeff is a problem solver who is driven to write clear, concise code. His talent and skill will provide Farm Health Guardian users with the smoothest experience as they onboard to the system and adapt to use the digital biosecurity platform to manage the health and protect against the risk of disease in their barns.
Michael Black
Michael Black
Full-Stack Developer
As a Full-Stack Developer at Farm Health Guardian, Michael contributes to the development of digital biosecurity tools that help protect animal health. With a background in web development and a passion for user-friendly technology, Michael works on improving and expanding the platform’s functionality. Michael brings years of experience in agri-tech and technology solutions within the agri-food space, having worked on projects ranging from farm management software to industry-focused web applications. His ability to understand both the technical and practical needs of users ensures that Farm Health Guardian’s digital tools are accessible, effective, and easy to use.
Adam Black
Adam Black
Customer Success Representative
As the Farm Health Guardian Customer Success Representative, Adam works on the biosecurity front line, ensuring our software system meets the needs of our clients to keep their livestock and poultry barns healthy. He’s a problem-solver and loves a challenge, especially when it comes to finding solutions to manage animal and employee health and safety. Adam brings first-hand knowledge and experience in animal care, biosecurity, and customer support as it relates to agriculture software.
Lainie Reeter
Lainie Reeter
Customer Support Coordinator
As Customer Support Coordinator, Lainie works with clients to help them streamline and simplify biosecurity using FHG software. Her attention to detail and ability to collaborate combined with her strong livestock background make Lainie adept at helping clients meet their biosecurity goals.
Lainie is passionate about agriculture and has been immersed in it since childhood, growing up on the family farm in northern Missouri. She earned her Bachelor of Science from Kansas State University, specializing in Animal Science and Ag Management. She brings experience as a vet technician and working at livestock markets to the team.
Alicia Boakes
Alicia Boakes
Customer Support Coordinator
As the Farm Health Guardian Customer Support Coordinator, Alicia works on the biosecurity front line, ensuring our software system meets the needs of our clients to keep their livestock and poultry barns healthy. She’s a problem-solver and loves a challenge, especially when it comes to finding solutions to manage animal and employee health and safety. Alicia brings a more than a decade of first-hand knowledge and experience in animal care, health, research and biosecurity protocols.
