AgriFORCE Growing Systems Promotes Troy McClellan to President of AgriFORCE Solutions
July 22 2021 - 9:19AM
InvestorsHub NewsWire
AgriFORCE
Growing Systems Promotes Troy McClellan to President of AgriFORCE
Solutions
VANCOUVER, B.C. – July
22nd,
2021 – InvestorsHub NewsWire -- AgriFORCE
Growing Systems Ltd.
("the Company") (NASDAQ: AGRI),
an innovative agriculture-focused technology company that delivers
reliable, financially robust solutions for high-value crops through
proprietary facility design and automation, today announced that it
has promoted Troy McClellan
to President of the AgriFORCE Solutions division.
In his new role,
Mr. McClellan
will be responsible for leading the commercial development
strategy, with a focus on leveraging AgriFORCE IP and solutions
across multiple divisions, vertical markets,
and regions. In addition, he will help oversee the Company's Merger
and Acqusition (M&A) strategy, with a focus on identifying
companies and technologies that can be leveraged within the
Company's automated growing system and facility design, as well as
additional
business lines that leverage the Company's core agricultural and
technological expertise. He will work closely with the leadership
team to drive growth in the Company's emerging
IP and solutions
business, as well as spearhead the Company's
operations
and research and development (R&D) efforts.
Mr.
McClellan has successfully led the team in the design and
development of AgriFORCE growing facilities, systems, operations,
IP, and breakthrough technologies as the Company's Vice President
of Design and
Construction.
Prior to AgriFORCE,
he held the role of Vice President of Design and Development at
W!GU City ("When I Grow Up"), a learning-based community where
kids, parents, educators, and brand partners come together. Prior
to that, Mr. McClellan held
senior design and project management positions at MGM, Macau, Wynn
Design & Development and Universal Studios, Japan. Mr.
McClellan is a registered professional architect and received his
master's degree in Architecture from Montana State
University.
Ingo
Mueller, CEO of AgriFORCE, stated, "I am
pleased to announce this promotion of Troy, which recognizes his
tremendous contributions in advancing the development of our
automated growing system and facility design.
He has established himself as an industry pioneer,
transforming modern agriculture through new technological
approaches to producing high-quality, pesticide-free crops that can
be grown cost-effectively in virtually any climate. In this
leadership role, Troy will be instrumental in continuing to
evolve
our IP internally and through acquisitions, as well as applying our
precision growth method to other agricultural areas so that we can
be a part of the solution in fixing the severe issues within the
global food supply chain."
Mr. McClellan noted, "I
am honored to take on this new role at such an exciting time in the
Company's evolution. AgriFORCE's proprietary IP addresses
many of the key supply chain issues facing the agricultural
industry, as our facilities can be constructed in virtually any
environment
and close to consumers, ensuring a sustainable food supply. Through
a combination of lighting design, automated systems, fertigation
and nutrients, as well as micropropagation and genetics, AgriFORCE
has developed a sustainable solution for producing
the highest quality and pesticide-free high-value crops,
nutraceuticals and pharmaceuticals on a global level. Overall,
I
believe we have built a highly scalable business – positioning us
to become a significant player in the agricultural
industry."
About AgriFORCE
AgriFORCE Growing Systems Ltd.
(NASDAQ: AGRI) is an agriculture-focused technology
company that develops and acquires intellectual property systems
that are intended to deliver innovative, reliable
and financially robust solutions for high-value crops through its
proprietary facility design and automation intellectual property to
businesses and enterprises. The Company intends to operate in the
plant-based pharmaceutical, nutraceutical, and other
high-value
crop markets using its unique proprietary facility design and
hydroponics-based automated growing system that enable cultivators
to effectively grow crops in a controlled environment. The Company
calls its facility design and automated growing
system
the "AgriFORCE grow house." The Company has designed its AgriFORCE
grow house to produce in virtually any environmental condition and
to optimize crop yields to as near their full genetic potential
possible, while substantially eliminating the need for
the use of pesticides and/or irradiation.
Additional information about the Company is available at:
www.agriforcegs.com.
This press release contains forward-looking statements within the
meaning of the "safe harbor"
provisions of the Private Securities Litigation Reform Act of 1995.
Statements other than statements of historical facts included in
this press release may constitute forward-looking statements and
are not guarantees of future performance, condition
or
results and involve a number of risks and uncertainties. Actual
results may differ materially from those in the forward-looking
statements as a result of a number of factors, including those
described from time to time in our filings with the Securities
and Exchange Commission and elsewhere. The Company undertakes no
duty to update any forward-looking statement made herein. All
forward-looking statements speak only as of the date of this press
release.
Company Contact:
Ian Pedersen
Tel: (604)
757-0952
Email:
ipedersen@agriforcegs.com
Investor Relations:
Crescendo Communications, LLC
David Waldman/Natalya Rudman
Tel: (212) 671-1021
Email:
AGRI@crescendo-ir.com
Media Relations:
AHA Creative Strategies Inc.
Ruth Atherley
Tel: (604) 846-8461
Email:
ruth@ahacreative.com
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