Your GPS Dairy Consultants
Jim Barmore, MSc, PAS
Founding Partner, Consultant
- Keen focus on true drivers of dairy financials.
- Strong teacher and coach.
- Connects well with entire dairy team.
- Extensive nutrition and management experience.
- Excels at integration of cows, people, and systems.
Marty Faldet, PhD, PAS
Founding Partner, Consultant
- Assesses challenges and creates solutions with resolve.
- Skilled in “making the buy” – cost control starts there.
- Collaborates to inspire change, achieve goals and create success.
- Attention to detail brings consistency to systems and protocols.
- Serves with honesty, integrity and transparency – all in for clients.
King Hickman, DVM
Founding Partner, Consultant
- Professional, competent and independent nutritional advice.
- Transparent and reliable customer focused service.
- Diverse consulting experience across geography, herd size, breed and management styles.
- Brings innovative ideas and solutions to process, protocols and systems.
- Experienced facilitator and team builder.
Robb Bender, PhD, PAS
Managing Partner, Consultant
- An independent consultant with a dedication to achieving farm-specific goals.
- Excellent communicator and team-player—key components to success on a dairy farm.
- Wide-ranging knowledge of nutritional data, improving fiber digestibility and reproduction management protocols.
- Vast network of university professionals and key industry allies to bring resources to a dairy.
Trent Dado, MSc
Partner, Consultant
- Experienced and excited about using technology to add precision to our dairies.
- Developed understanding of nutrition and management of large-scale robotic systems.
- Focused on pulling data streams together to improve the decision-making process.
- Passionate about the future of the industry and the people that will shape it.
Jordan Hunt, PAS
Partner, Consultant
- Strong communicator embracing teamwork, inspiring change and growing leaders.
- Technically advanced with diverse service offerings including robotics, multiple herd management programs and feed management systems.
- Achieves success by uncovering and focusing on goals and by being agile to the dairy’s needs.
- Always strives to maximize the client’s profitability.
Megan Abeyta, PhD
Consultant
- Leverages scientific insights to optimize dairy cow nutrition and management strategies for enhanced herd health and productivity, particularly during critical transition periods.
- Collaborates closely with dairy farmers to develop tailored feeding programs and management techniques aligned with their goals and priorities.
- Offers guidance on strategies that minimize stress in dairy cows and promote overall herd well-being, production, and farm profitability.
- Committed to continuous learning and growth with a focus on delivering value to clients through evidence-based solutions and meaningful relationships.
Amanda Borkowski
Digital Media Executive
- Creatively communicates over multiple platforms and formats.
- Loves to crunch analytics and decipher what works best for the company when it comes to social sharing.
- Enjoys sharing consultant and client stories with the world.
- Driven by her love of cows and the people who care for them.
Caleb Burch
Consultant
- Committed to providing exceptional customer service, going above and beyond for his clients.
- Focused on improving a farm’s profitability by increasing income over costs.
- Devotes attention to pre and post fresh cows in order to decrease cull rate, improve reproduction and increase production.
- Works to ensure high quality forage is put up while also being skilled at managing feed inventory and inventory needs.
Don Deetz, PhD, PAS
Consultant
- High versatility index in delivering a diverse menu of services.
- Keeps the long-term vision in view when defining and achieving goals.
- Nutritional specialty is utilization and fermentation of forage fiber and other carbohydrates.
- Applies unique tools and analyses to guide nutrition decisions.
- Focus to fresh cow health and performance to improve herd milk flow; maintain the health, vigor and vitality of your herd.
Paul Dyk, MSc, PAS
Consultant
- Uniquely skilled in dairy nutrition and feed systems.
- Brings together people, data and performance to create success.
- Specializes in maximizing transition cow performance.
- Focuses on optimizing CFP and Profit.
Brady Goetz, PhD, PAS
Consultant
- Brings a practical perspective and wide-ranging knowledge to assess challenges and create innovative solutions.
- Uniquely skilled in transition period success with a focus on management and training to reduce health events and improve performance.
- Committed to building relationships and providing exceptional customer service to inspire change and grow leaders.
- Extensive network of university professionals and allied industry to bring resources and education to dairies.
Laura Gronna
Finance Assistant
- Dedicated to the growth of the GPS team and our clients with concise, honest communication, in a timely manner.
- Reliable and flexible team member with attention to detail.
- Focused on maintaining the accuracy that the GPS finance team strives to provide to consultants and clients.
Angel Horn
Education Events Coordinator
- Passionate about education and the importance of continuing the tradition of bringing the GPS experience to all GPS hosted events
- Keen attention to detail
- Experienced with event organization and planning
- Team player that works best collaboratively
Stephanie Jens
Business Development Director
- Passionate about creating a team atmosphere to celebrate the team’s success and challenge each other to improve each day.
- Experience working with teams to effectively communicate and provide accountability to achieve personal and professional goals.
- Strong network with University and Allied Industry contacts to bring value to the GPS team and their clients.
- Dedicated to servant leadership and helping others grow.
Edwin J. Kreykes, DVM
Consultant
- Focuses on continuous improvement of process, protocols and systems.
- Recognized industry leader in records and records management.
- Diverse consulting offers include: Nutrition, Repro protocols and records, Milk Quality/Udder health, Parlor management/Milker training.
- Extensive international consulting experience.
Erin Mosley, PhD
Consultant
- Keen interest and expertise in on-farm feeding software utilization.
- Offers skilled Feeder Performance Evaluations and Feeding System Reporting.
- Utilizes feeding data management to drive positive changes in feeding systems and protocols.
- Raises the bar on feed center performance, efficiency and profitability.
Andre Pereira, PhD, BVetMed
Consultant
- Leading with innovative technology to help improve management practices and workflow to create high efficiency of production.
- Focus on integrity, transparency, collaboration, and respect.
- Extensive knowledge and experience with amino acid balancing and optimizing rations.
- Experience with robotic systems, feed management software, and on-farm troubleshooting.
- Develops valuable relationships with herd veterinarians and others from the consulting team.
Nathan Pokowski, PAS
Consultant
- Passionate about rumen function with a deep focus on maximizing the rumen potential.
- Keen focus on a smooth transition period to help minimize health events and improve reproduction.
- Experience pulling teams together to identify and solve bottlenecks with innovative solutions.
- Wide network of University and allied industry contacts to bring to resources to a dairy to help solve complex problems.
Wyatt Smith, MS
Consultant
- In-depth knowledge of dietary fiber digestibility and particle size in formulating rations.
- Proficient in analyzing farm specific data to aid in decision making.
- Focused on driving income over feed cost to improve farm profitability.
- Committed to guiding farms on harvesting high quality forages and utilizing home grown feedstuffs.
Bonnie Tapp
Finance Director
- Stays flexible, organized and focused on customer service.
- Works quickly but accurately with intense attention to detail.
- Eye for efficiency.
- Delivers bookkeeping excellence.