Ngokwandisa imizamo yayo ehamba phambili embonini yokusheshisa ijubane lezixazululo zobuchwepheshe embonini yokukhiqiza entsha, i-Western Growers yengeze u-Walt Duflock njengephini likamongameli, ukusungula izinto ezintsha.
Kule ndima, i-Duflock izogxila ngokukhethekile ekusheshiseni i-agtech yezinkampani ezingamalungu e-Western Growers (WG), okuhlanganisa nokwandisa umkhondo we-Western Growers Center for Innovation & Technology (WGCIT), incubator ye-agtech eyinhloko etholakala e-Salinas, eCalifornia.
"Isidingo sobuchwepheshe obusha emikhakheni nasezikhungweni zamalungu ethu asikaze sibe esiphuthumayo," kusho uMongameli we-WG kanye ne-CEO uDave Puglia. “UWalt Duflock useqondise osomabhizinisi abaningi bezobuchwepheshe futhi uletha ikhono elibonisiwe lokuthuthukisa umkhakha wezobuchwepheshe bezolimo. Ngijabule kakhulu ngokuthi u-Walt manje usezojoyina uMqondisi we-WGCIT u-Dennis Donohue, oqhuba inqubekelaphambili ebonakalayo ezinhlelweni ezibalulekile ze-agtech ezifana ne-automation kanye nokuthuthukisa ukuphepha kokudla. Ngokubambisana, u-Walt no-Dennis bazophinde baqinise ikhono lethu lokuqhuba ukuhweba okusheshayo kobuchwepheshe amalungu ethu abudingayo ukuze aphumelele esizukulwaneni esilandelayo. "
I-Duflock iletha isipiliyoni seminyaka engaphezu kwengama-25 emkhakheni wezolimo nobuchwepheshe, ngokugcizelela ekuthuthukisweni kokuqala. Ngaphezu kokuzibandakanya kwakhe epulazini lomndeni lesizukulwane sesihlanu eMonterey County, uDuflock uye wanikela ngomsebenzi wakhe wokwakha izinhlelo namasu ekuqaleni kweSilicon Valley ekhula kakhulu, okuhlanganisa i-eBay, MerchantCircle (manje ethi Reply) kanye ne-APTARE (manje eyi-Veritas). Endimeni yakhe yakamuva, uDuflock usebenze njengoMholi Omkhulu Wokusungula we-SVG Ventures THRIVE.
“Ngijabule ngokujoyina ithimba le-WG futhi ngibheke ngabomvu ukusebenzisana nabalimi kanye nabasaqalayo ukuze kwandiswe isivinini kanye nesikali sezixazululo, ikakhulukazi ukuphepha kokudla kanye nemishini yokusebenza,” kusho uDuflock. “Isipiliyoni sami seminyaka eminingi kwezolimo kanye nokusebenza nabaqalayo baseSilicon Valley, kanye nokwakha isisheshisi esiphumelelayo se-agtech, kunginika amakhono afanele okuhola umkhankaso wokusungula we-WG.”
U-Duflock uthole iziqu ze-BS kweBhizinisi eCal Poly San Luis Obispo kanye neziqu zomthetho e-Santa Clara University. Ukhuthele emphakathini wangakubo futhi ukhonza kumabhodi amavolontiya amaningana, okuhlanganisa i-Los Gatos United Soccer League kanye ne-Rancho Cielo, ehlose ukuguqula izimpilo zentsha esengozini. Ngo-2019, i-Duflock yethula i-SAGE, i-501(c)(6) egxile ku-ag esimeme namandla kanye neminotho yasemaphandleni enempilo.