Ovid, Michigan
June 13, 2008
 Great
Lakes Hybrids is pleased to announce the promotion of Doug
Little to brand manager.
“Doug has done an excellent job as marketing manager for Great
Lakes for the past three-and-a-half years and brings over 20
years of overall management experience to the position,” said
Craig Newman, VP sales and marketing for AgReliant Genetics,
LLC. Great Lakes Hybrids is a brand of AgReliant Genetics, LLC
which is the fourth largest seed company in the U.S.
Little has played a key role in the success of Great Lakes
Hybrids. “Doug will continue to work together with the
Management Team of Great Lakes to achieve the overall goals of
Great Lakes and AgReliant Genetics,” Newman said.
Before joining Great Lakes Hybrids in 2004, Little worked for
Monsanto for 19 years in various sales management positions
where he lead local sales teams plus managed distributor
accounts in both seed and chemistry. He received his bachelor’s
degree from the University of Michigan in science and a master’s
degree in business administration from the University of Dayton.
Mike Stephenson, former brand manager, stated, “I am confident
that Doug will do an excellent job as brand manager and will
work hard with the Great Lakes team to continue the history of
success spanning the past 86 years”.
Little currently resides in Okemos with his wife of 29 years and
two daughters.
Great Lakes Hybrids is the largest Michigan-based seed corn
supplier and a brand of AgReliant Genetics, LLC. With the
industry’s largest seed-only corn research program, Great Lakes
Hybrids and AgReliant Genetics have been able to produce
top-performing unique genetics for incorporation of new
transgenic traits. Great Lakes Hybrids has also produced more
winners per entry of any other seed company in the National Corn
Grower’s annual Corn Yield Contest. |
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