Blair Smith
Chief Executive Officer at Agrigate- Claim this Profile
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Experience
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Agrigate
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New Zealand
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Farming
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1 - 100 Employee
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Chief Executive Officer
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Aug 2020 - Present
Leading a team of technical experts in the design and delivery of innovative software solutions that connect farm data to the people and systems that need it.
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Product Manager
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Apr 2018 - Jul 2020
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Fonterra
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New Zealand
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Food and Beverage Manufacturing
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700 & Above Employee
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Programme Lead - Farm Source Sustainable Dairying
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Sep 2016 - Mar 2018
Programme management of Fonterra's sustainable dairying digital products. Including the development and launch of a Farm Environment Planning tool for use by environmental consultants and farmers.
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Technical Assistant to the COO - Farm Source
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Oct 2015 - Sep 2016
Reporting to the Chief Operating Officer this role involved exposure to a range of senior stakeholders while providing strategic support, policy research, and analysis aligned to the overall delivery of the Farm Source strategy.
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Environment Programme Specialist
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Jan 2014 - Oct 2015
Programme design and implementation of the Fonterra Nitrogen Management Programme – assisting our 10,500 farmers to more effectively manage their nitrogen use on farm;
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Business Graduate / Analyst
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Jan 2012 - Dec 2013
NZMP Marketing - Producing insights and analysis relevant to Fonterra’s Global Sales team with a focus on customer segmentation. Managed the implementation of new software products to assist in this analysis including: Tableau and Salesforce;Commodity Risk and Trading - Developing and operating financial models relevant to managing price risks in global dairy markets;Trade Strategy – Research and analysis relating to aspects of trade law and policy impacting on Fonterra’s global businesses;
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Ministry of Business, Innovation and Employment
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Government Administration
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700 & Above Employee
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Licensing Assessor
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Jan 2011 - Dec 2011
Case managing applications through a licensing assessment process, including interviewing applicants and preparing complete and accurate recommendations on licencing decisions. Case managing applications through a licensing assessment process, including interviewing applicants and preparing complete and accurate recommendations on licencing decisions.
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Carbon Market Solutions Limited
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New Zealand
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Environmental Services
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1 - 100 Employee
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Analyst
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Dec 2008 - Jul 2010
Brokering the sale of both compliance market and voluntary market carbon credits.Consulting to a range of corporate, farmer and government clients on aspects of the New Zealand ETS and Kyoto Protocol. Brokering the sale of both compliance market and voluntary market carbon credits.Consulting to a range of corporate, farmer and government clients on aspects of the New Zealand ETS and Kyoto Protocol.
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ECOWAS Centre for Renewable Energy and Energy Efficiency (ECREEE)
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Cabo Verde
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Renewable Energy Semiconductor Manufacturing
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1 - 100 Employee
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Clean Development Consultant
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Feb 2010 - Mar 2010
Working as part of a team of consultants analysing a pipeline of potential Clean Development projects in West Africa. Working as part of a team of consultants analysing a pipeline of potential Clean Development projects in West Africa.
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Education
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University of Auckland
Master of Laws (Hons), Environmental Law -
Uppsala University
Department of Government / Department of Law – Exchange Student -
University of Canterbury
LLB / BA, Law, Economics, Political Science