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CEO
Agtonomy
United States
Tim Bucher is the CEO and Co-founder of Agtonomy, a physical AI company that partners with leading equipment manufacturers to embed its technology at the factory level, transforming off-road machines into smart, autonomous solutions for agriculture, land maintenance, and other industrial markets. A high-tech serial entrepreneur and lifelong farmer, he has spent more than 3 decades building companies across consumer technology, cloud services, gaming, and agtech industries including being a former owner of a construction company. Several of his ventures have been taken public or have been acquired by Fortune 50 companies such as Microsoft, Apple, and Dell, and he helped launch landmark products like the original Xbox and iPad. He also owns and operates Trattore Farms and holds engineering degrees from University of California, Davis and Stanford University.
Tue 20
2:00 PM - 3:00 PM
Main Stage 1
The Tech Builder Experience
Speakers
Alex Russomagno Senior Manager of Strategic Engagement AGCO Ventures
Amber DeWitt Venture Associate Fulcrum Global Capital
Andres Manzanares Investor Stray Dog Capital
Anne Visser Professor University of California, Davis
Antoon Vanderstraeten Editor Women In Ag Magazine
Aymeric Barthes President GOFAR
Ben Palone Sr. Director of Automation & Commercialization Western Growers
Bijoy Shah Director of Growth PF Partners
Charlie Anderson CEO Burro
Chrissy Wozniak Vice-President of Communication | Founder American Agri-Women | North American Ag
Colin Hurd Co-director Ag Startup Engine
Connie Bowen General Partner Farmhand Ventures
Danny Bernstein CEO The Reservoir
Doug Hartfield Agricultural Safety Technical Specialist Washington State Department of Labor & Industries
Glen Rains Professor and Co-Director 4DFarm Project University of Georgia, 4D Farms
Ignacio Marquez Regional Assistant to the Director Washington State Department of Agriculture
Ines Hanrahan Executive Director WA Tree Fruit Research Commission (WTFRC)
Lauren Milligan Content Specialist Women In Ag Tech
Lav Khot Director, AgWeatherNet | Professor, Precision Agriculture Washington State University
Lucie Cahierre Program Manager UCANR
Maialen Cazenave Co-director GOFAR/FIRA
Matt Darr Iowa State University, BioCentury Research Farm
Matthew Whiting Professor, scientist, Extension Specialist Washington State University
Paige Gilligan Ag Science and Technology Task Force Director California Women for Agriculture
Sean Sundberg Business Integration Manager John Deere
Steve Mantle Founder/CEO Innov8.Ag
Tarquin Stephenson AgTech Investor Cibus Capital
Tim Bucher CEO Agtonomy
Troy Peters Director of the Center for Precision and Automated Agricultural Systems Washington State University
Troy Peters Director of the Center for Precision and Automated Agricultural Systems Washington State University
Walt Duflock VP of Innovation Western Growers
