AgHaven, LLC is a collaboration of cutting edge search engine technology, social networking, agri- marketplace and agriculture industry expertise. This collaboration provides the agriculture industry with specific content for all stakeholders; including consumers, producers, agri-marketing, vendors and manufacturers.
Agriculture specific information delivered to the industry drives AgHaven, LLC. That information is filtered and distributed using semantic search technology. Semantic search vastly improves search results for users and delivers qualified customers for advertisers.
This combination of information technology and agriculture expertise will revolutionize the way agriculture is presented and searched on the web.
AgHaven Leadership:
Contact: 214-274-6293
Srik's ability to envision, analyze and evangelize the impact of social networks and search engine technologies has been a major driver in founding AgHaven. Prior to founding AgHaven, Srik founded eqEarth and was the Co-Founder and CEO of InventX Inc., an enterprise project and portfolio management software company, from 1998 to 2005, when InventX, Inc. (Richardson, TX) was acquired by Cranes Software International (BSE: CRANES).
From 1993 to 1997, Srik worked for a number of Fortune 500 companies, in various capacities as a Project Manager and Project Leader. He was the Lead Project Manager for Northrop Grumman's Commercial Aircraft Division's Manufacturing Execution System enterprise application. Also, Srik led decision support systems and data mining projects for companies such as Bank of America, BNSF Railroad, and NationsBank.
Srik is also a Founder & CEO of Visvo, Inc. (www.visvo.com) a next generation search engine company.
Srik holds a BS in Computer Science and Engineering from Jawaharlal Nehru Technological University, India, and a MS in Computer Science from the University of Texas at Dallas. Srik also holds US Patents in the field of Search Engine and Distributed Architecture technologies.
Patrick McGinty, Chief Technology Officer
Contact: 858-245-3791
Prior to joining eqEarth, Pat served as Vice President, Strategic Alliances, for InventX from 2003 to 2005. From 2000 to 2002, Pat served as Chief Information Officer for Applied Micro Circuits Corp (San Diego, CA), where he managed a budget of $11 million and a staff of 40 IT professionals. From 1996 to 2000, Pat was employed by Texas Instruments as Director of Product Development Systems and Director, Information Systems, where he was responsible for various software applications and product development functions. From 1990 to 1996, Pat was Director, Information Technology for Silicon Systems (Tustin, CA) where he managed an IT staff of 90 personnel in three locations, including Singapore. From 1980 to 1990, Pat was a Principal at Arthur Young and senior manager at Price Waterhouse and Ernst & Young.
Pat is also a Founder & Executive Vice-President of Visvo, Inc. (www.visvo.com) a new generation search engine company.
Pat holds a BA (Phi Beta Kappa) and an MBA from Emory University.
Brian McGahey, Director
Contact: 580-465-2600
For more than 20 years, Brian K. McGahey has owned, sold and managed heavy equipment and related services. A seasoned, accredited professional, Brian brings actionable equipment insights to the social networking platform. Presently Brian remains Founder & CEO of Equipment Experts, Inc. which was established in May of 2003 and offers Federally Certified Personal Property Appraisals, among other services. From February 2006 through August 2009 Brian worked with RDO Equipment Co., which represents and sells John Deere and Sakai construction equipment, since March of 2006 as Account Manager for North Texas and Southern Oklahoma. From August 2003 to February 2006, Brian worked with ESS Corp./Future Equipment as an Account Manager representing and selling Case construction and agricultural equipment. Brian employs a revolutionary approach to selling equipment and enjoys the challenge of keeping his clients machinery utilized efficiently. Brian is a lifetime member of the ASAA (American Society of Agricultural Appraisers), and has been classified & testified as an Equipment Expert Witness in Federal Bankruptcy Court in Oklahoma.
In January of 1996, Brian moved to Oklahoma to partner with Sooner Lift, Inc., consisting of 4 retail locations and 120 employees. Selling and servicing agricultural, construction and material handling equipment in the capacity of Vice President and General Manager where he conducted extensive competitive analysis and successfully achieved targeted objectives.
Contact AgHaven:
Srik Soogoor, President
AgHaven, LLC
1100 E. Campbell Rd, Suite 175
Richardson, TX 75081
214-274-6293
ssoogoor@aghaven.com
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