Meet the Growers Edge Leadership Team

Dan Cosgrove

Chief Executive Officer

Dan is a visionary business leader and deal maker. With his help, Growers Edge successfully completed a Series B fundraising round, raising $40+ million from investors S2G, Cox Enterprises, Bunge, Skyline Global Partners, Finistere Ventures and iSelect Fund. Dan coined the hashtag #fintechforfarmers, describing his vision of building financial technology tools and solutions that help farmers adopt new technologies and access capital. Dan joined Growers Edge in 2019 after more than twenty years in the agriculture industry with Corteva Agriscience and Pioneer Hi-Bred, International, Inc. He was responsible for facilitating an innovative joint venture reorganization in China, as well as multiple mergers, acquisitions, and venture and fund investments. Dan is an active venture partner with Radicle Growth. He’s also deeply involved with Central Iowa’s startup tech scene as a mentor for TechStars and a member of the Iowa Department of Economic Development’s Iowa Innovation Council.

Hollie Bunn

Chief Lending Officer and EVP

As Executive Vice President and Chief Lending Officer, Hollie Bunn has been the architect of the company’s embedded financial software and services product. With Hollie’s leadership, her growing team has built a revolutionary platform for the ag industry while furthering the company’s mission to help the ag industry adapt and thrive. Bunn is an enthusiastic 30-year veteran of the ag finance industry in the Midwest, having been an instrumental leader at Farm Credit, where she held various positions, including Vice President of Sales Strategy and Regional Vice President. She is a proud proponent of Women in Ag and serves and supports local 4-H, FFA and honeybee clubs. Hollie’s energy is both infectious and boundless. When she’s not meeting with her team or with funders or current and future partners, she’s active hiking, building a new home on her family’s farmstead, and managing several thousand honeybees in southwestern Ohio.

Ahraz Husain

Vice President of Data

Ahraz Husain leads the company’s Data team in building the data and analytics modeling we use to design our industry-leading solutions for ag retailers and their customers. Ahraz started his professional career at Corteva Agriscience in Johnston, Iowa, where he focused on Computational Agronomy with the company's Digital Solutions platform. He also led various corporate transition efforts across Data and Analytics during his 6-year tenure. In his free time, Ahraz enjoys traveling, volunteering with multiple organizations in the Data and Analytics domain and mentoring startups.

Jamey Ross

Vice President of Lending

Jamey Ross brings more than 27 years of experience in the agricultural input financing sector to Growers Edge as the Vice President of Lending Operations. He works with the entire lending team to develop relationships with ag retailers and other partners to build and deploy fully digital, partner-branded financing platforms. Jamey joins the company after serving in various financing roles with Greensill Capital, Rabo AgriFinance and John Deere Financial.

Jim Lowery

Vice President of Product

Jim Lowery is charged with developing the company’s technology and analytics teams. His expertise and leadership help bring new ideas and innovation to the products Growers Edge partners use to grow their businesses. Jim works to empower an ever-expanding group of software engineers, product managers and data science gurus tasked with bringing our products to life. He’s dedicated to developing a culture of agility, experimentation, and a commitment to deliver customer-centric products driven by modern engineering and development practices. Jim has an extensive background in product engineering, development and training after 30+ years with Fortune 500 company Principal Financial Group. When he’s not hustling at our Johnston headquarters, he and his wife are busy chasing their teenage daughter and son, and raising 50 head of cattle on their farm near Pella, Iowa.

Todd Robran

Director of Sales

Todd Robran has worked as Regional Sales Manager for Growers Edge working with agricultural retailers and partners to help them implement warranty-backed Crop Plans. He currently leads the Commercial team as Director of Sales. Todd’s experience in both information technology and agriculture help him bring unique financial technology solutions to companies looking to expand adoption of new products, technology and sustainability practices.

Trevor Schauenberg

Independent Director, Board Chair

Josh McClung

Cox Enterprises

Steve Allocca

BlueVine

Steve Goldberg

Finistere Ventures

Sachin Gupta

Skyline Global Partners

Sanjeev Krishnan

S2G Ventures

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Josh McClung

Steve Allocca

Steve Goldberg

Sachin Gupta

Sanjeev Krishnan

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