Dr. Martin Mendez-Costabel
Head of Location Services, Bayer CropScience
Dr. Mendez-Costabel holds an agronomy degree (BSc) from the National University of Uruguay, and two Viticulture degrees, one from The University of California at Davis (MSc) and the other from The University of Adelaide in Australia (PhD). He has worked over twelve years in the agricultural sector covering a wide range of precision agriculture-related roles, including data scientist and GIS Manager for E&J Gallo Winery in California. Currently Dr. Mendez-Costabel leads the geospatial data asset team at Bayer’s Products and Engineering organization within the IT department, where he drives the engineering and adoption of global geospatial data assets for the enterprise.