Congrats to Lisa Herron-Olson

Lisa-Herron Olson from Syntiron (Syntiron’s COO) has been honored by The Minneapolis/St. Paul Business Journal as one of 40 business leaders under the age of 40 who has demonstrated outstanding professional achievement. Congratulations Lisa!

Link to read more: http://www.bizjournals.com/twincities/news/2017/01/24/first-round-of-2017-40-under-40-honorees-named.html

Ag Forte Farm Manager Appreciation Lunch

The photo below shows a group of our Ag Forte North Division farm managers and Craig Frederick, North Division Operations Manager, with their awards from a recent Appreciation Luncheon. The awards ranged from production goals, to employee loyalty, to appearance and cleanliness of the farm. The managers were also treated to lunch and other timely discussion topics to round out a fun afternoon celebrating all of their hard work. Congratulations to these managers and the rest of their team for a job well done every day!

In the photo – top row: Jorge Umana Mayen, Craig Frederick, Htoo Gay, Eric Lozano, Juan Carlos Alicea bottom row: Joe Talberg, Plow Htoo

Fox Visitors

MinnWest recently had visitors on the campus and Matt Fuchs, Associate Scientist at Epitopix, was able to capture some great shots outside of Epitopix.

Congrats Jereme Hutton

Jereme Hutton, Prairie View Farm Mgr., has accepted the position of “Breeder Serviceman” at Ag Forte. Jereme will be replacing Tom Fix when he retires in March. Jereme has already begun transitioning/training.

Congratulations Barb

Barb Ruter (Accounts Payable for LSI Accounting) celebrated 25 years with the company on Sunday, February 5^th.

Congratulations Lynette

Lynette Gregory (Accounts Payable Supervisor for LSI Accounting) celebrated 30 years with the company in January.

Congratulations Lauri

Lauri Williams (Poult Service Tech for Ag Forte in MO) celebrates 15 years with the company with a YOS gift.

Congratulations Wes

Wes (Daniel) VanderSpek (IT Support at Ag Forte in MO) celebrates 15 years with the company with a YOS gift.

Congratulations Patrick

Patrick Kingery (Back Crew worker at Ag Forte in MO) celebrates 10 years with the company with a YOS gift.

Congratulations Andy

Andy Glimsdahl (Maintenance Supervisor for Willmar Logistics in Willmar MN) celebrates 5 years with the company with a YOS gift.

 

Congratulations Steve

Steve Strom (Farm Maintenance Mechanic for Willmar Logistics in Willmar MN) celebrates 5 years with the company with a YOS gift.

Congratulations Maria

Maria Argueta de Solis (Poult Service Tech for Ag Forte in VA) celebrates 5 years with the company with a YOS gift.

New Baby

Congratulations Michael (Scrum Master & DBA for Business Systems at Nova-Tech Engineering) and Michelle Markiewicz on the birth of their son Joseph Adam Markiewicz. Born: January 26th, weighed: 7 lbs 3 oz. 20 inches long. Joseph is welcomed home by his brothers Elijah & Jonathan.

 

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HR/Employee Services

The Human Resources/Employee Services Team specializes in benefits and payroll, compliance and policy, employee relations, legal compliance, and company & employee overall well-being. We are located on the first floor of Life-Science Innovations on the MinnWest campus at 1800 Technology Drive. We look forward to working with you!

Please message us via email at employee.services@life-scienceinnovations.com or give us a call at

320.222.9515 or 888.320.9750 extension 2515

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Tech Tips & Tricks

Brought to you from the Life-Science Innovations IT department.

 

Snap Assist on Windows 10

To snap a desktop window, left-click its window title bar, hold your mouse down, and then drag it to either the left or right edges of your screen.

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Recruiting Corner

Keep the Referrals Coming into the New Year!!

 

Recruiting is off to a busy start in 2017!!   We’d like to remind you of a couple of things:

OUR EMPLOYMENT PAGE ONLINE IS UPDATED WEEKLY!  

You do not have to wait for the next update to come out to find out the positions and opportunities we have available across all of our affiliate companies.  Just hop online and check out http://life-scienceinnovations.com/employment.  Each position will include a summary of the opportunity, and describe the experience and qualifications we’re ideally looking for in an applicant.  If you or someone you know is interested, please send us an email note with attached resume AND a short cover letter or a note to share with us WHY you have interest and believe you are a fit!

 

WE ACCEPT AND APPRECIATE YOUR REFERRALS!   TO REFER AND RECEIVE CREDIT FOR YOUR REFERRAL:

1. Send a direct email message to the Recruiter listed on the job posting, with your referral’s cover letter and resume attached.

OR

2.  Send your referral to the website to apply online at http://life-scienceinnovations.com/employment/  **Please make sure they include your name in the ‘How did you hear about this opportunity?’ question in the online form, or in their attached cover letter and resume.

Successful referrals are eligible for a referral bonus, depending upon the position and affiliate, so please contact me directly if you have any questions about the referral program!

Have a great week!

– Michelle Falling, MN Affiliates Recruiting Specialist

Openings

Current status of all organizational openings.

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Welcome New Employees

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Employee Count

As of 02/27/17 we have 1821 employees