Our Team

	Peter Floyd, Managing Director eCOGENT is the brainchild of Peter Floyd, and is the result of his lifetime of experience in farming, agricultural research, advisory work and consulting. In the early 90s Peter realised that there must be a better way of farming than producing more and more for less and less. Observing how the most successful city businesses optimised their profitability through strategic management, he adapted their methods to suit pastoral farming....		Gillian Floyd, Administration Manager Gillian worked at Ruakura for many years as a research technician and has a thorough grounding in agricultural research as well as practical farming. She helped Peter develop and run their dairy and deer farms, and later set up and managed the office for their business partnership....
	Cheryl Brooks, Office Administrator After working for seven years as an administrator for the not for profit sector. Cheryl then worked on several contracts for the University of Waikato as an Administrator and assisting students with enrolment. Cheryl has Bachelor of Arts in Screen and Media Studies. As the Office Administrator she will be assisting the Information Managers and updating the website....		Yirui (Esther) Wang, Information Manager Esther came to New Zealand in 2005 and completed her BMS (Hon) degree from Waikato with a double major in Information System Management and Supply Chain Management. During her study, she maintained an administration role in a cattle breeding organisation. Before joining eCOGENT, she was a translator. She is currently studying French in her spare time....
	Richard Bentley Richard is specialist writer in agriculture and science. Born with gumboots on, he was raised on a dairy farm and spent his teens helping his father break in a sheep and cattle property in lower Northland....		Joshua Brungar

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