Dr. Charles A Hjerpe Fellowship

Jeff Bowman has spent most of his professional career working with dairy farms in several capacities. Jeff currently works for Amp Americas, teaming with some of the most prominent dairy farms in the country creating Renewable Natural Gas from dairy waste. 

Previously he was passionately working to improve cow comfort by designing and implementing ventilation systems to maximize cow health and productivity.  His solutions have been implemented across North America to improve cow environments, with multiple sites producing 125 lbs/day corrected.

Jeff brings a practical knowledge of ventilation systems and barn design, using tools from fluid dynamic analysis to on-site barn testing to find common sense solutions that dairy farmers have been able to utilize for both existing facilities and new construction.

Bachelor of Science, School of Agriculture, Purdue University, West Lafayette, May 2000.

Professional Experience

Director of Asset Management, Amp Americas, March 2024 – Present.

• Oversee Production and Accounting Budgets of Indiana Operations, with a combined 8 dairy farms, representing roughly 36,000 cows.
• Develop cost and impact analysis evaluations to potential facility improvements.  Develop recommendations based on financial and production impacts.
• Assist all teams in diary farm interaction, evaluating and minimizing farm impact of RNG operations
• Supported data analysis across production facilities, providing operational feedback on uptime, plant performance, and tracked compliance related data.
• Supported Operations team to handle corporate related interface, with daily interaction to on site teams.

Director of Business Development, Amp Americas, June 2021 – March 2024.

• Initiated new projects and provided expert guidance on farm-specific inputs across multiple disciplines as the Dairy Development Lead.
• Spearheaded cost projections and financial modeling, collaborating with internal teams to assess economic viability and identify opportunities for improvement.
• Led weekly reporting meetings to update various departments on pipeline activities, coordinating workstreams across multiple teams to advance project analysis.
• Optimized project economics to achieve desired investment returns and ensured revenue sharing with partner farms, overseeing projects from signing to commissioning while fostering team engagement throughout development and construction phases.

Business Development, USA Ag, Trident Processes, September 2020 – May 2021

• Drove business origination efforts nationwide in the USA. Discovered and qualified potential business opportunities, determined solutions, and assessed applications for the product portfolio.
• Detected and cultivated industry partnerships to foster mutually advantageous relationships, driving business growth.
• Independently executed the entire sales cycle, from closing deals to contracting, exclusively for the USA market. Monitored sales opportunities and sales figures against budgets and projections.

Regional Sales Manager, Artex Barn Solutions, December 2018 – September 2020.

• Responsible for direct sales as well as developing a dealer network for sales and support.
• Manage individual sales across the US, with a Midwest Focus. Managed 2-person regional sales team, providing support on customer and product related issues. Assist in the sales process and closing situations as needed.
• Serviced Key Accounts vital to company business. Assisted in large or key deals in cooperation with local territory manager when needed.
• Served on multiple committees throughout the company, advising on dealer development projects, new product initiatives, and sales process improvement.
• Developed personal relationships with key dairy producers across the US market.  Extensive network of industry peers and collaboration partners.

Territory Sales Manager, Artex Barn Solutions, March 2015 – December 2018.

• Sales territory encompassing 16 state area, with additional assistance and support provided US wide.
• Trained and developed new sales team members, providing support and technical expertise.  Assisted new team members in strategy and development of their own territory.
• Published industry articles through trade magazines and networked at key industry events.
• Grew sales within region with month over month sales growth, identifying and closing new small to medium projects within region.

Sales Representative, Great Lakes Waterproofing, March 2010 – March 2015.

• Built Chicago market from ground level to top-performing territory, achieving rapid year-to-year increases in market share.
• Sold and managed record-breaking contract, generating half of company revenue within 12 months.
• Self-managed position, independently scheduling and tracking leads, and diligently following up on all prospects.
• Secured long-term and repeat business with municipalities, developers, and construction firms.

Owner, New Creations Landscape, 1999 – 2010.

• Founded full-service landscape business contracting firm; Managed up to 16 on-staff employees.
• Met with all customers and developed long term relationships and strong repeat customer base.
• Compiled pricing data and formulas, exclusively conducted all functions of estimating and sales, maintained a successful closing ratio even when high bidder.