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Our Vegetable Team
Steve Wiley
General Manager/COO
Email:
swiley@takii.com
Office:
831-443-4901
Steve is a long-time professional in the vegetable seed industry. He has 34 years of combined experience at Monsanto Vegetable…
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Keiji Nakamori
Assistant General Manager
Email:
knakamori@takii.com
Office:
831-756-7088
Mobile:
831-484-4547
Keiji is from Osaka, Japan and graduated from the Faculty of Business, Osaka City University with a Bachelor of Business…
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Kimberly Kuden
Head of Sales and Product Development, Vegetable, North America
Email:
kkuden@takii.com
Office:
831-756-7053
Mobile:
805-441-0221
Kimberly has an accomplished history in the vegetable seed industry in North America. She has a Bachelor of Science degree…
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Jerry Vosti
National Vegetable Sales Manager and Marketing
Email:
jvosti@takii.com
Office:
831-756-7055
Mobile:
831-214-9122
Jerry has more than 38 years of sales experience in the vegetable seed industry. At Takii he is responsible for…
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Trace Pafford
Western Technical Vegetable Sales Manager
Email:
tpafford@takii.com
Mobile:
559-326-3545
Trace is the primary contact for seed dealers in the Central Valley, Nevada and the Pacific Northwest. He also manages…
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Mitchell Young
Eastern Technical Sales Manager
Email:
myoung@takii.com
Mobile:
585-935-7016
Mobile:
603-393-3448
Most of Mitch’s agricultural education came from his father (a Cornell Cooperative Extension agent for 25 years).During college he worked…
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Jose Solorzano
Research Station Manager, Yuma, Arizona
Email:
jsolorzano@takii.com
Mobile:
928-341-0434
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Mobile:
928-446-2024
Jose has been with American Takii for over twelve years. He oversees Takii’s Research Station in Yuma. He is also…
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Manuel Jimenez
National Product Development Manager
Email:
mjimenez@takii.com
Office:
831-756-7058
Mobile:
831-578-8240
Manuel has been at Takii since 2005. Prior to that he worked a combined 24 years at Dole Fresh Vegetables…
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Julia Paul
Email:
jpaul@takii.com
Office:
831-756-7056
Julia has been with American Takii for more than 15 years and provides marketing support for both the flower and…
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Yukie Benech
Vegetable Customer Service Manager
Email:
ybenech@takii.com
Office:
831-443-4901
Yukie began her career with Takii after graduating from California State University, Fresno and has experience working in several areas…
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Silvia Escalera
Vegetable Customer Service
Email:
sescalera@takii.com
office:
831-443-4901
Silvia has been at Takii for almost 17 years; she started as a Flower Sales Assistant and later moved to…
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