About Us

Meet our Team

Our multidisciplinary team of specialists is making high-tech breeding a reality for specialty crop and animal breeders.

USDA-ARS

Ed Buckler

Ed Buckler

Principal Investigator

Jean-Luc Jannink

Jean-Luc Jannink

Co-Principal Investigator

Tim Rinehart

Tim Rinehart

Office of National Programs

Amanda Hulse-Kemp

Amanda Hulse-Kemp

BI OnRamp Director

Cornell University

Moira Sheehan headshot

Director

Craig Beil headshot

Breeding Coordinator

Tim Parsons headshot

Lead Software Developer

Headshot, Kirsten Richardson

Executive Assistant

Headshot, Rebecca Cubitt

Breeding Support Specialist

Vanessa Greenlee headshot

Communications and Training Lead

Headshot, Tyr Weisner Hanks

Biometrics Coordinator

Dongyan Zhao headshot

Genomics Coordinator

headshot of Meng Lin

Bioinformatics Coordinator

headshot of Alexandra M Casa

Breeding Data Curator

headshot of Xuemei Tang

Breeding Data Coordinator

Shawn Yarnes headshot

Product Owner

Heather Sweeney headshot

Software Developer

Nick Palladino headshot

Software Developer

headshot of Dave Meidlinger

Software Developer

Headshot, Dave Phillips

Software Developer

headshot of Shahana Mustafa

Quality Assurance Specialist

Technical Steering Board

Phil Simon

Scott Jackson

Allen Van Deynze

Margaret Worthington

Steve Rounsley

Pete Cyr

Gina Brown-Guedira

Steve Larson

Ed Buckler

Jean-Luc Jannink

Tim Rinehart

Moira Sheehan

Careers

Species aren’t the only thing we’re breeding at Breeding Insight. We are also expanding our dynamic, multidisciplinary team of specialists.