Fieldbot’s management team comprises experienced professionals with deep expertise in mechanized irrigation, agricultural technology, and irrigation systems and infrastructure.

 

Kevin Abts – Fieldbot Founder & CEO

Frontier operator, vision-maker, and content thinker with a successful background spanning systems engineering, technology development, product design, sales and marketing, strategic planning, and technical writing across mechanized irrigation, with multiple issued patents, published articles, and award-winning products.

• Founder with extensive experience in mechanized irrigation and agricultural technology.
• Co-founded CropMetrics (industry-first VRI Rx software platform, acquired by CropX).
• Inventor of FieldSENTRY (acquired by Lindsay Corporation and renamed Lindsay FieldNET).
• Bachelor of Science and Master of Science degrees in aerospace engineering.

 

Gary Kaplan – Fieldbot COO & CFO

Extensive corporate experience managing major infrastructure projects and technology-services businesses.

• Background in irrigation systems and infrastructure.
• Former VP Market Services at Lindsay Corporation.
• Head of Lindsay FieldNET leadership and product launch.
• Master of Business Administration and accounting degrees.