Kara Annand

Founder & CEO

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Kara Annand combines her passion for farming with a drive for innovation in agriculture. Raised on a farm in Southern Saskatchewan, she earned a degree from the University of Saskatchewan's College of Agriculture in 2001. With over 20 years as an agronomist, she has guided farmers in optimizing crop production and now leads a team of agronomists at Ag Grow Consulting.

Motivated to streamline agronomy, Kara and her team created AgScouter, a groundbreaking tool she uses daily to improve agricultural decision-making. Her hands-on expertise and dedication to supporting farmers establish her as a leader in agricultural technology.

Jill Sharko

​Product Manager

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Jill has been collaborating closely with agronomists for the past 15 years. Her journey in this field began as an administrator at Cavalier Agrow in Meota, SK. In 2014, she and her family moved back to her husband's mixed family farm in Carrot River, where she began working with Ag Grow Consulting. When Ag Grow Consulting sought an improved reporting solution for their agronomy team, Jill became an integral part of the team that transformed the AgScouter project from a simple concept into the seamless field management app it is today. She takes great pride in working with the team on app updates and providing support to both new and long-time AgScouter users.​

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AgScouter customers benefit from Jill's personalized service, with direct access to her for any questions or assistance—no impersonal call centers, just dedicated, hands-on support.

Travis Grey

Lead Senior Developer​

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Travis grew up in Aylsham near Nipawin, SK where his family has been grain farming for generations. He spent his early years working on the farm, which sparked his interest in the intersection of technology and agriculture. After earning a Bachelor of Science in Computer Science at the University of Saskatchewan in 2017, he pursued his Master of Science degree there as well, focusing on agricultural applications. His projects included analyzing plant traits through drone imagery of test plots, among other things. In 2024, he took on the role of Developer at AgScouter Agronomy.

 

Travis is excited to bring innovative solutions to our agronomists and farmers, helping to make AgScouter the best tool possible for their businesses and farm operations.

Josh Kocur

Senior Developer​

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Josh started a Bsc. in computer science in 2015 at the University of Saskatchewan. Between his 3rd and fourth years of study, he took an internship with Agriculture and Agrifood Canada. That internship sparked a lifelong passion for the intersection of agriculture and technology. Upon completing his Bsc., he was hired by the Computer Science department at the University of Saskatchewan to advance their automated phenotyping platform. In the years since, Josh has had his hand in many ag-tech related cookie jars. Creating automations for genotyping, visualization tools for time series data, as well as maintaining a platform for scalable genetic analysis.

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Josh is most excited to bring his years of ag-tech knowledge from academia and research to industry. His passion for detail, scale and excellence will all be leveraged in service of making AgScouter the most intuitive, usable and reliable platform for Farmers and Agronomists.