FarmPlace is Ploughman Analytics's latest product line for the food and ag industries. Ploughman Analytics offers Geography-as-a-Service products to bring the FarmPlace provides the Power of Place to agribusinesses. We understand that decisions about place are among the most important decisions anyone makes.
Our Leadership
Dr. Charles Linville, President Charlie Linville grew up farming in West Central Ohio. He has held positions with International Business Machines, the Consortium for International Earth Science Information Network, American University, Archer Daniels Midland, and the University of Illinois, where he directed the Corporate Roundtable. He has taught in university departments of computer science and information systems, environmental studies and public administration, and library and information science. He has presented on a variety of topics before audiences at the National Academy of Sciences, the United States Institute for Peace, Harvard University, Johns Hopkins University, Stanford University, Caltech, and the Federal Reserve Bank of Cleveland.
Dr. Deborah Swanson, Senior Scientist Dr. Swanson joined Ploughman Analytics in January 2010. She previously held research positions at the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, the National Human Genome Research Institute of the NIH, and Johns Hopkins University. Dr. Swanson has Bachelor degrees in Biology and Computer Science from Brown University and a Ph.D. in Human Genetics and Molecular Biology from Johns Hopkins.
