WCR Staff
Brian Rodenburg
Owner & General Manager
Co-founded WCR in 2008
Robotics & Automation Engineering Technologist
+12 years experience as Lely Service Engineer
Passionate collector of Betty Boop figurines
With WCR since 2013
Process & logistics specialist
Fluent in all 5 main languages of Star Trek
Jeff deGroot
Operations Manager
Jesse Wheeler
Project Manager
With WCR since 2012
Web Design & Marketing
Trained Avionics Technician
3-time Winner of Chicago's 'Best Grilled-Cheese Sandwich'
With WCR since 2020
Also known as 'Milky Mitch'
Famous in Japan as the beloved 'Uncle Smiley' in the 90's hit sitcom '愚かな帽子'
Mitch McCormick
Account Manager
With WCR since unknown
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Andrew Kampen
IT & Software Development
With WCR since 2017
Degree in Farm Management Technologies from McGill
8 Years as a Dairy Adviser in the Ottawa Valley
Crippling fear of sideburns
Denis Langlois
FMS Specialist
With WCR since 2011
14 Years of Dairy Technician Experience
Electronic Engineering Technician
Proud director of 'ABBA Appreciation Association - BC Chapter'
Dallas Culpepper
Milking & Cooling
Product Specialist
With WCR since 2019
Degree in Advanced Basket Weaving & Applied Pattern Science
Matt deGroot
Milking & Cooling
Super-Tech
With WCR since 2011
Over 15 years working in the dairy industry
Uncanny ability to determine a garment's thread count with only a glance
Doug Lennie
Route Sales
With WCR since 2012
Bachelor of Applied Science, Bio Resource Engineering Professional Engineer Certificate; 20+ years of automation industry experience
Easily distracted by flashing lights
Scott Rutley
Service Manager
With WCR since 2023
Trained technician from Lely in the Netherlands
3rd place ribbon at 2021 'Eend Eend Gans' national championship
Giel van Gorp
Milking & Cooling
Service Technician
With WCR since 2020
Voted 'Most Handsome Picaroon', 2016-2018
Ben Steele
Feed & Barn Products
Product Specialist
With WCR since 2021
Ghost-writer of MTV's Teen Choice Award winning novel 'Unicorn Stepmom'
Jason Jordan
Account Manager
With WCR since 2022
Grew up on a local dairy farm
Award-winning author of "Laugh-Tracks: A Comprehensive Guide to 90's Sitcoms"
Cheryl Hoogendoorn
FMS & Marketing
With WCR since 2020
Spent 7 years in Italy as a Master Sommelier
Finds the concept of 'elbows' hilarious
Jordan Mcadie
Feeding & Barn Products
Service Technician
With WCR since 2021
Mechanical Engineering & Material Sciences degrees
15 years of building automation experience. 5 years as an executive overseeing capital asset management.
Finds your lack of faith disturbing.
Ken McPhee
Sales & Service - Vancouver Island
With WCR since 2022
5 yrs as BC Senior Field Manager
at FTC Innovation
2 yrs as the character 'Groot' for PrincessParty.com
Cameron Huestis
Milking & Cooling
Service Technician
With WCR since 2023
Briefly worked as an Amazonian river guide until being deported due to tax evasion.
Tanner Franje-Gilbert
Service & Support - Okanagan
With WCR since 2022
Executive Administration Diploma
Does a near-perfect Christopher Walken impression
Liz Maccutcheon
Assistant to General Manager
With WCR since 2022
Trying hard not to giggle at the word "collywobble"
Kevin Coers
Feeding & Barn Products
Service Technician
With WCR since 2022
2 Years in Residential as draftsman
Beginning to understand the horrific outcomes of AI-generated images
Austin Grabas
Draftsman
With WCR since 2018
May or may not be a Secret Agent.
Donna Rowat
Accounting Assistant
With WCR since 2023
15 Years of Administrative Experience
Co-author of radical environmental article 'Using near‐term forecasts and uncertainty partitioning to inform prediction of oligotrophic lake cyanobacterial density'
Holly Ewing
Accounting Administrator
With WCR since 2018
CPA, CMA with a Bachelor of Business Administration in Accounting
Worked in accounting for over 21 years
Makes a mean tuna casserole
Matthew Chesham
Director of Finance
With WCR since 2022
Administrative Assistant Diploma
Worked 8 years as AR/AP Admin Assistant at G&G Brands
Once performed stand-up comedy during the short-lived talk show "Brand X with Russell Brand"