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WCR Staff

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Co-founded WCR in 2008
Robotics & Automation Engineering Technologist
+12 years experience as Lely Service Engineer
Passionate collector of Betty Boop figurines

Brian Rodenburg

Owner & General Manager

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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

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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

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With WCR since 2011
24 Years of Dairy Technician Experience
Electronic Engineering Technician
Proud director of 'ABBA Appreciation Association - BC Chapter

Dallas Culpepper

Milking & Cooling Product Specialist

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With WCR since 2020
Voted 'Most Handsome Picaroon', 2016-2018

Ben Steele

Feed & Barn Product Specialist

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With WCR since 2025
Volunteers as a 'shadow puppet artist' in local senior centers on weekends

Laura Howitson

Project Coordinator

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With WCR since 2018

​May or may not be a Secret Agent.

Donna Rowat

Accounting Assistant

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With WCR since 2012
Web Design & Marketing (sometimes)
Trained Avionics Technician
3-time Winner of Chicago's 'Best Grilled-Cheese Sandwich'

Jesse Wheeler

Project Manager

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With WCR since 2021
Ghost-writer of MTV's Teen Choice Award winning novel 'Unicorn Stepmom'

Jason Jordan

Account Manager

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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

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With WCR since 2019
Degree in Advanced Basket Weaving & Applied Pattern Science

Matthew deGroot

Milking & Cooling Super-Tech

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With WCR since 2024
Degree in Mechanical Engineering
Not as easily distracted by flashing lights

Shane Rutley

Milking & Cooling Technician

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With WCR since 2014
20+ years of dairy farm experience
12+ years of robotic milking service experience
Ironically suffers from Alloioseisiphobia

Jan Jacobs

Account Manager - Okanagan

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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

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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

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With WCR since unknown

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Andrew Kampen

IT & Software Development

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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

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With WCR since 2024
Born and raised on a dairy farm
Once defended his 6th-grade class from a flock of crazed seagulls using only his Transformers lunchbox and a sharpened stick.

Ryan Hatt

Milking & Cooling Technician

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With WCR since 2024
Nathan's Famous International Hot Dog Eating Contest semi-finalist, 2016

Keenan Kohlman

Feed & Barn Technician

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With WCR since 2023
Briefly worked as an Amazonian river guide until being deported due to tax evasion

Tanner Franje-Gilbert

Service & Support - Okanagan

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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"

Brianna Senft

Office Administrator

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