#36 Andy Syrcle (USAF) – Raven Industries

“We’re probably at the most pivotal point in agriculture, since we went from horse and plows to tractors”

Our guest this week is Andy Syrcle – Strategic Initiatives Manager with Raven Industries – a leader in precision ag, aerospace, and defense technologies.

Andy’s role with Raven is to help guide them into new and promising markets through analysis, intelligence, and customer relationships. Since 1956, Raven has designed, produced, and delivered solutions to the agricultural market, earning a reputation as an industry leader in autonomous technology.

In this episode, we get into:

• His family’s struggles growing up on a farm in the late 1980s
• Ten years and a lifetime’s worth of experience as a linguist in the USAF
• The current state of automation in agriculture and his thoughts on what the future holds
• How Andy has translated his skills from the military to a place like Raven