Vet and nutritionist joins Zinpro's US sales team
US trace minerals producer, Zinpro, has hired Julian Casas as an account manager within its US sales team, where he will focus on the dairy industry in central and northern California.
Casas recently worked as a technical service consultant for a bovine genetics company. Prior to that, he worked as a veterinarian and nutritionist, as well as a veterinary technician, said Zinpro.
He has a doctoral degree in veterinary medicine from the National University of Colombia in Bogotá, and a master's degree in preventative veterinary medicine from the University of California – Davis.
The firm has also recruited Octavio Mendivil as an account manager within its US sales team, who will look after southern California and Arizona beef, dairy and equine sectors as well as manufactured feed sales.
For the past six years, he has worked as a research coordinator for the University of Arizona School of Animal and Comparative Biomedical Sciences in Tuscon.