NOVUS adds feed mill expert to methionine team
Novus International Inc announced that it has added Michaela Braun to its methionine team serving customers in North America.
Braun has joined the company as senior liquid systems and sales specialist. In this role, she is responsible for the automated inventory management system (AIMS) located on the sites of customers using that supplier’s liquid source of methionine, its ALIMET supplement.
She will also provide feed mill technical support for the company’s sales teams in the US and Canada.
Hands-on experience while earning her bachelor’s and master’s degrees in feed science and management at Kansas State University (KSU) cemented Braun’s career in animal agriculture, according to Novus.
Prior to joining Novus, Braun served as a feed manufacturing consultant with NutriQuest Manufacturing Services where she provided customers with insight on all aspects of the feed manufacturing process from drafting regulatory plans to overseeing process improvement projects.
She also managed the Feed Technology Center at the University of Illinois (U of I) where she coordinated the new center’s initial startup, including training all employees and student workers.
Novus regional methionine sales manager, Bobby Crowe, says Braun’s experience is valuable for NOVUS as the company’s methionine customers. She said her education and training at KSU and her practical experience in feed manufacturing at U of I make her a “natural fit” for this role at Novus. “She can relate to what feed manufacturers are working to accomplish every day and can help them find solutions not only to items related to the application of liquid methionine but other components of the feed manufacturing process as well.”