"The biggest gap in this industry isn't how much data we have, it's how far that data sits from the fish health manager," Manolin's new Country Lead in Chile claimed.
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Manolin announced yesterday the appointment of Agustín Piña as its new Country Lead in Chile. The Norwegian-US aquaculture data intelligence company said that, as its first employee based in the country, he will lead the commercial and partnership work in the Chilean salmon farming sector.
Piña, who will be based in Chile, will work closely and directly with producers, suppliers and researchers to expand adoption of Manolin's platforms Watershed—for farms—and Harpoon—for suppliers—in the region.
About its new Country Lead in Chile, Manolin highlighted that he is a veterinarian by training with a background spanning aquaculture genetics and biotech product management, including work with genetic improvement programs for Chilean salmon and trout producers.
In addition, he also regularly writes about topics related to data in aquaculture and has a following among farm operators and suppliers throughout the Chilean industry.
"We're excited at the opportunity to expand the work that we do around the world to support more customers as they become more data-driven in today's rapidly evolving digital landscape," said Tony Chen, CEO of Manolin.
"As a veterinarian, Agustín has a unique blend of biological and advanced analytical understanding that is critical for many of the challenges facing modern farms. Chile is one of the largest salmon-producing markets in the world, and we're glad to have him leading our work there," he added.
As the aquaculture data intelligence company highlighted in its release, Chile is the world's second-largest salmon producer—last year salmon was its second-largest export and undisputed leader of the country's non-mining exports—so its farms generate the same kind of fragmented and difficult-to-compare data that Manolin was created to work with.
This involves production records, treatment history, and environmental data spread across systems that don't communicate with each other. Manolin's platform brings together the most important information from across the farm and then makes it actionable, helping fish farms and suppliers manage risk, improve fish health, and make faster, more confident decisions.
"I've said for years that the biggest gap in this industry isn't how much data we have, it's how far that data sits from the fish health manager. Data continues to build, but pulling clear insight out of fragmented systems is still a struggle when it comes to answering questions in real time," said for this part Agustín Piña.
"Closing that distance is the part of the job I care about most, and that's the work I'm excited to keep doing in Chile with Manolin," the aquaculture data intelligence company's new Country Lead in Chile concluded, thus pointing out the way he intends to take in his new position.
