Meet The Team

Another long-time employee at SGI is Bryan Hill. We stress the importance of our employees being “multiple” in their skill sets, and Bryan’s detail-oriented personality allows him to assist in many different areas of our business. He takes pride in maintaining clean barns and outdoor facilities. Most days you can [ … ]

A recent graduate from Iowa State University, Lexie Berry joined our team at the start of 2020. Lexie’s primary role involves assisting international customers with fresh and frozen semen orders. Strong communication skills are essential in this role as we currently ship semen and supplies to over 40 countries all [ … ]

Dave Buse has been working at SGI since the Spring of 2017. Dave’s main role is boar care and collecting semen. Dave strives to follow proper procedures so that SGI can maintain a high-health facility in order to meet customer needs worldwide. You will also find him processing packages for [ … ]

Hunter Shoemaker has been with SGI for three years.  Originally from London, Ohio, he attended Fort Scott Community College and finished his education at Iowa State University.  Hunter’s ability to learn multiple roles in our business has been extremely valuable.  His main focus consists of managing the frozen semen lab [ … ]

Suzette Bartleson has been at SGI for just over five years. Suzette has many years of accounting experience under her belt, and provides leadership in the areas of accounts receivable, accounts payable, human resources and insurance. She also stays busy by serving as a customer service representative. We appreciate the [ … ]

Nate Hemann has been a part of the SGI team for just over one year. Nate’s role at SGI consists of caring for boars and maintaining high herd health in our showpig boars. In order to keep all showpig boars in optimal condition, Nate prioritizes keeping pens and facilities clean, [ … ]

Immediately upon graduation from Iowa State University in May of 2019, Jamie Flynn joined the SGI team.  Jamie provides leadership in both the fresh and frozen semen production labs. One of her primary responsibilities is at the microscope analyzing fresh semen quality.  Jamie helps our team maintain high standards for [ … ]

Shoki Hirano began full-time employment at SGI in the Summer of 2018, after serving as a student intern for two years before graduating from Iowa State University.  Today, Shoki manages the terminal boar barn at the main boar stud.  The combination of Shoki’s industry knowledge and animal husbandry skills ensures [ … ]

A Virginia Tech graduate, Dale Naylor, currently works for us part-time caring for and collecting boars.  Dale’s selfless attitude working with and training others has been instrumental in our business!