Dr. Martin Mendez-Costabel, Geospatial Data Asset Team Lead at
Bayer Crop Science delivered the keynote address at virtual Illinois GIS Day on 18 November 2020.
Dr. Costabel holds an agronomy degree (BSc) from the
National University of Uruguay, and two Viticulture degrees, one from
The University of California at Davis (MSc) and the other from The
University of Adelaide in Australia (PhD). He has worked for over a
decade in the agricultural sector covering a wide range of precision
agriculture-related roles, including data scientist and GIS Manager for
E&J Gallo Winery in California. Dr. Mendez-Costabel currently leads
the geospatial data asset team at Bayer’s Products and Engineering
organization within the IT department, where he drives the engineering
and adoption of global geospatial data assets for the enterprise.
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