Apr 15, 2021

Certis USA names global VP of marketing 

Chris Judd has joined the Certis USA leadership team as global vice president of marketing, the company announced April 15.

Judd previously worked in marketing roles at BASF and Novozymes where he led global growth and asset management in bringing new products to market and evaluating existing assets for maximum value proposition, according to a news release from Certis.

Certis President and CEO Amy O’Shea said that with Judd’s expertise, the company “will be able to provide even more answers to growers across a variety of crop categories and position our continued innovation to address customers’ future needs even more quickly.”

Judd will begin his role at Certis immediately and will be based in the Columbia, Maryland headquarters, according to the news release.

“Biological solutions are increasingly becoming more integral to growers who need more tools than ever to protect their crops, their investments and their livelihoods,” Judd said in the news release. “Being able to bring my experience to Certis to help them manage the products they already have and the innovation they have pioneered over two decades is an honor. I am glad to be able to serve growers and the global food supply chain in this way.”

Certis USA develops, manufactures and markets a line of biopesticide products sold in over 50 countries today for use in specialty agricultural, horticultural and the home-and-garden markets.