Topcon names Schildroth new agriculture manager

Topcon Positioning Systems has named Rhett Schildroth agriculture products marketing manager. Schildroth will help lead Topcon’s efforts in the areas of machine control and precision farming, says Jamie Williamson, senior vice president for sales and marketing, Topcon. “TPS is refocusing its efforts and energy on promoting the products we have – and will have in the future – that make farming practices more productive,” says Williamson.

Schildroth is the former supervisor of program management with the John Deere Company, and holds a bachelor’s degree in mechanical engineering and an MBA from Iowa State and the University of Iowa.