Technology sector veteran will support urban-gro’s enterprise customers with comprehensive agricultural solutions to delivery high-performance cultivation facilities in the evolving cannabis marketplace
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
Lafayette, Colo., (May 17, 2019) – urban-gro, Inc., a cannabis-focused leading agricultural solutions and technology company that works with commercial cultivators around the world, announced the appointment of Dan Atkinson to the role of Director of Enterprise Sales. In his role, Dan will build and manage relationships with enterprise cultivators, tailoring agricultural solutions for the delivery of high-performance facilities.
With a background in technology and sales, Dan brings over 20 years of experience in strategic partnership development, optimizing businesses for operational efficiency, and development of IT solutions. Before joining urban-gro, he founded a service company offering distributed virtual desktop technologies, co-founded one of the country’s leading Managed Services Providers (MSP), and assisted many other companies in driving sales and marketing efforts to increase overall revenue and profitability.
“As we strategically position our company to gain traction in the global marketplace for automated cultivation systems and technology, it is vital to have someone with expertise in technology systems to support our customers,” said Brad Nattrass, CEO of urban-gro. “Dan's background lends itself well to support our enterprise clients with strategic planning for high-performance cultivation facilities.”
”It’s an exciting time to be a part of the rapidly evolving cannabis industry and urban-gro. As the company continues to expand its agricultural and technology solutions, I am looking forward to fostering relationships with our largest cultivator clients throughout North America in order to optimize their facilities and improve operational efficiency,” said Mr. Atkinson.
ABOUT URBAN-GRO
urban-gro is a leading systems integrator and agriculture technology firm focused on serving commercial cultivators around the world. The company’s ag tech division, Soleil Technologies, delivers data-driven micro climate intelligence using high-density sense and control technology to improve crop quality, consistency, and operational efficacies. urban-gro helps cultivators achieve sustainable scalability via innovative solutions that drive down costs, increase economic yield and reduce environmental impact. By combining its design and integration services, industry-leading suite of cultivation equipment and crop management products, and proprietary technology solutions, urban-gro provides integrated solutions for today’s commercial cannabis cultivators to efficiently manage and optimize their cultivation operations. urban-gro is recognized as one of the cannabis industry’s fastest growing systems integration and agricultural technology companies. Visit urban-gro.com and soleiltech.ag to learn more. Follow us on Instagram, Facebook, Twitter and LinkedIn.
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