Lely
Donny Gieskens serves as the Head of Field Support Digital Farming at Lely, where responsibilities include managing the Digital Operations Center and spearheading digital transformation efforts within the dairy farming sector. Previously, Donny held the position of Chief Technology Officer at Evoked Capital, focusing on investments in innovative start-ups. Donny's extensive experience also includes managerial roles in IT Innovation and Cloud Competence at Van Oord, as well as significant leadership positions at Microsoft, overseeing various IT teams and projects. Donny is the founder and chairman of Stichting Veilig Online, which aims to combat cybercrime by promoting internet safety. Education includes advanced degrees in law, leadership, management, and internet security from respected institutions.
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As an international family business in the agricultural sector, we spend every day making farmers’ lives easier with innovative solutions and tailored services. We offer solutions for almost all activities in the cowshed: from milking to cleaning. We provide advice on how to organise a dairy farm smartly with the use of management systems. Our vision and the needs and demands of our clients are the things that drive and inspire us. Something we do since 1948, in this year brothers Cornelis en Arij van der Lely introduced the finger wheel rake to the market. One of our first inventions that made a substantial change in the traditional way of working on the farm. There were many more innovations with only one purpose making agrarian life easier and working together for a sustainable, profitable and enjoyable future in the agricultural sector.