Wysocki Family of Companies
Mike Grove has extensive experience in database administration, system architecture, and software development. Currently serving as a DBA/System Architect at Wysocki Family Companies since July 2011, Mike manages SQL Server installations and architects integration solutions. Prior roles include Principal at PMB Tech, where Mike provided a range of freelance services, and SQL Developer at Sentry Insurance, responsible for migrating billions of rows of data. Mike has also held positions as Principal Software Engineer at Adaptive Micro Systems, Senior Application Developer at Johnson Controls, Manager at Ratewatch, and Developer at Seritis. Mike's education includes studies at the Georgia Institute of Technology from 1979 to 1981.
Wysocki Family of Companies
The Wysocki Family of Companies (WFC) is a rapidly growing, family-owned, agricultural production (Wysocki Produce Farm), packaging (Paragon Potato Farms), marketing, and sales organization (RPE). Employing 400-plus people in eight states, WFC sells potatoes and onions nationwide. We call central Wisconsin home, with our headquarters in Bancroft, our farm offices in Plainfield and Nekoosa, and potato packaging facilities in Bancroft and Plover. Wysocki Produce Farm, Inc. (WPF) our multi-county farming operation that plants and harvests nearly 30,000 acres of a variety of crops including potatoes, corn, beans, peas, alfalfa with technologically advanced equipment and processes (irrigation, field sensors, computerized modeling, planting, and harvesting). Paragon Potato Farms, Inc. (PF) – our packaging and storage team, stores, cleans, grades, sorts, packages, and ships potatoes to our customers to meet their requirements; individually wrapped, large selections of bags, boxes/cartons, and bulk. RPE, Inc. is our sales and marketing team, with sales locations in Wisconsin, Colorado, Florida, Georgia, Idaho, Illinois, Texas, and Washington. The sales team sells fresh potatoes to retail, wholesale, foodservice, and processing markets in the U.S., Canada, and Mexico. The marketing team coordinates all of our social media activities as well as developing sales presentations and market information for our sales team and customers. We are a family company with family culture and family values.