With more than 40 years of experience in ag lending, Bill is no stranger to trends in agriculture.
He has held senior leadership positions with AgriBank, one of Farm Credit’s largest banks serving farmers in 15 states, as well as CNH Capital where he supported Case and New Holland agriculture and construction sales.
Bill got his start growing up on his family dairy farm in Lake Geneva, Wisconsin.
Bill York
Chairman of the Board
Banking is in Keir’s blood.
He was raised in Dalhart, Texas where his family operated a community bank – serving local farmers.
With experience in everything from commercial and investment banking to private equity and mergers and acquisitions, Keir brings a diversified wealth of banking experience to FarmOp Capital and helps the team look through a different lens. Keir’s professional experience includes positions with Moody’s and Bank of America Merrill Lynch.
Keir Renick
Chief Executive Officer
Technological advances in agriculture are not new to Darwin.
He’s been helping provide them for more than 20 years.
In fact, Darwin’s most recent venture helped to revolutionize the buying and selling of farm equipment. Iron Solutions – now Trimble - provided equipment dealers with pricing, risk management, residual value management and more.
Darwin’s dedication to bringing solutions to farmers can be traced back to his roots, growing up on a grain farm in western Canada.
In addition to his role at FarmOp, Darwin serves as an Outside Director for the Western Equipment Dealers Association
Darwin Melnyk
Chief Technology Officer
What do you get when you combine an animated, talkative, financially-driven professional with someone who conscientiously considers all the variables farmers have to deal with? Well, Chris.
He helps lead our credit operations and pulls in his experience with US Bank and CoBank to do it.
Chris’s experience in agriculture credit analysis from traditional lenders informs his review of credit applications for FarmOp customers.
Chris is originally from Coon Rapids, Minnesota.
Chris Armstrong
Chief Credit Officer
With broad capital markets and asset-backed lending experience, Katie brings a strong entrepreneurial spirit to her role with FarmOp.
She enjoys developing better, more streamlined processes in lending to ultimately improve efficiencies and drive lower cost of capital.
She joins FarmOp after 25 years of experience, most recently with the Blackstone Residential Trust.
With farm family ties in southern Minnesota, Katie feels FarmOp’s moral compass – to provide better products and solutions to farmers – at a personal level.
Katie Damberg
Chief Financial Officer
Looking to join our expanding team with a fresh lens on ag lending?