Dec 8, 2016Ryan Bartlett joins Compass Minerals
Ryan Bartlett, Ph.D., has joined Compass Minerals as vice president of innovation and product development. In this new position, Bartlett will be responsible for building a research and development team for the company’s plant nutrition division, anchoring its operations in a new North America research facility near the company’s headquarters in Overland Park, Kansas.
Bartlett comes to Compass Minerals from Monsanto, where he spent nine years. In his most recent position as global technology development innovation lead, he was responsible for the development of global commercial field testing and innovation strategy, including the assessment of new technology from third parties.
Bartlett also led the evolution of the Monsanto field testing network to meet the needs of a more diversified product pipeline and provided strategic leadership for growth platforms such as biologicals and precision agriculture. Prior to this position, he led global technology development for seed-applied solutions, global corn emerging technology and U.S. product development for specialty crops. He earned a doctorate in biochemistry and a Bachelor’s of Science in genetics from the University of Kansas.
