Jonathan Palé

About Jonathan Palé

I’ve cracked the code of designing, engineering, manufacturing, and servicing personally customized and made-to-order controlled environment agriculture (CEA) equipment right here in the USA.How did I achieve this?Through decades of cultivating partnerships and relationships with suppliers, both domestic and abroad; drawing upon my extensive multi-disciplinary engineering expertise; and embracing the invaluable lessons learned from frequent trial and error.But why did I embark on this mission?The CEA space is littered with manufacturers that are constantly trying to convince you their products are superior to the competition’s, and vice versa. In reality, their product performance and quality differences are in the noise, but guess who ends up footing the bill for that marketing battle for your business? You! Why pay top dollar for equipment that has been designed for the masses when you could instead SAVE MONEY while procuring products crafted PRECISELY to your specifications? You will even be able to claim rebates where available for certain equipment. Let me show you how!In just the past two years, I\'ve successfully: Designed and developed multiple custom LED grow fixtures for the largest indoor vertical farming operation in the southeastern United States; saving them 6 figures in capital expenditures as well as 6 figures in operating expenditures per year! Created tailor-made LED light engines for a boutique vertical microgreens producer in Hawaii to eke out every possible ounce of savings in their annual OPEX. Built a world-class engineering function and team within the CEA industry’s second largest hydroponic equipment distributor. Led the development of a customized, secure retail archival storage system for a major cannabis dispensary chain at a fraction of the cost of standard off-the-shelf storage systems. Pioneered an innovative archival tower cultivation system, expanding the growing canopy fourfold within the same footprint as a traditional vertical grow – perfect for areas where real estate is severely limited, or where cannabis licenses are dictated by facility square footage and not plant count. Orchestrated the development of a vertical grow air system, guaranteeing the continuous and sustainable flow of air over multiple 80\'x4\' canopy tiers in an NFT system. Provided CEA consultation services to one of the most well-known LED semiconductor manufacturers in the worldAll of the above products were proudly designed, developed, engineered, and manufactured in the USA! INTERESTED IN LEARNING MORE? FOLLOW ME!

Experience

1. Head of Engineering

   Innovative Growers Equipment

   Aug 2020 — Present · Sycamore, IL, US

   Overseeing a team of engineers and directly accountable for all engineering efforts. Responsible for R&D and New Product Introduction initiatives.

Education

• D'Amore-McKim School of Business at Northeastern University

  MBA, International Business

  2008 — 2009

• Rochester Institute of Technology

  BS, Electrical Engineering

  1992 — 1997

Skills

• Product Management
• Strategic Partnerships
• Process Improvement
• Cross-Functional Team Leadership
• Packaging
• Product Launch
• Consumer Products
• Project Management
• Product Development
• Competitive Analysis
• Strategy
• Management
• Software Development
• Product Marketing