Last update: 28 Oct. 2025
This page highlights my current career, growth, and pathways for building a fulfilling future. Like a “toothbrush problem,” this journey requires ongoing effort rather than a one-time solution. Here, I map out my career trajectory to align skills, passions, and market opportunities.
Foster Innovation
Innovation is more than just a goal–it’s the essence of my career and side projects. Through strategic initiatives, relentless learning, and applying my experiences across the dairy and agribusiness sectors, I’ve cultivated a career that blends technology, market insights, and operational advancements.
Core Philosophy
“Success in innovation isn’t about having ideas–it’s about executing them and paying the price.”
Innovation is 20% inspiration and 80% execution. The key is pushing through the work and forcing the skills to come, even when most turns are wrong and most ends are dead.
Innovation Principles
1. Build on Existing Ideas
Great innovation is built on existing ideas, repurposed with vision. Nothing comes from nowhere–all creative work builds on what came before. I jumpstart creativity by taking proven ideas from other settings and combining them in new ways.
2. People, Product, Profits–In That Order
Success follows a hierarchy: prioritize people first, then product, then profits. Companies that reverse this order lose the very people who generate value.
3. Execute Relentlessly
Having ideas is not the same as being successful. Success is execution, not just inspiration. If you want success, figure out the price and pay it.
Execution Over Inspiration
Bringing innovation to life requires more than just ideas–it demands disciplined execution.
- Overcoming Challenges: Pushing through the difficult phases is crucial, as creation is often filled with wrong turns and dead ends.
- Success Through Action: “If you want success, figure out the price, and pay it.”
- Building on Existing Ideas: As highlighted in Sum: Forty Tales for the Afterlives, innovation repurposes what already exists, transforming conventional knowledge into groundbreaking solutions.
- The Drunk Searching for His Keys: A reminder that looking for solutions in familiar places isn’t always effective; innovation often means venturing into the unknown.
Current Focus Areas
🏭 On-Farm Innovation
- Replace wearables on-farm: creating P&L per cow through innovative technology solutions.
- Scale globally: streamlining dairy data management and adoption.
- Create commercially viable business units: building sustainable, profitable products.
💡 Leadership & Team Building
Leading my team to victory by fostering innovation, building trust through psychological safety, and empowering people over processes. Innovation requires truth-telling and challenging the status quo.
📊 Strategic Execution****
- Vision Communication: continuously crafting and sharing the vision to align stakeholders.
- Fast Decision-Making: avoiding Parkinson’s Law by moving swiftly and iterating.
- Delegation Power: saying “no” to protect creative focus and execution speed.
Innovation Metrics
Success Formula: Vision × Execution × Team = Commercial Viability
The Future
My innovation strategy is driven by the belief that great achievements come from practical execution and iterative progress. I continue to map my career to align with my skills, market opportunities, and aspirations–from my current leadership role to personal projects like RyneBraun.com and collaborative efforts at Wolfgang Dairy.
Join me on this journey as I navigate the intersection of technology, agriculture, and sustainable growth, fostering innovation that benefits the entire industry.