Dr. Kyle McKinney serves as vice president of innovation at Alltech. In this role, he leads the company's innovation strategy and guides Alltech's efforts to accelerate promising new technologies and services that deliver science-backed breakthroughs for customers and advance Alltech's Planet of Plenty' purpose. McKinney previously served as global director of the Alltech Enzyme Management global platform, which is focused on animal performance and feed efficiency. Prior to this he relocated and worked for three years in Costa Rica to develop the Alltech Crop Science business to control crop disease and reduce chemical applications. It also allowed the team located there to establish a fermentation lab to evaluate more sustainable microbial solutions for disease control.