Technical manager, Profile Products LLC Professional Growing Solutions

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Jim Owen, Ph.D., is technical services manager for the Profile® Growing Solutions team providing support to grower and blender customers, serving as a subject matter expert on substrate selection, optimization and best management practices. Owen has more than 25 years of experience in horticultural research and nursery and greenhouse production systems. He most recently served as a research horticulturist with the USDA Agricultural Research Service. He has also held academic appointments at Virginia Tech and Oregon State University. Owen holds a Ph.D. in horticultural science from North Carolina State University, a master’s degree in environmental science from the University of Rhode Island, and a bachelor’s degree in plant and soil science from the University of Kentucky.