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Jordan Hazell

Dunnville,ON, Canada

Summary

Experienced governance and product leader with a proven track record guiding organizations from early-stage growth to global commercialization in highly regulated industries. Skilled in strategic oversight, stakeholder engagement, and cross-functional collaboration through roles on internal councils and external boards.

Overview

12
12
years of professional experience

Work History

Group Product Manager, Advanced Analytics & AI

Almanac
04.2025 - Current
  • Establishing new business unit focusing on service consumer packaged goods, insurance, and investment institutions
  • Navigating and coordinating pre-commercial product development to first commercial sales
  • Developing and implementing novel agentic products

Group Product Manager, Semios

Almanac
08.2024 - Current
  • Managing multiple P&Ls accounting for over 70% of Almanac's revenue grossing 10s of millions annually
  • Strategically aligning teams of product managers and developer across North America, EU, India, and Australia
  • Liaising with industry stakeholders and enterprise customers to define strategic product roadmap
  • Managing teams which consistently achieve the highest employee engagement and satisfaction scores company-wide

Professor, Precision Technology in Agriculture

Fanshawe College
05.2023 - 02.2025
  • Leveraged D2L products to facilitate the delivery of both online and hybrid teaching arrangements
  • Developed curriculum and created entire course content
  • Encouraged the ethical use of GenAI tools by students to enhance their educational experience

Product Manager, Digital Pest Management, Weather, and Frost

Semios
02.2024 - 07.2024
  • Developed and launched the company's first GenAI-enhanced connected intelligence feature (ALMA) within the 7 months
  • Coordinating with sales and marketing to establish product pricing, discount schedules, and external/internal product messaging
  • Authoring Product Requirement Documents (PRDs) and product line-level strategy documents
  • Launched an initiative called "Battle Cards and Briefs" which provided account managers with in-field collateral providing competitive positioning support

Research Manager

Semios
04.2015 - 03.2024
  • Authored and executed on over $75M in grant funded projects
  • Coordinated the development and implementation of a set of image processing algorithms commercially which automate the daily pest counting for 1000s of remote camera traps globally
  • Strategic planning and budget management on multi-national projects spanning multiple years
  • Developed and authored 4 patents on technologies directly implemented in commercial products

Field Biologist

Semios
04.2013 - 04.2015
  • Organized and managed the successful execution of field trials enabling the registration of 12 bio-pesticide products
  • Authored regulatory documentation and waivers required in support of registration dossiers
  • Liaised directly with regulatory bodies and consultants in North America, Australia, and the EU

Education

Bachelor of Science - Zoology (Focus: Entomology)

University of Guelph
Guelph, ON
06.2012

Skills

  • Cross functional leadership
  • Product lifecycle management
  • Product innovation and differentiation
  • Iterative Design

Patents

Hazell, J.R. et al. (2022). Stabilized mating disruption formulations, devices, methods, uses, and systems to disrupt mating amongst carob moths. AU2022201997A1. IP Australia.

Hazell, J.R. et al. (2022). Crop phenology characterization method, and system using same. US20230076104A1. U.S. Patent and Trademark Office.

Hazell, J.R. et al. (2021). Method for managing crop irrigation, and system using same. US20220183243A1. U.S. Patent and Trademark Office.

Hazell, J.R. et al. (2020). Method and system for managing treatment of a crop employing localised pest phenology information. CA3097615A1. Canadian Intellectual Property Office.

Peer-reviewed Publications

Martínez-Lüscher J, Teitelbaum T, Mele A, Ma O, Frewin AJ, Hazell J (2022) High-resolution weather network reveals a high spatial variability in air temperature in the Central valley of California with implications for crop and pest management. PLoS ONE 17(5): e0267607.

Frewin A, Adams C, Judd G, Hazell J (2021) Wind Tunnel and Field Evaluation of Trapping Efficiency of Semiochemical Baited Camera-Traps for Capturing Codling Moth (Lepidoptera: Tortricidae). Journal of Economic Entomology 115(6): 2004-2012.

Frewin A, Lopez B, Cox A, Hoffman E, Hazell J (2019) Comparison of Two Traps for Monitoring California Red Scale (Hemiptera: Diaspididae). Florida Entomologist 102(3): 586-591.



Grants

NSERC ENGAGE Project: 503495-16 (2016) 1YR, $25K, Characterizing and improving dispersion of attractant from orchard insect traps

NSERC ENGAGE Project: 524172-18 (2018) 1YR, $25K, Impact assessment of temperature and age on the release rates of sex pheromones for pest monitoring reservoirs

SDTC Project: 2018D-3346 (2018-2020) 3YR, $9.9M, Tree stress optimization driven by machine learning.

SDTC Project: 2022A-4010 (2022 - 2025) 3YR, $65M, Actionable fertigation recommendations for high value crops.

Presentations

Washington State Dept of Agriculture - Accredited Continuing Education Delivered (5.0 CE) 

California Dept of Pesticide Regulation - Accredited Continuing Education Delivered (6.0 CE)

Hazell (2024). Almanac: Wisdom works smarter [Conference Presentation] Northwest Horticulture Exposition, Yakima, WA

Hazell et. al (2021). Rethinking Model-based Management of Codling Moth in Washington State. [Conference Presentation] Northwest Horticulture Exposition, Wenatchee, WA

Hazell et. al (2020). Rethinking degree-day models for codling moth management in Washington State – Pt 2. [Conference Presentation]. Northwest Horticulture Exposition, Yakima, WA

Hazell et. al (2019). Rethinking degree-day models for codling moth management in Washington State – Pt1. [Conference Presentation] Northwest Horticulture Exposition.[Conference Presentation]. Northwest Horticulture Exposition, Yakima, WA

Hazell et. al (2019). Reduce Navel Orangeworm damage through improved spray timing. [Conference Presentation] The Almond Conference, Sacramento, CA

Hazell et. al (2019). Wind Tunnel and Field Evaluation of Semiochemical Baited Traps Capable of Remotely Monitoring Codling Moth (Cydia Pomonella). [Conference Presentation] Orchard Pest and Disease Management Conference, Portland, OR

Hazell et. al (2019). An Evaluation of a Novel Remote Trapping Technology for the Monitoring of California Red Scale (Hemiptera: Diaspididae). [Conference Presentation] Orchard Pest and Disease Management Conference, Portland, OR

Efficacy of Novel Codling Moth (Cydia pomonella) Traps in Laboratory and Field Conditions. Poster Submitted to: Northwestern Horticulture Show. Washington State Tree Fruit Association; 2018 Dec 3-5, Yakima, WA.

Field Evaluation of a Novel Trap for Remote Monitoring of California Red Scale. Poster Presented at: California Citrus Conference. California Research Board; 2018 Oct 10, Visalia, CA.

Timeline

Group Product Manager, Advanced Analytics & AI

Almanac
04.2025 - Current

Group Product Manager, Semios

Almanac
08.2024 - Current

Product Manager, Digital Pest Management, Weather, and Frost

Semios
02.2024 - 07.2024

Professor, Precision Technology in Agriculture

Fanshawe College
05.2023 - 02.2025

Research Manager

Semios
04.2015 - 03.2024

Field Biologist

Semios
04.2013 - 04.2015

Bachelor of Science - Zoology (Focus: Entomology)

University of Guelph
Jordan Hazell