Rantizo has hired Blake Duden as its Vice President of Sales, the company announced on its LinkedIn page. Duden will lead Rantizo's sales team and help the Iowa City-based company bring spray drone equipment and services to farmers and retailers nationwide. 

Before joining Rantizo, Duden held several key sales positions, most notably at Farmers Edge, where he worked with grape, orchard, small-scale vegetable, and other specialty crop growers throughout the Northeast, primarily in Pennsylvania and New York.

Prior to that role, he was Sales Director of the AGI CMC brand, working with industry-leading grain, fertilizer, feed, and milling companies, providing critical equipment safety monitoring systems and cutting-edge grain bin management systems to increase customer safety and profitability.

Duden grew up farming south of Beloit, Kan., and graduated from Iowa State University. He now lives in Mayflower, Ark., with his wife, Rebecca, and their two dogs. Blake is involved with industry organizations including the National Grain and Feed Association Grain Elevator and Processing Society (GEAPS), and IAOM.

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