Spencer
As President, CEO and Founding Member of Decision Innovation Solutions (DIS), Spencer Parkinson is responsible for business generation, fulfillment, ensuring client satisfaction and managing the overall operations of the business. He seeks to understand clients’ data challenges, propose potential solutions and works with clients to enhance their decision-making processes.
Originally from the southeastern Idaho/northern Utah corridor, Spence and his family relocated to the Des Moines, Iowa area in 2005 when he began working as a Research Analyst for the Iowa Farm Bureau Federation. He worked at the Iowa Farm Bureau until 2009.
Upon his departure from Iowa Farm Bureau, Spence and his partners expanded the scope of their fledgling business (DIS) into one that would first support him and then others to follow. The DIS team continues to grow in both size and capability.
Areas of research include agricultural policy analysis and economic modeling related to several agricultural industries important to agriculture. Spence is also well-versed in economic impact modeling, which can be applied to nearly all industries.
Spence has extensive hands-on agriculture experience, including twelve years working on a Utah dairy farm, a few years at a feed mill and being raised in his early years on a small grains farm in southeastern Idaho. Spence has instructed QuickBooks classes to farmers while working as a Research Assistant for Utah State University Extension.
Spence earned a dual BS degree in Accounting and Economics from Utah State University in 2004. He also earned an International MBA in Food and Agribusiness from the Royal Agricultural University in Cirencester, England in 2006.
Education:
- Int’l MBA, Food & Agribusiness, Royal Agricultural College, Cirencester, England
- B.S. in Accounting & Economics, Utah State University
Expertise:
- Agriculture Policy Analysis
- Economic Impact Modeling
- Project Management
- Feasibility and Due Diligence
- Financial Modeling
Posts by: Spencer
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Feed Mills are a Critical Link in the Food Chain
Over the past 4 years, our team at Decision Innovation Solutions has had the opportunity to work with all levels of the livestock, poultry and…
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What Goes into Animal Feed Leads to Multiple Projects
What began as a single project for a national commodity organization has now officially blossomed into four repeats of that project along with many others…
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DIS PV Scores: The Right People, The Right Outreach, The Right Time
A key tool we've found useful in helping our clients get the biggest “bang” for their outreach “buck” has been the calculation of a “propensity…
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2017 Average Iowa Cash Rent by County
The 2017 average Iowa cropland cash rent by county as reported by USDA/NASS was $231/acre, down $4/acre from last year. The county averages ranged from…
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DIS 10 Year Anniversary
What can happen in ten years? Well, from personal experience, a family can move to Iowa from a place that has things called mountains with…
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U.S. Egg Production and Exports: Recent Historical Data and Outlook
Based on the most recent data on world egg production available from FAOSTAT, Statistic Division of the Food and Agriculture Organization, in 2014 the United…