Do you have the 2017 AHA Annual Meeting and Conference penciled in on your calendar? You won’t want to miss the exciting educational sessions offered at this year’s event Oct. 27-28 at The Westin Kansas City at Crown Center.

The “Paving the Genetic Path” session will be held Friday, Oct. 27, at 8:30 a.m. during the AHA Annual Meeting and Conference.

Dorian Garrick, AL Rae Center Chief Scientist and Bruce Golden, CEO of Theta Solutions, LLC, will breakdown fundamental changes of the improved AHA genetic evaluation utilizing BOLT. Learn about upcoming opportunities for DNA pricing that can take your breeding program to the next level. Also, hear updates regarding the revised AHA economically relevant traits and profit ($) indexes.

Dorian Garrick is the Chief Scientist at the AL Rae Center in the Institute of Veterinary, Animal & Biomedical Sciences at Massey University, located at the Ruakura Research Centre in Hamilton. He received a First Class Honors degree in Agricultural Science from Massey University in 1981 and a PhD from Cornell University in 1988. He held the inaugural appointment to the Jay Lush endowed Chair in Animal Breeding & Genetics at Iowa State University for 10 years following five years at Colorado State University and 15 years at Massey University where he held the A.L. Rae Chair since 1994. Dorian is a founding partner of US-based Theta Solutions LLC that licenses BOLT software for national and international genetic and genomic evaluations and is used across a variety of species.

Dorian has been integrally involved in the development and implementation of national animal evaluation programs, performance recording databases and breeding schemes. His recent work has focused on theoretical and applied aspects of using genomic information to predict performance. Dorian works routinely in the improvement of beef cattle, dairy cattle, sheep, pigs, and chickens. He equally enjoys working with enthusiastic producer and industry groups that seek to include animal breeding approaches in the attainment of their farm business goals.

Prior to founding Theta Solutions, Bruce Golden was the chief executive officer of a biomedical instrument technology company he founded after a 19-year career on the faculty at Colorado State University where he was a full professor of animal breeding and genetics. Dr. Golden has also been on the faculty as a department head at Cal Poly, SLO where he innovated novel graduate degree programs and raised substantial funds through research and advancement. Dr. Golden’s research and service to industry have resulted in numerous awards and publications including a series of patents related to animal identification and diagnostic instruments. While at Colorado State, he was the founder of the Center for Genetic Evaluation of Livestock, a provider of genetic evaluations for breed organizations and breeding companies worldwide. He has extensive international experience in livestock production including working in China, Brazil, Venezuela, New Zealand, the UK, Canada and Australia. Dr. Golden attended Washington State University in Pullman, Wa., where he received both bachelor of science and master degrees in animal science. Dr. Golden received his doctorate degree in animal breeding and genetics from Colorado State University, Fort Collins, Colo.

As a founder, Bruce now serves in the dual roles of chief executive officer and president of the board of Theta Solutions, LLC.

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