40 Under 40, Class of 2016

Ryan McGinty

Company

North Creek Nurseries, Landenberg, Pennsylvania

Job Title

Farm Manager, Oxford Facility

Accomplishments

  • Helped facilitate the successful implementation and continued process of Lean Flow throughout Oxford facility. It has increased profitability as well as ongoing team member satisfaction.
  • Also developed the company’s Working Smarter training program to increase productivity and meet the increased needs of customers. Company was able to ship 20 percent more product within the same footprint and without major increase in team’s workload.

Extracurricular

Ingredients for a Good Time: The sun, the water, his wife and his fishing gear. “When the weather is fine, I spend every free minute on the Chesapeake Bay on Deale Island with my entire family.”

Fun Facts

Diverse Reading Material: “I really keep my nose in reference books about plants but, when I have time I drink in every word of the Game of Thrones book series.”





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