Kristine Dyer-Steele

BioWorks Inc.

Regional sales manager

What 3-4 professional and/or personal accomplishments are you most proud of?

• I’m proud I get to work with such a wonderful and hardworking team. Becoming a manager and coach and watching the team grow has been one of the highlights of my professional life.
• Developed and implemented new customer-centric strategies to connect growers with technical experts, helping create innovative crop management strategies and exceptional customer service 
• Expanding our customer strategies to include channel partners, increasing engagement and bringing more targeted and expedited solutions to the market 

What led you to work in the horticulture industry? 

• I grew up in a community that was surrounded by big ag. I was always interested in working in the agriculture/horticulture industry but didn’t know the vastness or diversity of opportunities available.
• I got a job working for a construction equipment company out of college and found myself daydreaming about ways I could build a career in the ag/hort industry.
• After a year, I took a leap, quit my job and started working in a greenhouse. That experience opened so many doors I never knew existed and I never looked back! 

What’s the best thing about your job? 

• I get to do what I love, every day.

Describe to a 6-year-old what you do in life? 

• I help people grow beautiful plants.

What are your favorite hobbies? 

• Gardening
• Reading
• Trying new recipes

When you’re not working, what are 2-3 things we could find you doing? 

• Gardening in the summer
• Cross-country skiing in the winter
• Reading Stephen King

One thing you can’t live without? 

• Moleskine planner

Do you have any unusual talents, or can you tell us something interesting about yourself that other people may be surprised to find out? 

• I have a (not so secret) obsession with oysters, how they’re grown and the geographies they’re grown in. I’m a super fast oyster shucker too; maybe one day I’ll be brave enough to compete in a shucking contest. 

What are you (un)secretly good at? 

• I must have been a baker in a past life, I can bake most anything and everything. 

What are your top three bucket list items? 

• Spend a summer in the south of France
• Own a 1956 Ford Thunderbird
• Meet Martha Stewart

What’s your favorite plant variety and why? 

• Paeonia lactiflora — reminds me of spending time at my grandparent’s house. Now, I grow them at mine to remember them. 

You’re buying a vacation package to anywhere in the world without a budget, where are you going? 

• Tokyo, Kyoto, Hakone and Osaka, Japan