Chris is a 20+ year veteran of investment and venture capital industries with a track record of success. As a member of the Rainmaker.Earth Leadership Team, he excels in securing capital, expert planning, strategic advice, and acquisitions/divestiture. A Canadian-born entrepreneur, Chris has founded and grown multiple highly successful companies in various industries, leveraging his focus, drive, and leadership skills.

Bob is the President of Rainmaker.Earth, having been promoted from Chief Operations Officer in September of last year. He has over 40 years of executive involvement in a diverse range of public and private companies. Bob has international experience, having worked on projects and companies in the United States, Asia, the Middle East, and Europe.

Throughout his career, Bob has developed a strong skill set in technology implementation and adaptation to changing policies or economic conditions. He began his career in a vertically integrated real estate development, construction, and management company, before diversifying his executive experience across the capital markets, technology, and traditional and green energy businesses. Bob’s contributions to Rainmaker.Earth have been significant, and we are grateful for his leadership and expertise.

Matt is passionate about leading people, building meaningful connections across teams and departments, and helping others reach their full potential. In his view, engagement and accountability add up to a healthy and thriving culture, and he strives to achieve this by using transparent communication and ensuring team members have clarity of purpose and know they are making a meaningful contribution beyond their own individual results.

In his role as Chief Financial Officer, Matt will oversee financial operations, streamline processes, and collaborate with cross-functional teams to drive efficiency. His focus on data-driven decision-making and sustainable growth will solidify Rainmaker.Earth Corp.’s position as a market leader. As finance is a key pillar to the success of the organization, this role is designed to help set a solid foundation of process and discipline in relation to fiscal responsibility, and provide strategic support across the organization in alignment with Rainmaker’s mission, vision and values.

Prior to joining Rainmaker, Matt gained over 20 years of experience, building and leading teams in the areas of treasury, tax, financial planning & analysis, strategic sourcing, procurement, payroll, fixed assets and accounting operations.

For over 23 years, Riaan and his team have dedicated countless hours to developing the Agriwater units (now known as Rainmaker). Today, this world-class technology has been successfully installed in thousands of units worldwide.

As a South African-born entrepreneur with a track record of successful businesses, Riaan was the driving force behind the development and operation of Agriwater. In order to take his business to the next level, Riaan joined forces with Rainmaker.Earth’s North American team, leading to explosive growth in sales over the South African market.

Riaan has brought his considerable technical expertise to the Rainmaker.Earth team, joining as its Chief Technical Officer in the summer of 2022.

Renier is a highly skilled agronomist with over 20 years of experience in consulting for the agriculture industry. He received his degree in Agricultural Studies from Potchefstroom Agriculture College, and has applied his expertise to hundreds of farms with challenging soil conditions, including major South African operations such as Schoeman Farms and Mahela Farming.

Renier has been a valued consultant for Agriwater for the past eight years, providing expert advice on crop nutrition and soil health. In the summer of 2022, he officially joined the Rainmaker.Earth team as its Chief Agronomist, where he brings his wealth of experience to bear in developing innovative solutions for Rainmaker’s expanding client base.

With over 25 years of experience in the irrigation industry, Paul is a key member of the Rainmaker.Earth team. He spent 14 years consulting for Agriwater and played a critical role in developing Rainmaker technology to its current market-dominating position. Paul’s expertise in all types of irrigation systems and his deep understanding of farmers’ unique challenges has allowed him to adapt Rainmaker to a wide range of irrigation situations, helping farmers achieve optimal crop yields while conserving water resources. Paul brings his considerable experience and expertise to every project he undertakes, making him a valuable asset to the Rainmaker.Earth team.

Stephen’s 40 years of sales and leadership experience along with his entrepreneurial spirit and inter-personal skills qualifies him to play an important role as the Advisor to the Company Chairman within the Rainmaker organization.

This executive level position will benefit from his strategic guidance in formulating the company’s direction.

Based on his past years in leadership training and experience, Stephen brings insight into various business matters, including market trends, competitive landscape, growth opportunities and risk management.

He has proven in the past to successfully and efficiently evaluate potential acquisitions, partnerships and other strategic initiatives and used his expertise to support the decision-making process within various companies.

His tenure as a corporate sales training executive for a major world-wide automotive group provided him with the skills to analyze existing policies, identify areas for improvement and propose changes to enhance organizational effectiveness, compliance, or sustainability.

Stephen has applied his skills in relationship and stakeholder engagement providing valuable advice to senior management.

As our special advisor, Stephen will use his industry knowledge providing the chairman with up-to-date information and analysis of relevant market conditions, competitor activities, and potential opportunities or challenges that may impact the company.

Christian is a cybersecurity expert and lifelong technologist. He has an Honours Degree in Business and IT, alongside advanced qualifications in the IT space, including web development, networking and systems administration, and information security.

As a consultant, Christian worked with diverse management clientele and their development teams, reviewing existing operations and advising on new technologies and their implementation. Christian has successfully completed over 100 consulting projects with several major Canadian financial institutions and telecom providers, reducing risk and improving IT operational efficiency.

Within the rapidly evolving technological space, Christian brings an agile and unique perspective to the Rainmaker.Earth team.

Over the past 24 years Brenda has led creative teams and marketing campaigns to success both locally and nationally.

With experience as a Creative Director in a large advertising agency and then 20 years running her own boutique agency, Brenda’s greatest strength is managing all aspects of the creative process from conceptual development, to design and production, to final delivery – all within specific time and budget parameters.

As Rainmaker.Earth’s brand manager and creative lead, Brenda maintains brand integrity across all the marketing initiatives and communications.

With over 30 years of experience in technical and construction fields, Darren Kitzan is a performance and customer-driven professional. His extensive background in business development and project management has provided Darren with a wealth of experience he now brings to Rainmaker.Earth in the Business Development department.

As a thoughtful and collaborative leader, Darren is committed to building cross-functional teams to strategize and implement effective solutions. His ability to create and strengthen long-term business partnerships speaks to Darren’s passion for bringing people, ideas and technology together.