GUELPH, ON – Canadian Dairy Network (CDN) General Manager, Brian Van Doormaal, is pleased to announce the appointment of Mrs. Jamie Zimmerman as Coordinator of Data Exchange and Information Services, effective December 8, 2014.
In this position within the Information Services department of CDN, Jamie will be responsible for receiving, processing and validating all incoming data from industry partners as well as the distribution of outgoing data files to authorized organizations. She will also assist in providing services to CDN customers, especially in the area of data exchange and integrity as well as to thegrowing number of users of the CDN web site.
Jamie is not a stranger to the Canadian dairy cattle improvement industry and the data collected from herds across the country. From June 2011 to March 2014, she was employed by Holstein Canada. Working within the Herdbook and Genotyping department, she carried out various functions including entry and editing of herdbook registration applications, processing animal transfers and all activities associated with embryo exports internationally. More recently, she has been the Programs Assistant for the Growing Forward 2 Program at the Ontario Soil and Crop Improvement Association located in Guelph, Ontario.
“There is no doubt that Jamie’s past experience working in the dairy industry, combined with her enthusiasm and affable personality makes her a great fit for this role and we welcome her to the CDN team”, commented Brian Van Doormaal. He added, “It is important to also recognize the significant and loyal contribution of Mrs. Marilyn Halls, who has held this position for the past 17 years and will soon become the first retiree of CDN since its creation in 1995.”
Canadian Dairy Network (CDN) is the national genetic evaluation centre for dairy cattle and provides services to Canadian dairy producers and member organizations including breed associations, DHI agencies, A.I. organizations and Dairy Farmers of Canada. It also serves as the hub of the national Data Exchange System by which all dairy cattle improvement industry organizations share authorized data collected from dairy herds across the country.
The CDN web site serves as the primary source of genetic information for dairy cattle in Canada with over 23,000 unique users every month.