Dr. Guil Signorini conducts research and extension outreach in production management and marketing of specialty crops. Before joining the faculty team, he was a Research Scientist in the HCS department, exerting effort to establish a multi-disciplinary research and extension program aligned with demands from the modern agriculture. His interests lie in production management, strategic marketing, and ag-food value chain management. Before joining OSU, Dr. Guil Signorini worked in the private sector as marketing coordinator for a multi-national ag-input company. In 2015 he also held an agribusiness consultant position where he performed in strategic management projects. He graduated in Agronomic Engineering (2008) from University of Sao Paulo, Brazil and obtained M.S. (2013) and Ph.D. (2015) degrees in Agricultural Economics from Michigan State University.