Principals

Biography on Joe Schon -
AG-MON LTD. Founder / Principal

An experienced international marketing executive, Joe Schon is a Founder/Principal and Director of AG-MON LTD.; President of AG-MON Inc., the USA J-V Partner of AG-MON LTD.; and President of AGROMAC International Inc, a business development company in Scottsbluff, Nebraska. Mr. Schon's experience includes: Director of Sales and Marketing for Asia and Western Hemisphere for Allied-Signal Corp.; Director of Business Development for the worldwide business of FMC Food Machinery Group; and Vice President for Alcoa, Separations Systems. Until 1996, Agromac owned three manufacturing companies in France and Belgium, and until 1997, owned Lockwood, a potato equipment and pivot manufacturer in Gering, Nebraska. Previous to that, Joe was Marketing Manager for Boise Cascade.

Mr. Schon has included the development of strategic alliances with foreign equipment manufacturers, joint-ventures with Japanese and other countries, and project management and relationships with diverse foreign businesses. He headed business development projects for Turkey, Poland, Mexico, Thailand, and Asia Pacific for FMC.

Joe had Degrees in Mathematics, Physics, and Chemistry from Fort Hays State University in Kansas, and an MBA from Pepperdine University in California. He has attended many workshops and strategic training programs, including the Stephen Covey Effective Management Seminar in Utah.

Biography on Mangal Sovdyn -
AG-MON LTD. Founder / Principal

A citizen of Mongolia, Mangal Sovdyn is a Founder/Principal and Director of AG-MON LTD.; Principal of Badral Oyu, LLC.; the Mongolia J-V Partner of AG-MON LTD. Mr. Sovdyn's experience includes: General Director of the Mining Research Institute of Mongolia; Senior Scientist for The Mining Research Institute of Mongolia; and Engineer for Bayanteeg Coal Mine in Everhangai Aimag, Mongolia.

Mangal has developed strategic alliances with financial, research and technology organizations as well as relationships with diverse foreign business. In December 1998, he started the first Credit Union of Herdsmen of Mongolia. He established the American-Mongolian Education Association with the goal of educating Mongolian Farmers and Ranchers with American technology. Mangal is currently working on coal carbonization project in Mongolia.

Mangal has a Ph.D in Technical Service from the State University of Mongolia, a Degree in Mining from the State University of Mongolia and a Degree from The Economics Institute, Boulder, Colorado USA. He has participated in International Conferences in Moscow, Kiev, Poland, Czech Republic, Kazakhstan, South Korea, Turkey and China. Mangal and his family reside in UlaanBaatar.