Kyle works with the YCR team and the plant propagation partners to deliver clean, healthy plants to growers each spring and improve the company's processes and practices year to year. He attended Central Washington University and earned a B.S. in Global Wine Studies and Craft Beer Trade Certificate. Before working at YCR, he was the Hop Processing Manager at Roy Farms from 2015 to 2020 and interned with YCR in 2014. Kyle and his wife have a 3-year-old daughter, Keira, and a 1-year-old son, Klay. In his spare time, he enjoys spending time with his family and friends, taking his two dogs out for walks, and going on trips to the mountains and ocean when his family has the chance!