Our Team

Dr. Charles Linville is the President of Ploughman Analytics. During his 20 years of work in the computer industry, he saw a growing need for more advanced methods of retrieving and analyzing business data. He founded Ploughman Analytics to offer intelligence tools and services that will help clients make better business decisions.

Dr. Linville has held positions with International Business Machines, the Consortium for International Earth Science Information Network, American University and Archer Daniels Midland. He has taught in university departments of computer science and information systems, environmental studies and public administration, and has presented at the National Academy of Sciences, Harvard University, Johns Hopkins University and the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign. He is also the Corporate Roundtable Director for the Illinois Informatics Institute at the University of Illinois.

Gary Burch, Project Lead, brings more than 12 years of computing experience to Ploughman Analytics. He has held positions with Accenture, Archer Daniels Midland and Total System Services. He has also worked as an independent consultant to the National Petroleum Council and other organizations.

Cole Henderson, Quantitative Specialist, earned a mathematics degree from Grinnell College and interned at the Research Division of Archer Daniels Midland. Cole combines his familiarity with agriculture and his academic background in the sciences to meet client needs.