Hy-Line employee spotlight
Tom Dixon, Mauricio Sanabria Bernal, and Dr. Travis Williams recognized
17 September 2024
2 minute read
By: Dixon celebrates 30-year milestone
Thomas Dixon celebrated his 30-year anniversary recently, having joined Hy-Line in April 1994. Thomas oversees Global Product Management for Hy-Line International. In this role, he leads the effort to provide and promote the best layer genetics to each market worldwide. Thomas’ experience includes many years of worldwide sales efforts, with emphasis serving Hy-Line’s Latin America markets. Today, he leads the global product management efforts as the liaison between Hy-Line International’s global customer base and the research, production, and technical service departments to help guide the current and future development of Hy-Line’s layer varieties.
Sanabria brings experience to LATAM and Canada
Mauricio Sanabria began working at Hy-Line in 2022 after working many years with an international pharmaceutical company within the poultry sector. As Latin America Commercial and Technical Manager, Mauricio manages the large and very important region of Latin America as well as Canada. Mauricio received his degree as a Veterinarian and Zootechnician in Colombia where his studies specialized in production management. He studied avian medicine at the University of North Carolina (USA) and earned a master’s degree in animal sciences at the University of Alberta (Canada). Mauricio has worked in genetic and animal health companies performing technical, marketing and managerial roles. He has experience managing grandparent stock, heavy and light breeders, layers and broilers, hatcheries, laboratory quality control, and logistics supply chain management. Recently, Mauricio was appointed president of AMEVEA, the prestigious association of poultry veterinarians in Colombia, which holds informational meetings for the industry and hosts an annual tradeshow.
Williams to lead molecular genetics research
Dr. Travis Williams is the new Molecular Genetics and Genomics Lab Manager at Hy-Line International. He is a recent graduate from the Department of Poultry Science at Texas A&M University in College Station, Texas with a Ph.D. in Poultry Science. Before Travis joined Hy-Line, he was an instructor in the department of Poultry Science at Texas A&M University. His research expertise is in molecular biology, quantitative genetics, and comparative genomics using Next Generation Sequencing (NGS) technologies and cutting-edge bioinformatics. Travis brings a valuable new perspective, and is excited to apply his skill set to the continuous genetic improvement of Hy-Line International laying hens.
