West Des Moines, Iowa, USA
June 3, 2011

Steve M. Hawkins, Chief Executive Officer of Smartfield™, an information company based in Lubbock, Texas will serve on The Context Network Board of Advisors.

Hawkins was formerly a Partner with Context before leaving to take on leadership of Smartfield earlier this year. Context’s Founding Partner, Tray Thomas said, “Steve was instrumental to Context’s strong growth over the past five years. We are pleased that he has accepted this advisory role.” Thomas added, “Steve has visionary perspective that has served both our company and our clientele well. We look forward to his continued support of the work Context does for clients around the world.”

Hawkins joins existing Context advisory board members, Mark Wong and Bob Woods. Mark Wong is CEO of Agrivida, Inc., a company developing proprietary crops and processes to transform the economics of producing renewable chemicals, fuels, and bioproducts from non-food cellulosic biomass. Bob Woods is a business management consultant and former Chairman of Syngenta Corporation, U.S.

Thomas said, “Context has continued to grow, providing companies with the leadership, vision and strategic support necessary to effectively address the issues and challenges they face in efforts to grow the resources required to feed, clothe and fuel the world. This is a bright era for food and agriculture industries. We are committed to our clients’ success.”

The Context Network provides business management and strategy consulting services to the world’s leading agriculture, biotechnology and food companies and government agencies and institutions. Major areas of expertise include strategy, merger and acquisition support, valuation of new technologies, formation of alliances, and market research. The West Des Moines-based firm is composed of a core of professional consultants that is complemented by a network of more than 250 industry and subject-area experts around the world.

Website: http://www.contextnet.com

Published: June 3, 2011