Rod Blechynden qualified as a Chartered Accountant in 1972 and operated a successful accounting practice specialising in medical practices and pharmaceutical businesses. In 1997 he sold the practice in order to concentrate on a few clients for whom he manages their share and property portfolios.

Rod Blechynden has expertise in the commercialisation of biotechnology R&D and in securing licensing arrangements with international pharmaceutical companies and is an experienced company Director. Currently he is Managing Director of Tri-Med Distributors Pty Ltd which sells medical diagnostic products under licence and is also the Chief Financial Officer of Ondek Pty Ltd which conducts medical research and development.

Stuart has been involved in Australian Agribusiness for nearly 20 years.  His experience incorporates importing and distributing fertilizers, chemicals and spray technology through a diverse range of marketing channels.  Additionally Stuart has exported quality Australian produce to many countries throughout the world.  All of the above roles require a continuous focus on “better farming practice” to ensure growers received greater returns for their investment.

Stuart holds a Bachelor of Business in Marketing and Management plus a Diploma of Export Management from the Australian Institute of Export.

Chris' appointment as Technical Manager in September of 2004 followed an 18 year involvement with broadacre crop and pasture input development and evaluation. He worked within the Pastures Group at the WA Department of Agriculture and The Centre for Legumes in Mediterranean Agriculture (CLIMA) for 14 years collectively where his technical role was involved with the evaluation of new annual and perennial pasture varieties. In March 2000 Chris took up a position with rural merchandise company IAMA, later to become Landmark AWB, where he oversaw their broadacre product testing program for the WA grain belt.

Within ALOSCA Technologies Chris' is principally involved with the bacterial culturing and granulation of the product range as well as laboratory and field evaluation of new and existing product lines. Chris sees ALOSCA Technologies' commitment to product consistency and quality assurance along with sound product information as the key drivers to the success of the ALOSCA product range.

Chris is a good point of contact if you have any product usage or application queries.

I obtained a Degree in Biology at The Simon Bolivar University in Venezuela (1995). After being awarded an International Postgraduate Research Scholarship, I completed a Doctor of Philosophy program (2002) in which I acquired the ability to conduct research orientated towards Microbiology and Molecular Biology technology. Before joining Alosca Technologies Pty. Ltd., I worked as a Research Officer at The Animal Health Laboratories in The Department of Agriculture Western Australia for 18 months, evaluating the use of molecular biology technology such as Polymerase Chain Reaction (PCR) and Real-Time PCR for the development of new tests for the diagnosis of pathogenic microorganisms in animals. I also have three years experience as a Research Assistant at the Centre for Rhizobium Studies in Murdoch University working in projects that examined the bio diversity of native root nodule bacteria in Western Australia and to determine the phylogenetic relationship among genomic species. During the last three years I have also had the pleasure demonstrating in Microbiology, Cell Biology and Genetics laboratory units at Murdoch University.

Chantal was born in France where she completed studies in Economics. She then went to London and completed a course in English language through Cambridge University .
After coming to Australia in 1982, Chantal gained her experience in medium to large accounting firms and more recently in similar roles with Japanese food manufacturing/trading companies. Having acquired skills in a varied working life Chantal brings her expertise in finance, administration, manufacturing, export and customer service

Steve Carr has been involved in agricultural research, development and extension for over 20 years, and has an enviable record of applied and practical achievement from his work. He began his career with the Department of Agriculture researching aspects of soil acidity and plant nutrition. During his PhD studies, Steve developed a soil test to identify subsoil Al toxicity on the naturally acidic sand plain soils in the eastern wheat belt.

Steve then worked with CLIMA in pasture and forage legume breeding and selection, and during this period made significant contribution to the new directions in Australian pasture improvement. Steve played a key role in the release of several pasture legume cultivars including Cadiz French serradella, Casbah biserrula (a world first for this species), Caprera crimson clover and Cefalu arrowleaf clover. These cultivars are now dominating many new pasture sowings throughout Australia.

With a comprehensive knowledge of farm systems and a capacity to contribute new developments, Steve and colleague Angelo Loi developed the ALOSCA dry clay based granule system. Their research focus on introducing new legumes into farming systems highlighted the value a granular inoculant system would have in Australian farming. Maximising nitrogen input from legumes is critical for sustainable farming, and emerging changes to farming practice (eg dry sowing of crop and pasture legumes) are severely limited by the old peat based inoculation approach.