Hazel Tech hires Alex Jimenez as AgTech account executive

Chicago-based Hazel Technologies Inc. has hired Alex Jimenez as an AgTech account executive.

Jimenez joins Hazel Tech following several years of supply-side service at IFCO specializing in account management and business development with growers and retailers alike, according to a news release. Prior to IFCO he worked at Kroger as a buyer and inspector focused on quality improvement programs with growers, warehouse inspectors and division merchandisers. Jimenez will manage Hazel Tech’s rapidly expanding customer base and commercial operations in the Southwest, Mexico, and other key territories, according to the release.

“Hazel Technologies has had huge success in reducing food waste in the fresh produce industry,” Jimenez said in the release. “I am very excited to join Hazel and be part of a company that is making such a positive global impact. I believe there is tremendous opportunity to partner with packer-shippers and hope to further expand Hazel’s solutions with key growers in Mexico and the USA.”