Profile Products Welcomes Jeff Knape as Director of Business Development

April 22, 2019

Profile Products is pleased to announce the hiring of Jeff Knape as director of business development. He will focus on developing new and unique growth opportunities for the horticulture business.

“Jeff has established himself as a leader in the horticulture industry and we are thrilled to have him on the Profile team,” said Jim Tanner, president and CEO of Profile Products. “His extensive experience and knowledge of horticulture will add to our already highly skilled team and will provide our customers with an unmatched experience.”

Knape has more than 20 years of experience in the consumer lawn and garden, professional turf and ornamental markets. Prior to joining Profile, Knape held a variety of positions with the Scotts Miracle-Gro Company in global procurement, business development, product innovation and most recently as director of sales and marketing. He has his bachelor’s degree in political science from The Ohio State University and an MBA from Case Western Reserve University.

Knape will be based in Columbus, Ohio.

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Jerry Halamuda

Industry Veteran

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Ron Van Der Hengst

South Central Growers, Inc.

President of Operations

“Switching to HydraFiber has been one of the smartest moves we have made in the past few years. It has provided outstanding plant quality, and has also made us analyze our entire soil mixing line which allowed us to update a couple things that were maybe a little out of calibration.”

Bobby Barnitz

Vice President

Bob's Market and Greenhouses, Inc.

"The HydraFiber and AgriNomix teams were excellent to work with as we made the transition. We worked with them to get both our soil blends and the mixing equipment just right."

Kyle Carboni

Production Manager

Green Lake Nursery, Seagoville, TX

"After 30-plus years in the greenhouse industry, I’ve made the biggest changes in my substrate mixers with HydraFiber. After lots of trialing and tweaking, we’re at 55% peat, 25% coir, 25% HydraFiber and it’s working very well. We’re really getting a great, great root system that is going through that substrate, all the way down to the bottom of the pot. In all the years that I’ve mixed soil, I’ve never seen the root systems just permeate the soil ball like they are now. Get a good root system and the plant will come."

Kevin Koeppler

General Manager

Sunbelt Greenhouses, Douglas, GA

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