Patrick Zelaya of HeavyConnect

Published: June 18, 2018, 10:30 p.m.

Patrick Zelaya is the founder and CEO of Heavy Connect. HeavyConnect, one of the first residents of the Western Growers Center for Innovation & Technology, prides itself on creating diversity in the workforce by offering youth opportunities and careers in technology. The startup builds mobile workflow platforms that automate and simplify many of the tasks that consume a farming manager\u2019s day. In this episode of Voices of the Valley, Patrick shares how his agtech start-up company stays attuned to the needs of the industry and details the steps of how he got his company off the ground and into the agtech space.