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Five questions with Joanne Balderston

bookkeeping, worked as an educational What do you like best about working at
assistant and drove a school bus. Viterra?
The best thing about working at Viterra
What are some of your responsibilities? is the absolutely amazing co-workers I
I am the first point of contact for have here in Sexsmith. It’s rare to have a
producers calling into Viterra or entering team of 14 people that all get along, and
our location. I look after applying respect each other. It’s a pleasure to work
contracts to deliveries, overseeing the in an uplifting atmosphere with a team
delivery schedule, booking in grain that is passionate about providing great
deliveries and doing cash tickets once customer relations.
deliveries are complete. I also play
an active role in our monthly safety What do you like to do in your spare
meetings. time?
In my spare time I love spending time at
What work accomplishment are you our seasonal campsite, golfing and being
most proud of? with my family. I have one grandson, and

What is your role with Viterra and how I am very proud of looking after the twin grandsons on the way in August.
long have you been part of the team? delivery schedule as it can sometimes be A fun fact about me is that I won a
a challenge. For the most part it has run Canadian mixed curling championship in
I have been in the Facility Sales & Admin very smoothly with minimal waiting time 1992 with my brother and sister-in-law.
position with Viterra Sexsmith since 2015. for producers which makes them happy AND…I love to laugh!!
I was raised on a grain farm in Sexsmith as their time is valuable, especially during
that is only 3 miles away from the Viterra seeding and harvest.
facility. Before starting at Viterra I did

Five questions with Matthew Gonzales

What are some of your responsibilities? What do you like best about working at
My main responsibility is to work with Viterra?
farmers and ensure that both their Viterra has always been good at providing
business and Viterra’s are mutually opportunities for advancement and
successful. I assist farmers with ensuring that its employees are set up for
developing marketing strategies and success; I value the amount of training
making sure that they have the best and information that I get, which helps me
information available. With the current better serve my clients. I have also been
landscape farmers need to be more fortunate to work with the best in the
knowledgeable and ready to act on industry, and I firmly believe that Viterra’s
opportunities, and as a trusted advisor I work culture is second to none.
ensure that they are set up for success.
What do you like to do in your spare time,
What work accomplishment are you and what is a fun fact about you?
most proud of? One fun fact about me is that my family
I’m proud that in my short time as a CAR, and I immigrated to Canada ten years
What is your role with Viterra and how I have built relationships with different ago, and since then I fell in love with
long have you been part of the team? producers who have very different Canada’s outdoors! I like hiking and
needs from each other and have gained camping, especially in the mountains. In
I’m the Customer Account Representative their trust. Growing competition in our my downtime I like watching and playing
(CAR) at Viterra’s Grimshaw facility in industry is a challenge but leveraging the basketball.
the Peace Region. I was a CAR at our relationships I built with my clients has
Vegreville facility before that, and first allowed Viterra to stand out against our
started at Viterra as Facility Sales and competitors.
Admin in Acheson.

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