CFO and SVP

Rowdy Smith

Rowdy brings over 20 years of business experience and is a high-impact leader whose expertise lies at the nexus of finance, marketing, commercial and strategy. 
 
Rowdy began his career as a certified public accountant at McGladrey & Pullen before joining DuPont’s agribusiness division in 2001. During his time at DuPont he held multiple Finance, Marketing, Commercial, and Strategy leadership positions.  He also played an instrumental role in the merger between Dow and DuPont where he led the Integration Management Office for the agricultural businesses.  Following the formation and eventual spin-off into Corteva Agriscience, Rowdy held leadership roles that included global seed strategy, global seed treatments and biologicals, Asia Pacific marketing and business development, and global ERP transformation.