CETS LLC Principal Bios

Janina Petrick, CEO

Ms. Petrick, a native of Poland, brought the principals together to form CETS in 2003 with the goal of developing a commercially viable means of rapidly producing commercial quantities of high-quality seed potatoes. Her prior experience in international trade and financing includes the establishment of financial programs to support equipment sales through international financial institutions (IMF, EXIM) and the development of dealerships and customer service support programs in Eastern Europe. She also participated in the US State Department Open World program promoting democracy by bringing people closer together through trade, finance and business. Ms. Petrick is fluent in three languages.

Wayne Harris

Mr. Harris helped found 6AM Marketing, Inc., a full-service marketing firm in Madison, Wisconsin. With over 20 years experience in high-level marketing, Mr. Harris’ expertise focuses on the franchise and licensing business. Mr. Harris has been President of Forward Wisconsin, Inc. and has served on the Governor’s Cabinet and many other councils and boards in the past two decades. He is a past executive of McDonald’s Corporation and was later an award-winning franchisee.