Aron Derbidge

President, HZPC Americas - Derbidge has spent the last 20 plus years in and around the potato business. He has served growers, packers, shippers, and marketers of potatoes through packaging, logistics, variety development and seed production. He has been in potato breeding, variety development and seed production for the last 10 plus years. Derbidge is based in Idaho Falls, Idaho but his territory is North America, so he’s able to visit most potato producing areas across both Canada and United States. He’s currently serving as the potato chair for the American Seed Trade Association (ASTA) Potato Section. Derbidge is the proud father of two teenage girls and husband to his wife of 23 years. In his spare time, he enjoys precision sports, golf and fishing.