Orlando Gil,
Owner
Training Connections
Translation Services
A native of Venezuela, Orlando came to the United States to further his education. He attended Oklahoma State University and received B.S. degrees in Animal Science and Agronomy back in 1983.
Orlando’s experience in the agricultural industry includes a variety of positions in training, recruiting as well as production.
His work experience includes working as Recruiting Director and Training Manager for Kerber Companies in NW, IA.
Before relocating to Iowa, Orlando was a training production manager for Seaboard Foods, one of the country’s top 10 integrated pork producers and processors, and worked for Seaboard from 2001 to 2006. During that same time, he also managed a 13,225 sow - farrow to wean swine operation in Beaver County, Okla.
Between 1995 and 2001 Orlando was employed by PIC (Pig Improvement Company), an international genetic breeding stock company, where he held a variety of positions in Kentucky, North Carolina, Oklahoma and Wisconsin.
Prior to joining PIC, Orlando worked in the restaurant industry and owned and managed a restaurant in Stillwater, Okla.
Orlando and his wife, Ana, live near Dickens, in northwest Iowa. They own and operate “Training Connections” and “Translation Services”.
A key part of the mission of both companies is to help businesses “bridge the gap” with the Latino Workforce in agricultural related industries. Orlando and Ana have two sons, Garrett, 21 and Tanner, 18 who are both in college at OSU in Stillwater, Oklahoma.
Orlando’s activities include membership in the Emmetsburg Rotary Club, the Knights of Columbus, and the Emmetsburg Chamber of Commerce. He is a member of the Producers Services Committee and the Main Street Speakers Bureau for the Na
