WHO IS CERES?
Inspired by the Roman Goddess of Agriculture, Ceres is a company devoted to growing plants. Our core team consists of engineers, architects, builders, plant experts, designers, and tinkerers.
Founded in 2011, Ceres Greenhouse Solutions aims to reinvent the traditional greenhouse. We combine passive solar design principles with innovative heat-storage techniques to create the most energy-efficient and durable greenhouses for any climate in the world. The result is a smarter, ‘greener’ greenhouse design: one that regulates its own temperature, can grow year-round, withstands the harshest weather, and uses little to no fossil fuel energy.
Our solutions can be found around the world, in climates as far-ranging as Alaska to South Africa. Our clients span backyard gardeners, sustainable farmers, school administrators and big industrial growers.
We partner with certified general contractors, horticulturists, and specialists in greenhouse growing and climate control systems.
Meet the Team
MARC PLINKE
Founder / Chief Operating Officer
Marc is an inventor-innovator who started his career as a chemical and process engineer working for Gore Technologies. When he landed in Boulder, CO, he retrofitted his family’s 1950’s ranch house into a “beyond-net-zero-energy home.” That experience led him into his second career in greenhouse building design. He has spent the past decade applying his engineering mindset and expertise to building better and more energy-efficient greenhouses. After helping build a state-of-the-art commercial greenhouse funded by the Colorado Department of Agriculture, Marc started Ceres with the intention of enabling people to grow their own food sustainably and year-round. Marc’s passion is his family and his belief in leaving the world a better place for his children.
Chris Uhlig
Chief Executive Officer
Josh Holleb
Solutions Architect
Karin Uhlig
Sales Support / Resource Manager
Michael Woodard
Project Manager / Resource Manager
Bill Zanoni
Design
Dawn Mann
Accounting / Resource Manager
Swapnil Kumar
Sr Mechanical Engineer
Haley Bridgnell
Marketing / Content Specialist
Kylie Gettleman
Project Development / Grow Support
Miriam Schaffer
Marketing / Communications Specialist
Markus Kroess
Engineering / Product Development
Christian Houpe
Engineering / Product Development
Sunny Kaercher
Commercial Sales / Design
Jaclyn Jorgensen
Commercial Sales
Elizabeth Shilling
Engineering / Project Management
Zac McCallum
Engineering / Project Management
Jim Sabey
Commercial Sales
Marina Gieres
Design
Herve Maumus-Hue
Data Analyst
Lane Calabro
Architectural Designer
Amy Chan
Administrative Support
Ryan Champion
Design
Lauren Sharpe
Architectural Design / Sales
Ryan Smith
Project Manager