Dr. Stein is a veterinarian and management consultant, worldwide, to pork production and pork processing companies. A native of Illinois, Stein earned his undergraduate degree in Animal Science from Purdue University and received his DVM degree from the University of Illinois. He went on to earn a Master's Degree in Veterinary Medicine at the University of Minnesota, studying under Dr. Al Leman. For his PhD project Stein designed the PigCHAMP record-keeping system, now a worldwide industry standard.

In 1990, Stein founded Knowledgeworks, a management consulting and software development firm, in 1990 with core competencies in financial analysis, investment analysis and business planning for large-scale pork production, industry-specific knowledge management, and software development products and services. Dr. Stein has also written several books about swine production and information systems. He is the author of numerous articles on production system design, production management, financial analysis, and production modeling for 'new-paradigm' pork production businesses. In 1995, Dr. Stein introduced the first audiotape journal for the pork industry. In 1998, Dr. Stein launched PorkNet.com, a leading business-to-business Web Site focused specifically on the pork industry and began producing a daily e-mail newsletter PorkNet's Daily Update - which has become a dominant communication and information source for the worldwide pork industry.

Tony Christianson was one of the original founders of MetaFarms in April 1999 and has been a director since its inception. Mr. Christianson co-founded Cherry Tree Companies, an investment management and investment banking firm, in 1980, and has been serving as its Managing General Partner since then. Mr. Christianson is a member of several boards of directors, including Fair Isaac Corporation, Transport Corporation of America, Peoples Educational Holdings, Capella Education Company, Dolan Media Company and Titan Machinery Inc. He earned a B.A. from St. John’s University, Collegeville, MN, and an M.B.A. from the Harvard Business School.

Dr. Tim Loula, who joined the Board in April 2001, is recognized expert in the swine industry and was instrumental in creating a new generation of swine veterinary consulting services. He received the American of Swine Veterinarians "Swine Practitioner of the Year" award in 1990 and is also a past president of that organization. Dr. Loula holds a BA from Drake University and a DVM from the University of Minnesota and has consulted for companies around the world.

Jim Caldwell was elected to serve as a director in May 2002. Jim has 30 plus years in technology companies, both technical roles and senior management positions. Currently, Jim is Chairman and CEO of Scout Information Services, a diversified information company. He is responsible for Scout's strategic direction and overseeing its implementation. Previously, Jim was a founder, President and Chief Operating officer of Fourth Shift Corporation, a NASDAQ company that develops and sells enterprise application software to mid-market manufacturing companies. Prior to Fourth Shift, Jim spent 20 years with Control Data Corporation in a variety of executive management positions. His last position was Vice President Operations for the Peripheral Products Company, a $1.5B division of Control Data that manufactured a disk drives, tape drives, printers and associated supplies. Earlier Jim was a research mathematician at the Naval Research and Development Center in Washington, DC.