Joseph Peterson
Broker Assistant at MID-CO COMMODITIES, INC.
Bloomington, Illinois, United States
Summary
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Top SchoolJoseph Peterson is a broker assistant in the commodities and futures industry with 11 years of work experience and a recently earned master's degree in Applied Agricultural Economics from the University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign. He blends hands-on agricultural experience—from four years as a retail produce clerk to field research roles harvesting and maintaining crops—with emerging market expertise underscored by his Series 3 license. Joseph is skilled at turning field-level insights into practical, research-informed solutions for supply chain and trading contexts, drawing on agronomy, logistics, and customer-facing experience. His background in university research and teaching adds analytical rigor and data-collection discipline to his market work. Based in Bloomington, IL, he is motivated by improving outcomes across the food and agriculture value chain and continually expanding his expertise in commodities markets. A detail that sets him apart is his trajectory from stocking produce to licensed futures broker assistant, giving him a rare end-to-end perspective on agricultural products.
11 years of coding experience
1 year of employment as a software developer
Associate of Arts - AA, Applied Economics, Associate of Arts - AA, Applied Economics at Triton CollegeHigh School Diploma, High School Diploma at Proviso Math and Science AcademyMaster's degree, Applied Agricultural Economics, Master's degree, Applied Agricultural Economics at University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign
Github Skills (26)
genomes10
imagej9
easygui9
pan9
genomics8
zarr8
bioinformatics8
image8
tiff7
css7
image-data6
python6
svg5
venn-diagram4
numpy4
Programming languages (3)
Github contributions (5)
JosephRyanPeterson/3DdFBA_Tools
Dec 2016 - Aug 2017
Contributions:2 releases, 61 pushes, 2 tags in 7 months
SimBioSysInc/MAFpy
Mar 2018 - Aug 2019
Contributions:6 pushes, 1 branch in 1 year 5 months
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