Oasis Grower Solutions Announces New Sales Personnel and Positions

(Left to right) Technical Customer Service and Sales Specialist Brenton Williams, Midwest and Mountain States Territory Sales Manager Woody Lilly, and Technical Business Development Manager (APAC & Middle East) Abhijit Joshi.

(Left to right) Technical Customer Service and Sales Specialist Brenton Williams, Midwest and Mountain States Territory Sales Manager Woody Lilly, and Technical Business Development Manager (APAC & Middle East) Abhijit Joshi. | Oasis Grower Solutions

The Smithers-Oasis division of Oasis Grower Solutions has added a new member to its team of Territory Sales Managers, along with two newly created positions to support North American and global sales.

Smithers-Oasis Director of Global Grower Operations and Research, Vijay Rapaka, Ph.D., announced that horticulture-industry veteran Woody Lilly joined the Oasis Grower Solutions team as Midwest and Mountain States Territory Sales Manager. Lilly joins the team with more than 30 years of experience in horticulture-related sales, with the bulk of his career focused on growing media. Lilly’s territorial focus will be the U.S. Midwest and Mountain regions, along with Eastern Canada.

In a related move, Brenton Williams has transitioned into a newly created in-house position as Oasis Grower Solutions Technical Customer Service and Sales Specialist, designed to capitalize on his technical product knowledge and grower relationships. Williams joined Smithers-Oasis in 2014 as a Research Greenhouse Technician. His most recent role was Oasis Grower Solutions Midwest Territory Sales Manager. In his new position, Williams will primarily focus on providing technical customer service to Oasis Grower Solutions customers, along with inside sales support to West Coast and Western States, plus select countries outside the U.S.

In a significant transition designed to better serve global customers, Abhijit Joshi will assume a newly created position as Oasis Grower Solutions Technical Business Development Manager – APAC & Middle East. With Smithers-Oasis since 2016, Joshi currently serves as Technical Manager for Smithers-Oasis India, where he works with FloraLife and Oasis Grower Solutions products under the direction of Managing Director Meeta Laddha. In his new position, Joshi will represent Oasis Grower Solutions exclusively throughout the Asia-Pacific and Middle East markets.

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