Ed de Souza graduated with a degree in Agribusiness at Fort Hays University in Kansas, USA in 1995. He also obtained a master’s degree in Business Administration, with a focus on business management at Fundação Getúlio Vargas.Mr de Souza was hired by Wenger Manufacturing Inc in late 1995. Working at Wenger for the past 23 years, he has developed an extensive know-how in food extrusion processing. He has taken various food extrusion courses from hosts such as Wenger, Iams University, Texas A&M University and Kansas State University. He has worked in Food Extrusion Research at the Wenger Technical Centre in Sabetha and has knowledge also as a field service technician working with equipment start-ups, process troubleshooting and providing lectures and training.Mr de Souza has been a member of the Brazilian College of Animal Nutrition on the Pet Food Committee since 2011.