Before his role in co-inventing the Merlin IC, Kurt was the owner of K-BAgritech, a company dedicated to reducing drift on agricultural sprayers.

He won the ASABE (American Society of Agricultural and Biological Engineers) AE50 Award for co-inventing of the Pattern Master, a product which reduces spray drift and off target application.

In addition to his work with Latitude-Ag, Ladd McCluskey is also currently the President of Primary Mfg, an additive manufacturing and rapid prototyping company.

Primary Mfg helped design and prototype the section recirculation valve in the Merlin IC System. The company is also the exclusive manufacturing partner of Latitude-Ag.