Our Team
The founding members of DGS were born and raised around the Black Hills, and our roots go deep in South Dakota and the surrounding region
We were ecstatic when South Dakotans voted to legalize both medical and recreational marijuana in 2020 and we decided to bring our expertise to the industry while being anchored in Rapid City. While South Dakota is sorting out the logistics of the cannabis industry, our services within our home state are limited to non-cannabis related horticulture.
Jake Baumgartner
Marketing Director and Client Outreach Coordinator
A graduate form the University of South Dakota, Jake holds a degree in Strategic Communications that specializes in marketing and public relations. He specializes strategic brand building and helps achieve specific, desired business identities. Prior to co-founding DGS, he has worked in several fields in Western South Dakota that include wineries, breweries, first aide/safety, and broadcasting. Jake was raised in Rockerville, South Dakota, and enjoys fishing and hiking in the Black Hills.
Jake manages the Brand Consulting and Staffing Solutions services that DGS offers while being responsible for delivering DGS’ message and curating communications for clients.
Seth Baumgartner
Lead Horticultural Consultant
Seth has worked in research, production, management, and consultation within the horticultural field for nearly 10 years. He possesses degrees in Horticulture, Urban Agriculture, and Crop Sciences with an emphasis in sustainable agriculture from the University of Idaho. Seth has worked with alfalfa, winter wheat, peas, and cannabis throughout his career. While working as a cultivation technician at a large-scale cannabis production facility in Washington state, he has consulted for several indoor and outdoor cannabis growers in California, Oregon, and Washington to help improve production facilities in all growing conditions. He is approaching his 50th cannabis crop and presents a broad range of expertise that will help optimize profits. Seth has also been a professional whitewater guide since 2013 and takes guests on class III-IV trips on several rivers in Idaho. Outside of work he spends time skiing, snowboarding, hunting, fishing, and rafting with his family. Seth was raised in Rockerville, South Dakota.
As Lead Horticultural Consultant, Seth manages and executes DGS’ on-site services that pertain to everything horticulture. He also assists with the performance of DGS’ Staffing Solutions service and the creation of Continued Education materials.
Travis Dewes
Content Manager
Travis has degrees in History, English, French, and Religious Studies from South Dakota State University. After graduating college, Travis moved to Colorado briefly to be closer to family. Upon returning to South Dakota, Travis began managing a local distillery and writing for a local, Native American newspaper. Travis has spent numerous months abroad in the West African countries of Benin and Burkina Faso. In West Africa, he studied French and indigenous religions. In his free time, Travis enjoys fishing, camping and skiing in the Black Hills. He also writes historical columns while using public archives and his own collection of documents. His historical interests shown in his published columns include religious, South Dakota, Wyoming, and Native American history. Travis was raised in Rapid City, South Dakota.
As Content Manager, Travis takes the helm of creating and organizing information that relates to DGS. He manages this website and creates Continued Education materials, Continued Customer Success documents, and promotional material.
Dynamic Growing Solutions acknowledges with respect that its headquarters is situated within the ancestral territory of the Seven Council Fires (Oceti Sakowin), an alliance that consists of the Santee, Yankton, and Teton Lakota peoples. We recognize the historical context surrounding these lands and we are working to build and fortify relationships with Native Americans that continue to live, work, and worship in these lands.