Our Team

Kyle Sieren

Kyle Sieren is a Principal at Ardent Mills Solutions™ and has been with Ardent Mills Solutions™ since its inception in 2017. In his current role, Kyle provides trading and risk management services to clients. Prior to the formation of Ardent Mills, Kyle held various roles with a focus on risk management and trading of agricultural commodities. From 2000-2005 he worked as a floor broker in the wheat pits at the Chicago Board of Trade and Kansas City Board of Trade for Cargill Investor Services. From 2006 to 2007, Kyle was self-employed as an independent futures and options trader, trading agricultural commodities with his own capital.

Prior to joining Cargill, Kyle graduated from Iowa State University in 1996 with a bachelor’s degree in Agricultural Business with an emphasis in Marketing. He is a registered Series 3 Associated Persons of the Advisor with the Commodity Futures Trading Commission. Kyle is a past member of the Minneapolis Grain Exchange, the Kansas City Board of Trade, the Chicago Board of Trade, and the Market Technicians Association. Kyle is active in his family corn and soybean operation in Southeast Iowa.

Jaden Materi

Jaden Materi joined Ardent Mills Solutions™ as an Associated Person in September 2026. In his current role, Jaden provides trading and risk management services to clients. Concurrently, Jaden is Ardent Mill's Trading Analyst, providing domestic and global wheat market analysis to support trading and risk management decisions, with a focus on supply and demand, trade flows, and market fundamentals.
Prior to joining Ardent Mills, his experience includes global commodity analysis and cocoa merchandising at Cargill and petroleum pricing analysis at Pilot Flying J. Earlier in his career, he held environmental consulting and engineering roles providing clients with industrial compliance services.
Jaden graduated from the University of Minnesota Duluth with a bachelor's degree in chemical engineering and a bachelor's degree in environmental science. He is a registered Series 3 Associated Persons with the Commodity Futures Trading Commission.