NU-TEK - Key Persons
Job Titles:
- Director of Manufacturing
Thomas has over 20 years' experience in the food ingredient and biotech industry and has developed a broad network of venture partners, investors, and research scientists. Mr. Yezzi holds Bachelors and Masters degrees in Food Science from the University of Minnesota where his research focus was food and industrial microbiology. Entrepreneurial focus on start-ups and early stage companies has lead to the founding of Nu-Tek Products, a business incubator for wellness foods and life sciences ventures. He also serves as the President of two portfolio companies, Nu-Tek BioSciences and Nu-Tek Fibers.
Mr. Yezzi was a co-founder of Nu-Tek Salt and served as President through the start-up and commercialization phases of the Company. His efforts contributed to sizeable funding from large VC's such as Khosla Ventures. Throughout his career, Thomas has also held senior management positions including Vice President of Operations at Protient, Inc. where he helped build and ultimately sell the firm using VC funding. Mr. Yezzi was also Director of Process and Product Development at Northern Food & Dairy, Inc. where he managed and generated new business in the nutraceutical and dairy industries.