ZERO GRAVITY SOLUTIONS - Key Persons


Alexander Boies - Chairman

Job Titles:
  • Chairman of the Board
  • Member of the Management Team
Alex represents a range of legal clients at the Boies, Schiller & Flexner LLP where he works on complex litigation matters. Prior to his legal career, he worked in finance with Livingston Securities where he secured several private placements and IPOs.

Brad Shurdut

Job Titles:
  • Member of the Management Team
  • Regulatory Advisor
Brad is an attorney and senior life sciences, biotechnology, and ag industry executive with 30+ years of experience in government affairs, regulatory affairs, public policy, environmental health & safety, and risk assessment

David Delaney

Job Titles:
  • Director
  • Member of the Management Team
David has 40+ years of experience in the agricultural crop protection industry. First at DuPont, he held roles in sales, marketing, and R&D. Most recently at FMC, David was Global Launch and Product Manager for the largest, global brands.

Edward Cowle

Job Titles:
  • Director
After a ten-year career on Wall Street, Ed has been starting, financing, and advising technology companies for the past 20 years. He is currently CEO of Sports Engineering, Inc. in addition to serving on several company boards.

Harvey Kaye - Founder

Job Titles:
  • Director
  • Founder
  • Member of the Management Team
Harvey has more than 40 years of experience in providing financing, strategic planning, and administrative leadership as an entrepreneur, investment banker, chairman, CEO, and director.

John McLean - CEO

Job Titles:
  • CEO
  • Member of the Management Team
John is an agriculture industry executive with 40 years of diverse industry experience including as COO of Monsanto Growth Ventures and as President of Intrexon Crop Protection.

Kathy Conway

Job Titles:
  • Leader
  • Member of the Management Team
  • VP Operations
Kathy is an agriculture biotech leader with 35 years of experience in strategic operations, driving companies the next stage of growth from product development through commercialization.

Kiran Kharat

Job Titles:
  • Member of the Management Team
  • Research Advisor
Kiran has more than two decades of experience in biotechnology, including the development of nano-devices for humans and plants and the regulation of gene expression in plants and cancer cells.

Matt Cleaver

Business development and strategy leader with over a decade of experience driving growth and performance across multiple businesses in the food and agriculture industry

Michael Smith

Job Titles:
  • Director
  • Member of the Management Team
  • Retired Chairman of the Board and Chief Executive Officer of Hughes Electronics Corporation
Michael is the retired Chairman of the Board and Chief Executive Officer of Hughes Electronics Corporation. He spent nearly 20 years with General Motors in a variety of financial management positions.

Pedro LiCHTinger

Job Titles:
  • Director
  • Member of the Management Team
Pedro has over 30 years of executive experience in the pharmaceutical industry including global leadership roles at Pfizer. He is currently Chairman and CEO of Starton Therapeutics, which is transforming the management of hematological cancer.

Ravi Pottathil - CTO

Job Titles:
  • CTO
  • Member of the Management Team
Ravi is an entrepreneur with a 40-year history spanning industry & academia, covering biochemistry, molecular biology, mammalian genetics, medical virology, tumor biology, and diagnostics.

Rik Miller

Job Titles:
  • Member of the Management Team
  • Commercial Advisor
Rik has 40+ years of experience in production agriculture including as President of Crop Protection at Dupont and senior leadership positions in sales, marketing, portfolio management, and business operations.