INGREDIENTWERKS - Key Persons
Co-founder and Managing Director of ARCH Venture Partners, Clint Bybee has helped organize and finance numerous companies, including MicroOptical Devices, Innovalight, and Intelligent Reasoning Systems.
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- VP of Strategy and Operations
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- Founder and Managing Partner of Open Prairie
Jim is the Founder and Managing Partner of Open Prairie. He is a fifth generation agriculture investor and entrepreneur with over 30 years of investment experience. Jim has been instrumental in starting and providing capital to companies throughout the country.
Jonathan is scientist, consultant, and former food industry executive who held leadership roles at companies like Motif FoodWorks, Indigo, and PepsiCo. He has a deep understanding of both the science and business of the industry, and his experience across both small tech startups and big CPGs affords him a unique perspective on how to successfully lead teams.
Prior to joining IngredientWerks, Michael co-founded Agrivida in 2002. Michael served the company in various capacities ranging from fundraising to strategic development to finally as Presdient. As the R&D lead, Michael leads technical product development, operations, and regulatory. He invented intein switch technology, which regulates enzyme behavior and has led to breakthroughs in animal nutrition, industrial enzymes, and sugar production. Previously, Dr. Raab worked in process research at Merck Research Laboratories, National Starch and Chemical, and Johnson Wax. He holds a Ph.D. from the Massachusetts Institute of Technology and a B.S. from the University of Wisconsin-Madison, both in chemical engineering.
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- Director Plant Engineering
Oleg has 25 years of experience in crop engineering. He created Agrivida's commercial expression cassettes for the companies first and second generation products TIGR and Simplot. Oleg held similar roles at Monsanto.
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- Director, Plant Analysis & Biochemistry
Philip has 25 years of experience in crop engineering. He has been instrumental as both a product development and regulatory science leader for companies like Agrivida and Monsanto.
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- Chairman of the Board of Directors
As Chairman of the Board of Directors at IngredientWerks, Ron Meeusen is a pioneer in crop innovation. He has over 30 years of experience bringing new technologies and products to market. He also currently serves as the Managing Director of Cultivian Sandbox and co-founder and Managing Partner of Cultivian Ventures.
Steve is CEO of Schuman Cheese, a privately owned leader in high-end, retail, food service and gourmet cheese based in Fairfield, NJ. An accomplished CEO with experience in start-up, middle market and large multinational companies in a range of industries including food, personalized nutrition, pharma, biotechnology, digital transformation, e-commerce and agriculture.
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- Director Plant Transformation
Vladimir has 25 years of experience in crop engineering. He was critical in creating Agrivida's commercial corn events for phytase and glucanase. Vladimir held similar roles at Syngenta and Monsanto.