Tom Treynor, CTO and Principal Consultant at Treynor Consulting Tom has over a decade of experience in industrial biotechnology, where he’s worn his lab coat alongside everyone from strain improvement scientists to analytical chemists to process engineers and Brazilian plant operators. He is passionate about helping all manner of technical experts [...]
Travis Murdoch, Director at Softbank Investment Advisers. Travis Murdoch is the Director at Softbank Investment Advisers. He joined Third Rock Ventures in 2017 to focus on new company formation, due diligence, and clinical strategy. Travis was previously at McKinsey & Company, where he was part of the pharmaceutical and medical products [...]
Gregor Kosec, Head of R&D at Acies Bio A chemist and biochemist by training, Gregor Kosec has had years of experience in molecular biology of industrial microorganisms and secondary metabolites. He is in charge of scientific activities, R&D strategy, innovation, and IP.
Michael Harrison, Chief Technology Officer at Tate & Lyle Dr. Michael Harrison is a proven leader with 30+ years of business and scientific leadership matching emerging technologies with customer insights and developing leading-edge products from discovery to commercialization. During his tenure at Tate & Lyle, he has provided innovative solutions to [...]
James Schroeder, Managing Partner at BioInnovation Legal US Patent Attorney specialized in global patent strategies for gene circuitry, bioinformatics and bioproducts. Lead licensing attorney and litigator of one of the most cited US patent cases. Active SynBio supporter and SynBERC IAB member.
David Tze, CEO of NovoNutrients. David Tze achieved the goal of his search fund in 2017 by investing in and taking his current role as CEO of NovoNutrients, the “food from CO2” company. For the prior dozen years, he was the sole manager of Aquacopia Ventures, which he had co-founded. Across [...]
Rob Leachman, Professor of Industrial Engineering and Operations Research at the University of California at Berkeley. Rob Leachman is a Professor of Industrial Engineering and Operations Research at the University of California at Berkeley. Dr. Leachman is the author of more than 50 technical publications and has supervised more than 30 PhD [...]
Eric Hobbs, CEO of Berkeley Lights Dr. Eric D. Hobbs joined Berkeley Lights in May 2013 and rose to the CEO rank in 2017. Under Eric’s guidance the Berkeley Lights team realized a more than 5-fold revenue increase over 2 years, raised $95 million in funding, released multiple new products, was [...]
Jitendra Joshi, Integration lead for Advanced Exploration Systems at NASA Dr. Jitendra Joshi received his Ph.D. from Rutgers, The State University of New Jersey in Environmental Sciences, and his MS from The University of Bombay in Microbiology and a BS from Wilson College, Bombay in Microbiology and Chemistry. His Ph.D. work [...]
Sandor Schoichet, Director of Meridian Management Consultants. Consultant to life science and indoor ag clients on product and business development strategy. Advisor on biopharma ESG performance and Biopharma Sustainability Roundtable producer. Director at Alliance of CEOs, facilitating a quarterly Life Sciences Roundtable.
