Seasoned leader with over 15 years of experience serving in diverse leadership roles in bioscience-based industries, including successfully pioneering efforts to commercialize algae as an agricultural crop. A scientist with a strong business and communications background, I'm passionate about the commercialization of novel plant-based products and technology transfer from lab to field, as well as transformational leadership and organizational development, culture building, and coaching. Operations/business background in operations, change management, process development and implementation, quality, regulatory, R&D, and EH&S. Technical background in molecular biology, microbiology, and biochemistry, with a Ph.D. in Microbiology from Texas A&M University and an Honors B.Sc. degree from the University of North Texas. Unreasonable Impact Fellow, Unstoppable Cultures Alumni.