Leading Executives in Other Agriculture
Irving Fain
Founder & CEO, Bowery Farming
Founder who scaled Bowery into the U.S.’s largest vertical-farming company and championed the BoweryOS indoor-farm platform powering pesticide‑free produce nationwide.
Dan (Daniel) Malech
Interim CEO, Plenty
Interim chief who led Plenty’s post‑Chapter 11 restructuring and refocus on high‑value strawberries at its Richmond, Virginia vertical farm.
Viraj Puri
Co‑Founder & CEO, Gotham Greens
Co‑founder who built one of the country’s largest CEA greenhouse networks supplying branded leafy greens, herbs, salad kits and more.
Mike Zelkind
CEO, 80 Acres Farms (combined with Soli Organic)
Veteran CEA operator now leading one of the largest indoor‑farming networks in the U.S. formed by the 80 Acres Farms–Soli Organic merger, serving 17,000+ storefronts.
Dean Banks
Chief Executive Officer, Indigo Ag
Former Tyson Foods chief now steering Indigo’s biologicals, carbon, and digital businesses after a nearly $270M financing to scale impact across millions of acres.
Chris Abbott
Chief Executive Officer, Pivot Bio
Appointed to scale microbial nitrogen as a mainstream fertilizer replacement; under his leadership Pivot Bio topped $100M revenue and continues rapid growth.
Ignacio Martinez
Interim CEO, Inari
Flagship Pioneering partner and company co‑founder asked to step in as interim chief to advance Inari’s AI‑enabled multiplex gene‑editing seed pipeline.
Anastasia Volkova, PhD
Co‑Founder & CEO, Regrow Ag
TIME100 Next honoree leading one of ag’s most widely used MRV platforms for regenerative and climate‑smart programs across global food supply chains.
Tomer Tzach
Chief Executive Officer, CropX Technologies
CEO driving an M&A‑led expansion of CropX’s digital agronomy stack—adding nitrogen sensing (EnGeniousAg, 2024) and enterprise ag‑intelligence (Acclym/Agritask, 2025).
Federico Trucco
Chief Executive Officer, Bioceres Crop Solutions (NASDAQ: BIOX)
Biotech pioneer behind HB4 drought‑tolerance traits, leading a diversified portfolio of biologicals and seed technologies expanding across the Americas.
Eda Reinot
President & CEO, Certis Biologicals (Mitsui & Co.)
Former Indigo Ag R&D leader now CEO of one of the world’s largest biological crop‑protection manufacturers, advancing science‑led biocontrol at scale.
Hiroki Koga
Co‑Founder & CEO, Oishii
Co‑founder who popularized vertically farmed, flavor‑first Japanese strawberries in the U.S., expanding varieties and lowering prices through scale and automation.
Uma Valeti, MD
Founder & CEO, UPSIDE Foods
Cardiologist‑turned‑founder leading the first U.S. cultivated‑meat firm to receive FDA clearance, now optimizing scale‑up at its EPIC facility.
Diego Casanello
Chief Executive Officer, Farmers Business Network (FBN)
Veteran crop‑inputs executive brought in to accelerate FBN’s e‑commerce, finance and sustainability platform for 100k+ member farms across North America.
Gabe Sibley, PhD
Co‑Founder & CEO, Verdant Robotics
Robotics entrepreneur behind a multi‑action, millimeter‑accurate weeding/spraying platform and RaaS model reducing chemicals and labor in specialty crops.
Igino Cafiero
Director, Bear Flag Robotics (John Deere); Co‑Founder, Bear Flag Robotics, Bear Flag Robotics (a John Deere company)
Autonomy trailblazer who co‑founded Bear Flag Robotics—acquired by Deere for $250M—and now leads its integration and growth inside Deere’s autonomy push.
Aadith Moorthy
Founder & CEO, Boomitra
Founder of soil‑carbon marketplace recognized with the Earthshot Prize and TIME100 Companies honors for scaling farmer‑led carbon removal across the Global South.
Matt Trudeau
Chief Executive Officer, Nori
Digital‑markets veteran tapped to scale Nori’s carbon‑removal marketplace connecting regenerative growers directly with credit buyers.
Peter Beetham, PhD
Interim CEO; President & COO, Cibus (Nasdaq: CBUS)
Gene‑editing co‑founder serving as interim chief, advancing trait development and regulatory milestones for disease resistance and climate‑resilient crops.
Thomas Jonas
Co‑Founder & CEO, Nature’s Fynd
Co‑founder commercializing Fy—fungi‑based protein discovered via Yellowstone research—into dairy‑free and meatless products now expanding in retail.
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