Who We Are
We are responsive, agile and passionate about both fermentation and the benefits to humanity derived from fermentation products.
We pride ourselves on providing world-class service driven by science and rigor.
We are proud to be certified under ISO 9001:2015 and ISO 13485:2016.
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Executive Management
![T. Craig Masterman](/templates/yootheme/cache/65/board-masterman-65f09548.jpeg)
T. Craig Masterman
- CEO, Director
- 15 years of experience in building fermentors and working with customers to scale their fermentation processes
- Ph.D. MIT
- BA University of NC
- Over 120 patents and publications
![Walter Van Buskirk](/templates/yootheme/cache/2b/board-walter-2bc61a5d.jpeg)
Walter Van Buskirk
- Chief Operating and Financial Officer, Director
- Over 20 years financial and legal experience
- JD/MBA Boston College
- BS Finance Bentley University
![Walter Van Buskirk](/templates/yootheme/cache/93/board-tyler-936ba04c.jpeg)
Lucien Tyler
- Director of Manufacturing
- BS Chemical Engineering University of Massachusetts, Lowell
![Karen Atkocius](/templates/yootheme/cache/7a/board-atkocius-7abcef28.jpeg)
Karen Atkocius
- Director Quality and Analytical Chemistry
- MS Chemistry Northeastern University
![Colby Stoddard](/templates/yootheme/cache/8a/Colby-Stoddard-8ae0dd45.jpeg)
Colby Stoddard
- Director of Innovation
- Postdoc - Harvard Medical School
- Ph.D. - Biochemistry, University of Colorado, Boulder
- B.S. - Microbiology, University of Montana
Non-Executive Directors
![Robert C. Armstrong](/templates/yootheme/cache/94/board-armstrong-9476f0c1.jpeg)
Robert C. Armstrong
- Chevron Professor of Chemical Engineering and Former Department Chair at MIT (1996-2007)
- Director of the MIT Energy Initiative
![Sir John S. Jennings](/templates/yootheme/cache/c6/board-jennings-c6cb8d40.jpeg)
Sir John S. Jennings
- Former Group-Managing Director of Royal Dutch/Shell Group; Chairman of the Shell Transport and Trading Company and Director of Shell Oil
![William J. Perry](/templates/yootheme/cache/b3/board-perry-b30c9559.jpeg)
William J. Perry
- Senior Fellow and Professor of Engineering at Stanford
- Former United States Secretary of Defense