A detailed finance professional with in-depth knowledge of investment strategies and the commodities markets, Jay possesses extensive commercial experience. He has been instrumental in the exponential growth of previous employers having served in leadership roles at energy research providers and several investment banks. During his professional career he has worked with complex hedge funds, commodity trading advisors, and private equity funds.

Teo Tijerina has a career trajectory that spans capital formation, regional economic development, high-tech entrepreneurship and community development. He is an innovator and founder of both for-profit and non-profit ventures in the fields of impact investing and social entrepreneurship.

Dr. Hector Ruiz, an accomplished chief executive and technology luminary, is driven by the idea that technology and education dramatically improve people's lives. Hector has helped build and guide top-tier global technology companies (including Texas Instruments, Motorola, and AMD) while also promoting exploration of technology's ability to address social issues.

Young Scientist and Innovation manager with a demonstrated ability to prototype technology projects that result in commercial technology, advisor to technology companies in USA and Mexico. SNI CONACYT Member in Mexico as Candidate Entry Level.

Managing Director of IHS Markit, Chemical Consulting
Business Development Manager, Praxair
Licensing Business Manager, Dow Chemicals
Polyethylene Production Manager, Union Carbide

C level executive with experience in PHA start ups, possesses a history of building consensus where it was 'impossible' including a long list of hard won, detailed technical deals.

Fermentation Guru and Innovative Scientist who has developed and optimized fermentation platforms for the production of PHA Homo & Co-polymers from media design to fermentation monitoring and control. Experience scaling up PHA fermentation platforms to extra-large industrial scale including developing a set of bio-analytical tools to evaluate PHA production capabilities in microbial strains.