25 yrs biz manager & scientist in the biotech field: wide range biotech businesses, incl: human stem cells, cancer, HIV & aging (Affymax, Geron, UCSF, PPD Discovery), biological detection systems (Siometrix, Black Ivory Biotech). 16+yrs of creating technologies/developing commercial products in BioPesticides (Phyllom, Sandoz Agro, Maxygen/Verdia Inc (Dupont)), incl corporate/legal contracts, manufacturing, field testing, reg, protein enginring.

Biotech Executive: 25 yrs experience in discovery research & clinical development
Expertise:
- Executive & Management: startup & publicly traded biotech; head of research, intellectual property, business development.
- Technical: cell immortalization, telomere biology, genomics, stem cell biology, human biotherapeutics.
- Development: cell line development, bacterial & cell fermentation, IND enablement & filings, early stage clinical trials.

25+ yrs research experience in biotech industry&academia, incl Sandoz Agro & Monsanto. Career highlights include: Bacillus thuringiensis (Bt) strain development and Cry protein engineering resulting in a strain with enhanced activity against Spodoptera species.

Expertise:
- Production & Supply Chain: Fermentation & Formulation.
- Microbial genetics & physiology: Genetic engineering of commercially valuable microbes incl Bt.

Kurt leads Phyllom’s Sales & Marketing:
- Has licensed and/or launched many of the industry’s leading BioBased disease & insect controls. These BioProducts continue to dominate their segments in the hands of the acquiring multinationals.
- Instrumental in raising significant investment capital since 1998 for start-ups.
- Has managed global business units with >$100 Million in sales and negotiated dozens of collaborations with multinationals.