Meet The Team

With over thirty years of experience in the agriculture, pest control, and turfgrass management fields, Mark is driven by identifying new innovative products and programs for agricultural growers and professional turfgrass managers. Mark spent eleven years in various leadership roles at ScottsMiracle-Gro, ten years managing golf courses across the Intermountain West, and the last three years developing innovative technologies for agriculture. Mark earned his BS in Business and Horticulture from Utah State University, his MS in Crop Physiology from Utah State University, and his PhD in Horticulture Biology from Cornell University. Mark has built a career focusing on the circular economy while working with leading technology companies to commercialize novel products for turfgrass management and agriculture.

Thaddaus is a fermentation evangaelist and believes in the power of mushrooms to create a new class of high performance biological products for turf and agriculture. Thaddaus is an expert in protein engineering and biomanufacturing with over 15 years experience. Thaddaus received his B.S. in Chemical Engineering from Ohio State University, PhD in Chemical Engineering from Colorado State University, and performed post doctoral work at the world renowned University of Washington Institute for Protein Design.