MEET CSI
Founding Team
Working on EVC Technology and markets for over 4 years • Strong leadership experience • Deep eco-system contacts • Technical and manufacturing expertise • Accomplished in IP creation and strategy • Extensive culinary skill sets
John Field
Leadership
- 30 years in Engineering – Technical, Sales & Marketing
- Executive Management Experience in Public and Private Companies
- Large Company & Start-Up Background
Mark Linder
Partnerships
- 4 Decades in Ag & Culinary Leadership Roles
- Culinary Institute of America (CIA) – Ag Liaison for the last 18 years
- Founder “Ag in the Classroom” and Co-Founder “America’s Heartland” TV Series
Richard Gillespie
Technical / Manufacturing
- 30 Years Tech Equipment Engineering (Mech/System/Controls) & Vacuum
- Field Service & Customer Support Technical and Management Background
- BS Degree Electronic Engineering & a Military Veteran
Core Advisors
Operations & business planning experience • Culinary brand strategy expertise • FoodTech & AgTech immersion • Culinary operations expertise • Early-stage management perspective
David Shao
Equipment / Technology
- Multiple decades with Vacuum & Vacuum Cooling Technology
- Experiences in both Ag and Prepared Food Rapid-Chill
- Contributes Know-How and Vacuum Design Expertise
Howard Roeder
CEO/COO
Large Scale Ops
- World Wide Farms – Ag Company CEO
- Former President – Dole Food Company
Paul Noglows
Ag & Food Tech
- Former “Best on the Street” Wall Street Analyst and co-head of the Internet Research Group at H&Q
- Former Executive Director, ForbesLive; creator and Executive Producer of the Forbes AgTech Summits in Salinas and Indianapolis
- Active angel investor
- Currently Founding Partner & Executive Producer of Crusonia Food Is Health Forums
Brad Barnes
Brand Strategy
- President, Pure Food Consulting
- Former, Senior Director CIA Consulting
- Certified Master Chef (CMC) and Brand Strategy expert
Devry Boughner-Vorwerk
ESG/Sustainability
- Former Corporate Office at Cargill and Corp VP Global Corporate Affairs
- Former Executive Leadership at Grubhub
- Internationally recognized and networked business leader in Food & Agriculture
- Recognized industry leader in Sustainability and ESG
Martin Dudley
Start-Ups
- CEO Agshift – Skilled in idea-to-profitable-venture execution
- Industries: Technology, Infrastructure Technology, Financial Services, Ag-tech
Culinary Council
Broad experience base across all culinary disciplines • Representatives from the entire chain of FoodTech: concept and flavor
design, through production and customer service • Strong focus on food safetycompliance
Greg Fatigati
Chair, Culinary Council
- R&D Executive Chef– Bon Appetit / Food+
- Culinary Institute of America (CIA) Liaison and former Associate Dean
- Large scale food service operations
Kyle Connaughton
Upscale Culinary
- Owner of 3-Michelin Star farm-to-table restaurant in Sonoma County
- Culinary Institute of America Professor Emeritus
- Internationally known high-end chef
Breann Montz
Food Safety
- Food safety compliance and management systems (BRC, GFSI, HACCP)
- Strategic planning and program management
John Mitchell
Kitchen Design
- Commercial kitchen and restaurant design for retail food stores (Whole Foods)
- Food service manufacturing and innovation
- Plant-Based, Regenerative, Organic Food & Beverage Industry advisor
Judy LaCara
Culinary, Marketing
- 25 years in high technology; process engineering, management, and marketing
- Culinary school graduate, catering, fine dining prep cook
- Recipe development, food and nutrition research
Richard Rosendale, CMC
Culinary Entrepreneur
- Youngest Executive Chef in The Greenbrier Resort’s history
- One of the 70 U.S. Certified Master Chefs
Technology Council
High tech industry veterans • Technical and manufacturing expertise
Ed Poe
Solid Systems
- Deep expertise with product design and development, control systems, business development, and manufacturing disciplines
- CEO of several start-ups within the high tech ecosphere
Chris Choffat
FourPAC
- 32-year veteran of the semiconductor industry and owner of FourPAC
- Automation, machine design, control systems, process engineering and vacuum technology
Dr. George Cheng
IP
- Inventor with over 40 US Technology Patents
- Expert on IP Strategy & Industry Transformative Technology and Models
- Fellow, ISA & Senior Member, IEEE
Paul Shufflebotham, PhD
Technology Executive
- 33 years of capital manufacturing equipment development in semiconductor, solar and other emerging technologies.
- Sr management roles across the capitalization range, from small tech startups to S&P500 corporations.
- Executive experience with both privately held and VC-funded, high growth, technology startups.
