Stewart EricksonFOUNDER, Chairman and EVP |
Mr. Erickson is a leading expert on the beneficial effects of CO2 on plant growth as well as the design of systems that can profitably distribute CO2 in open-field environments. He was previously the President and Chairman of SEEC, a technology company focused on waste recovery in the mining industry. Mr. Erickson graduated from the University of Montana’s School of Forestry. He is an avid outdoorsman and beekeeper.
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RICK berglundBOARD OF DIRECTORS, CEO
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Mr. Berglund has extensive business management experience both with large and early-stage companies, including executive roles in strategic planning, corporate development, new ventures and investor relations with Ceridian Corporation, and CEO, business development and operations roles with smaller companies in a variety of industries. Mr. Berglund graduated from Carleton College and has an MBA from the University of Minnesota’s Carlson School of Management.
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Barry nadlerBOARD OF DIRECTORS, PRESIDENT
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Mr. Nadler is President of AG Gas, focusing on company sales and operations. He was previously President of Harvest Innovations, a food sciences company that he purchased and built into the U.S. leader in naturally-produced cereal, grain and legume products before selling the company to Archer Daniels Midland and overseeing the transition for two years. Prior to that Mr. Nadler served as CEO of Caremoli, USA, which produced pasta and other food ingredients for national and international food companies. He has owned and operated a number of other businesses over the past three decades. After earning his law degree from the University of Iowa, Mr. Nadler started his career in law as a trial attorney before serving as legal counsel to clients in various personal and business litigation matters, securities transactions, and mergers and acquisitions.
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James FreundBoard of Directors, Corporate secretary |
Mr. Freund is a former Fortune 500 financial executive and is an active community leader. Mr. Freund spent 35 years at the 3M Company, retiring as Finance Director of the Consumer & Office Business, one of the six business units of 3M. He is a graduate of the University of Wisconsin with a BBA degree in Accounting and attained his Certificate in Management Accounting from the Institute of Management Accounting. Mr. Freund is a Board member and Treasurer of the Carpenter St. Croix Valley Nature Center, is actively involved with the YMCA’s Camp St. Croix in Hudson, Wisconsin, and is a member of the Town of Troy Park Board. He is a member of the University of Wisconsin’s Bascom Hill Society and in 2013 received a 3M Award for his work with the Carpenter St. Croix Valley Nature Center.
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Vikas DesaiBOARD OF DIRECTORS
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Mr. Desai is a founder and partner at WelCan Capital, a venture capital firm focused in the cannabis industry. WelCan invests in high-impact, foundational companies across early-stage plant touching and ancillary businesses. Prior to WelCan, Mr. Desai was a private equity investor at Oaktree Capital Management, a $100+ billion alternative asset manager, where he focused on opportunistic real estate investments and completed over $2+ billion in transactions. Prior to Oaktree, he began his career at Morgan Stanley in investment banking, focusing on real estate M&A and capital markets. Mr. Desai has also personally invested in multiple technology companies and real estate projects in New York City. He holds a B.S. in Finance and Environmental Studies from the Stern School of Business at New York University.
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