Cultiva LLC (cultiva.com), he mea hoʻolako i nā biofilms meaʻai i hoʻohana ʻia i nā mākeke mahiʻai, hoʻolaha i ke koho ʻana i ke alakaʻi hoʻomaka agri-business a me ke kūkākūkā, ʻo Mark Zettler i ka Papa Hoʻokele o ka hui.
ʻO Zettler ka pelekikena o AgroAdvisors International, LLC a he kumu aʻoaʻo kumu me NGT BioPharma Consultants. Ua kūkulu ʻo ia i kahi kūlana ikaika i ka mahiʻai, horticulture a me nā ʻenehana pili i kāna mau makahiki 22 me Dow AgroSciences a me AgroFresh, ʻo ia ka mea i lawelawe hou nei ma ke ʻano he pelekikena hope o Research and Development (R&D), a me Innovation ma AgroFresh.
"He mea hoʻohui maikaʻi loa ka ʻike o Mark i kā mākou papa," wahi a Cultiva CEO Luis Hernandez. “He hui ʻōpio mākou me ka ikaika nui. ʻO kāna kumu a me kāna hiʻohiʻona me nā hoʻomaka hoʻomaka wikiwiki e kōkua iā mākou e hoʻokomo i ka hale e hoʻonui i ka noi a hoʻolālā no ka wā e hiki mai ana. Ua hui pū ʻo Zettler i nā lālā o waho o ka papa ma Cultiva, me John Salmonson, ka pelekikena mua ma Monterey AgResources, a me Greg Hulecki hoa hana ma Advantage Capital.
I loko o kāna ʻoihana ma mua o 30 mau makahiki i ka noiʻi a me ka hoʻomohala ʻana a me ka hoʻomohala ʻoihana hou ma Dow Chemical, Dow AgroSciences a me AgroFresh Solutions, ua alakaʻi ʻo Dr. nā ʻāpana meaʻai a me ka mahiʻai, me nā mea kanu agronomic a me nā mea kanu, a me ka lawelawe ʻana i nā mea kūʻai aku, mai ka mea ulu a hiki i ka mea kūʻai aku.
"Ke kakali nei au e hana pū me Cultiva a kaʻana like i koʻu ʻike i ka ʻepekema ag," wahi a Zettler. “ʻO ka hana hou ʻana i ka mahiʻai he kahua hoihoi. He wā e hiki mai ana ʻo Cultiva i ka hoʻomohala huahana a hauʻoli wau e lilo i ʻāpana o ia kaʻina hana.
He ʻeleu ʻo Zettler i kekahi mau hui ʻoihana a loaʻa iā ia kahi BA ma kemika mai ke Kulanui ʻo Wittenberg a me kahi Ph.D. ma ke kemika organik mai ke Kulanui o Case Western Reserve.