Meet our leadership team
Brian Thompson, Ph.D.
Co-Founder
Chief Executive Officer
Katie Thompson, Ph.D.
Co-Founder
Chief Operating Officer
Ashley Siegel, Ph.D.
Co-Founder
Chief Science Officer
Mark Deadwyler
Chief Financial Officer
Jagresh Rana
Chief Commercial Officer
Scott Keuhn
Controller
Guy Perriman
Regional Commercial
Director – APAC
Keith Reding, Ph.D.
Vice President
Regulatory
Michelle Leslie, Ph.D.
R&D Director – Plant
Directed BioControl
Bret Gygi
Director of Global
Technical Development
Elsa Smith, aPHR
Director of
Human Resources
Lis Nimani
Vice President of Manufacturing