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Meet our team.

The company’s executive team members each build on 25-plus years of experience at both large ($1 billion+) and early stage technical business organizations, developing and commercializing high-value products and building successful businesses. Furthermore, the team has several recognized subject matter experts in the algae field.
Henk de Waard, Ph.D.
Henk has a proven track record of bringing innovative products from early-stage R&D to high-volume production and creating world-class businesses. In addition, Henk has 10-years of algae industry experience with a focus on developing innovative and scalable algae production systems and solutions.

Henk de Waard, Ph.D.

President & CEO

Hans van den Bosch, M.Sc.
Hans has a proven track record in financial and operational management at the CEO and CFO levels in logistics and manufacturing industries. Previous positions held include CFO, Frans Maas Germany, as well as Director of Finance, Hunter Douglas, and several other Managing Director positions with logistics businesses.

Hans van den Bosch, M.Sc.

CFO

Miguel Olaizola, Ph.D.
Miguel has extensive experience in algae cultivation, downstream processing, product development, and technology development as well as many years of experience growing algae at commercial scale for some of the world's largest algae producers.

Miguel Olaizola, Ph.D.

V.P. Technology & Operations

Tony Serra
Tony brings 30-plus years of international sales experience, representing some of the largest Japanese trading firms in the nutraceutical and pharma industries. He has built solid long-term relationships with many of the largest U.S. dietary supplement and network marketing companies.

Tony Serra

V.P. Sales