Eric Lang is the president and co-founder of ZipGrow Inc.; an international leader in indoor vertical farming technology, empowering people to grow fresh food locally and sustainably.An experienced professional and entrepreneur, he has a history of creating high-growth companies in sectors ranging from plastics manufacturing to wholesale commodity trading. Eric is a past Ottawa Region ‘Top Forty Under 40’ recipient and has received recognition as one of Profit Magazine’s Top 10 fastest growing companies in Canada. He co-founded ZipGrow in 2016, and through skilled business development, he has championed a team of plant specialists, engineers, sales, and customer service to support entrepreneurs around the globe in the ag-tech sector.With personal family roots in traditional agriculture, his original skepticism of indoor agriculture was quashed when he was introduced to the Controlled Environment Agriculture (CEA) Industry in 2014, where he witnessed the benefits of growing fresh produce year round in a Canadian climate. And the rest, as they say, is history.Eric holds a Masters of Business Administration from the University of Ottawa and a Teacher Certification from Texas A&M University. He is open to collaborations and partnerships that support food security and CEA research and education. Reach out; he is happy to share those benefits of indoor farming with you.