▶ Supervisor: Ranjan Patnaik, CTO• Role: Work closely with the CTO to direct all the critical cross-department projects in the Technology Organization. Manage external technology collaborations. Develop and direct Technology departmental goals in collaboration with the CTO and the CTO’s direct reports.• For Company and Industry: First Food Scientist in a Chief of Staff role.▶ Streamlined the functioning and efficiency of departmental leadership meetings which resulted in bringing clarity and alignment across the Technology department on the goal setting process. This resulted in the Technology department achieving all departmental goals in Q4 2022.▶ Mobilized and led ad hoc cross-functional "Tiger Teams" as needed to accelerate projects that were off-track. Brought stability and clarity to roles and responsibilities in cross functional teams. This directly contributed to demonstration of departmental titer goals at pilot scale.▶ Closed three major strategic technology partnerships in 6 months while aligning with 4 different stakeholders across the company. This protected EVERY from competitive threats, decentralized competencies to outside labs for robustness, and operationalized competencies within a critical time period for technology scaling.

▶ Supervisor: Liz Specht, VP of Science & Technology• Role: Collaborated with the VP of Science & Technology to develop and implement a strategic vision for ongoing technical analyses and worked collaboratively across GFI to align goals, coordinate activities, and report outcomes. Oversaw the Science & Technology Analysis Team of Ph.D. scientists developing rigorous models for assessing current bottlenecks and technical challenges within the alternative protein industry and forecasted future challenges as the industry grows.▶ Developed and owned The Good Food Institute’s strategic analysis roadmap for each planningcycle in partnership with other team managers.• Secured $450K in external funding as lead writer on department analysis grants.• Established and directed the departmental RFP process for partnering with external consultants.• Negotiated external partnerships and contracts with consultants to multiply organizational impact.▶ Led pipeline creation for faster start-to-finish production of over 30 white space thought leadership pieces.• Led project management and documentation that accelerated The Good Food Institute’s time topublication for thought leadership pieces in the Advancing Solutions for Alternative Proteins (ASAP)database.▶ Managed The Good Food Institute’s team of subject matter experts.• Managed personnel and process of conception to publication for team white papers and peer-reviewed scientific articles.

▶ Supervisor: Darby Magruder, SF4 Branch Chief • Role: Served as lead Food Scientist and System Manager for the International Space Station Food System. Developed pre-flight and in-flight food systems in alignment with human spaceflight objectives. Coordinated food systems for flight and ground support operations, including requirements development, systems design/development, import permits for international space food, flight certifications, fabrication, packaging, vehicle integration, and crew interfaces. ▶ Generated and pitched successful executive-ready presentations, including cost/benefit analysis and financial modeling for a new $500K freeze-dryer.▶ Redesigned the ISS Food System.• Generated a 28% decrease in food waste by utilizing data science tools and conducting analysis on over five years of food consumption records.• Led Usage Rate Improvements Team that received NASA Group Achievement Award for exceptional focus, excellence, and commitment to exceeding customer expectations by achieving efficiencies in the production and usage rate of food products for the ISS.▶ Leveraged data-driven decision-making and cross-departmental partnerships to enact the first change to the ISS Standard Menu within the last decade. Over 10 new fish, fruit, and vegetable space food products added to the ISS Standard Menu to create a more nutritious and well-liked space food menu.▶ Directed the Commercial Crew Program Food Service contract for feeding astronauts in two-week quarantine before launch, including developing an implementation, recipe, and transition-to-operations plan.• Led team that received NASA Group Achievement Award for outstanding achievement in developing and executing new pre-flight, in-flight, and post-flight food services in support of the SpaceX Demo-2 crew and launch group.

• Rhett & Link's Good Mythical Morning https://youtu.be/OD_atuNBI7o?t=684• The Washington Post - https://www.washingtonpost.com/lifestyle/kidspost/ever-wondered-whats-on-the-astronauts-menu/2018/11/02/cf9afbd0-c34d-11e8-b338-a3289f6cb742_story.html?utm_term=.94079728dd62• Michelle Khare - https://youtu.be/qmQeskMASA0?t=793• NPR's Short Wave - https://www.npr.org/2019/11/26/782941088/one-small-step-for-cookie-baking• Kelly Marie Tran and Naomi Ackie - https://youtu.be/O62LPeJwhRg?t=271

▶ Supervisor: Thomas Weinmaier, Bioinformatics Scientist• Experience with Amazon Web Services S3, EC2, DynamoDB, SQS.• Over 10,000 files curated for internal R&D use.• Wrote company protocols document for NGS demultiplexing, 16S binning, BLAST, and Pfam hmmscan.• Completed writing solutions report for client with two-week turnaround.

▶ Graduated March 20, 2018• Thesis title: Spatial and phylogenetic assessment of biofilms in microbial fuel cells• Thesis advisor: Prof. Christopher W. Simmons, Assoc. Prof., Dept. of Food Science & Technology• DEB Advisor: Dr. Judith A. Kjelstrom, Director, UC Davis Biotechnology Program*The DEB graduate program (deb.ucdavis.edu) is an inter-graduate group program involving faculty and students from 29 STEM disciplines. It is focused on providing cross-disciplinary training in critical areas of biomolecular research, promoting interdisciplinary team science, bioethics, entrepreneurship and professionalism as well as coordinating training in a biotechnology or life science company.

▶ Supervisor: Vickie Kloeris, International Space Station Food Systems Manager• Job shadowed manager of International Space Station Food System. • Contributed ISO 9000 quality control documentation to NASA SOPs, still in use. • Developed data analysis methods to predict astronaut food consumption.

▶ Supervisor: Dr. Roy Carter, Senior Director of Development• Spearheaded the creation of a contacts, organizations, and technologies many-to-many database in MS Access.• Successfully transitioned to and built a customized SugarCRM customer-relationship-management database.

▶ Supervisor: Dr. Grace Douglas, Advanced Food Technology Lead Scientist• Performed non-linear optimization of a functional food to fit NASA nutritional needs. • Correctly calculated the team project would cut food launch costs by $750,000 per mission.• Spreadsheets are still used today by NASA for food product formulation.• Asked to return for a second internship.

▶ Supervisor: Dr. Josip Simunovic, Research Prof., North Carolina State University, Dept. of Food, Bioprocessing and Nutrition Sciences.• Investigated the use of thermoelectric generators in thermal food processing environments (NCSU Research Fellowship).• Performed proof-of-concept experimentation on thermoelectric generator IP to demonstrate feasibility to investors• Developed a unique process to quantify power output using voltmeters and laboratory hotplates.• Awarded Undergraduate Research Symposium Award for poster presentation of research findings.

▶ Supervisor: Dr. David P. Green, Prof. and Dept. Extension Leader, North Carolina State University, Dept. of Food, Bioprocessing and Nutrition Sciences.• Engineered a saltwater ozone recirculation tank for antimicrobial research. • Developed preliminary experimentation procedures and helped secure $10,000 grant for the laboratory. • Poster presentation at 2014 Sigma Xi Conference in RTP, North Carolina.