I'm a scientist turned executive and entrepreneur, starting at the bench and rising into the boardroom. Along this journey, I discovered that leadership is my greatest talent. With 14 years of experience spanning three startups, I’ve seen and done it all.As the co-founder and CTO of SCiFi Foods, a cultivated meat company that raised over $40 million from investors like a16z, I helped turn groundbreaking science into an amazing product. Building that company was the greatest experience of my life, and now, I’m ready to build again.
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Fellow (Cohort 7)Leaders In Tech Oct 2023 - Jul 2024Leadership accelerator for founders -> https://leadersintech.org -
Co-Founder & CtoScifi Foods Apr 2020 - Jun 2024At SCiFi Foods, we are using synthetic biology to solve the biggest cost and scale challenges of cultivated meat. Genetic engineering lets us move faster than anyone else to bring cultivated beef to market in the US. Coming to a diner near you soon! -
Head Of Portfolio ManagementZymergen, Inc. Jul 2019 - Apr 2020Emeryville, California, UsManaged portfolio level data on project health and technical status of numerous principal and agent synthetic biology R&D projects. Responsible for flexible resource allocation to meet business objectives, budget planning, coordination of portfolio planning across a highly complex and matrixed organization. Ran organization-wide processes to connect science with business through data-driven decision making. -
Director Of ProjectsZymergen, Inc. Jan 2019 - Jul 2019Emeryville, California, UsScaled the commercial project function at Zymergen in 2018. Grew the leadership team by adding four Directors/Sr. managers. Worked with the team to overhaul communications, monitoring, and project management. Co-led an organizational initiative to standardize the project launch process. Oversaw an R&D portfolio of four projects and headed the new project technical scoping function at Zymergen.
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Associate Director Of ProjectsZymergen, Inc. Mar 2018 - Jan 2019Emeryville, California, Us
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Senior ScientistZymergen, Inc. Jan 2018 - Mar 2018Emeryville, California, UsTechnical leader of multiple commercial projects to improve strain performance for global leaders in fermentation. Responsibilities included project management, P&L, coordinating work across departments and capabilities, and managing Ph.D. scientists and RAs to drive technical execution for clients on time and on budget.
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Scientist IiiZymergen, Inc. Jul 2016 - Jan 2018Emeryville, California, Us
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Scientist IiZymergen, Inc. Jul 2014 - Jul 2016Emeryville, California, Us
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ScientistPronutria Sep 2011 - Jun 2014Cambridge, Ma, UsMicrobiologist. I worked to engineer protein secretion across multiple microbial platforms and developed tools for HTP genetic engineering in cyanobacteria and fungi. -
Graduate StudentMit Sep 2006 - Aug 2011Cambridge, Ma, UsI took a systems biology approach to understand the workings of the bacterial cell cycle. I identified SciP, a novel regulator of the master cell cycle transcription factor CtrA and characterized its molecular mechanism of action. -
Research AssistantCalifornia Institute Of Technology Mar 2006 - Jul 2006Pasadena, Ca, UsCharacterized carbon monoxide dehydrognase (CODH) gene diversity in microbial communities of the termite gut. -
Research AssistantCalifornia Institute Of Technology Jun 2003 - May 2005Pasadena, Ca, UsCharacterized the cis-regulatory elements driving expression of tbr, a key gene in the network governing embryonic development in the sea urchin Strongylocentrotus purpuratus.
Kasia Gora Education Details
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Massachusetts Institute Of TechnologyBiology -
CaltechBiology
Frequently Asked Questions about Kasia Gora
What is Kasia Gora's role at the current company?
Kasia Gora's current role is Founder | Executive | Biologist | Building the Next Big Thing in Biotechnology | CTO of SCiFi Foods | Head of Portfolio at Zymergen.
What schools did Kasia Gora attend?
Kasia Gora attended Massachusetts Institute Of Technology, Caltech.
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