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Putting decades of experience transforming science and industry to work

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Maurice Moloney PhD

Maurice Moloney PhD

President and Chief Science Officer

Maurice's career in biotechnology spans more than 35 years, during which time he served as a member of the Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation Science Advisory Board and led SemBioSys Genetics Inc. through its IPO on the Toronto Exchange.

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Maurice Moloney PhD

President and Chief Science Officer

Maurice's career in biotechnology spans more than 35 years, during which time he served as a member of the Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation Science Advisory Board and led SemBioSys Genetics Inc. through its IPO on the Toronto Exchange.

Maurice Moloney PhD

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Elizabeth Hood PhD

Elizabeth Hood PhD

Founder, Director of Research and Development

Dr. Elizabeth Hood has worked in plant biology for more than 40 years, generating 80+ publications and patents. Her groundbreaking work developed the agrobacterial strain EHA101, which is now used globally for gene transfer into plants for crop improvement. In her work at Pioneer Hi-Bred International and ProdiGene, she developed the first commercialized product from a plant production system, and led an internationally recognized transgenic plant research group. Later, she served as a cell biology program director at the National Science Foundation.

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Elizabeth Hood PhD

Founder, Director of Research and Development

Dr. Elizabeth Hood has worked in plant biology for more than 40 years, generating 80+ publications and patents. Her groundbreaking work developed the agrobacterial strain EHA101, which is now used globally for gene transfer into plants for crop improvement. In her work at Pioneer Hi-Bred International and ProdiGene, she developed the first commercialized product from a plant production system, and led an internationally recognized transgenic plant research group. Later, she served as a cell biology program director at the National Science Foundation.

Elizabeth Hood PhD

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Kelly Phipps

Kelly Phipps

Chairman of the Board

Kelly is the former owner and CEO of Armor Seed, LLC, an independent agricultural field seed company. During his 20-year tenure, Armor Seed grew from $5MM in sales to more than $100MM, becoming one of the top five independent seed companies in the United States. Armor Seed sold to Land O’Lakes in 2017.

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Kelly Phipps

Chairman of the Board

Kelly is the former owner and CEO of Armor Seed, LLC, an independent agricultural field seed company. During his 20-year tenure, Armor Seed grew from $5MM in sales to more than $100MM, becoming one of the top five independent seed companies in the United States. Armor Seed sold to Land O’Lakes in 2017.

Kelly Phipps

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Jeff Armstrong

Jeff Armstrong

Director of Manufacturing

Jeff served as a crew chief in the United States Air Force's 34th Fighter Squadron before becoming the director of operations at Armor Seed, LLC. He was part of the management team responsible for the company's success, leading to a Land O'Lakes acquisition in 2017. Over his 10+ years in operations, Jeff has gained extensive experience with research and development, production, manufacturing and distribution.

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Jeff Armstrong

Director of Manufacturing

Jeff served as a crew chief in the United States Air Force's 34th Fighter Squadron before becoming the director of operations at Armor Seed, LLC. He was part of the management team responsible for the company's success, leading to a Land O'Lakes acquisition in 2017. Over his 10+ years in operations, Jeff has gained extensive experience with research and development, production, manufacturing and distribution.

Jeff Armstrong

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Stephen Lallo

Stephen Lallo

Director of Corporate Development

Stephen has spent the past 21 years in the public sector, building public-private partnerships. He has worked most of his career at the Narragansett Bay Commission — a quasi-public agency that is tasked with running the 11th largest wastewater system in the country. More recently, Stephen has managed senior client issues for Inno360/Swarm Intelligence.

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Stephen Lallo

Director of Corporate Development

Stephen has spent the past 21 years in the public sector, building public-private partnerships. He has worked most of his career at the Narragansett Bay Commission — a quasi-public agency that is tasked with running the 11th largest wastewater system in the country. More recently, Stephen has managed senior client issues for Inno360/Swarm Intelligence.

Stephen Lallo