Nov 12, 2019

Food waste-to-agriculture products company hires new CEO

WISErg Corporation, a Washington State-based ag-tech company converting landfill-bound food waste into agricultural products, today announced the appointment of Andy Thomas as Chief Executive Officer.

Thomas joins an experienced executive team including Chief Operating Officer Sherin Rehmat, VP of International Sales, Co-Founder Jose Lugo and VP of Business Development Jake Underwood, at a time when WISErg is growing rapidly across new territories and markets. Brian Valentine, WISErg’s former CEO, will continue to serve on the company’s board of directors.

“The WISErg technology and business model is an innovative solution to both the problems of food waste management and continuing sustainable growth in agricultural production,” Thomas said in a press release. “The business is well positioned to rapidly extend this solution from our current strong base to other geographies and crops.”

Thomas joins WISErg from his role as Global General Manager of Innovation and Strategy, and President of Nuseed Americas, a global plant biotech and specialty oils business. Holding degrees in agricultural science and economics, Thomas has a long history of commercializing innovative technologies, underpinned with a deep understanding of intellectual property development, agricultural value chains and markets.

Thomas has led global businesses and functions including research and development, supply chain, and commercial establishment. Most recently, he led Nuseed’s new sustainable Omega 3 canola platform development and launch.

Led by the company’s newest Synergy and Brio products, WISErg continues to develop solutions that leverage WISErg’s proprietary technologies for converting food waste into high-value technical solutions for agriculture. WISErg recently expanded its team by adding additional technical and sales representation in the Midwest and East Coast. This team will support portfolio expansion into the row crop, cereal and specialty markets.