Mike Smith

Vice President, Technology Business Development

Mike is responsible for developing the next generation technology applications for the Plantrose platform technology. This includes helping to define the products of the technology and the business development path into new business verticles. This effort includes all external collaborations and partnership development for the Company. Since 2013, Mike has led the process scale up, design, and optimization of the Plantrose process and played important roles in our biorefinery design and specialty material applications development. Mike has a Masters of Science degree in Chemical Engineering from The University of Houston, and previously worked for Dow Chemical for 13 years.