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How would you describe your job to someone who doesn’t work in tech?
My job at AeroFarms is to take the CEO’s vision and execute against it. This means I spend each day differently—working with leadership and various departments to develop corporate strategy, implement new business processes, and take on special projects that bring us closer to reaching our goals.
What’s your favorite emerging tech project you’ve worked on?
Everything vertical farming and controlled environment agriculture. The world today has less arable land and fewer resources to grow the food that is needed to meet the needs of a growing global population. Challenges like Covid-19 and climate change put further stress on our food ecosystem. At AeroFarms, we specialize in indoor vertical farming technology that can help solve these issues at scale.
What’s the best piece of tech-related media you’ve read/watched/listened to?
Netflix released a docuseries in 2020 on the last liftoff of the Challenger space shuttle [Challenger: The Final Flight]. The show covered many of the technology issues that led to the shuttle’s disaster but, more importantly, it did so in the context of the political, social, and managerial pressures that all played a role at the time. For me, this was a critical lesson on the rollout of new technology in the race against budgets and timelines (something emerging tech knows all too well).
One thing we can’t guess from your LinkedIn profile?
I love music and play trombone—in pre-pandemic times, I played in a funk-pop group at clubs in Washington, DC.
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