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We are made up of diverse backgrounds: farmers, scientists, engineers, technologists, agronomists and enterpreneurs to name a few. From this diversity comes a great degree of innovation, new ideas, and respect for agriculture.
Michael has an MBA from INSEAD and was a Fulbright Scholar to Colombia. He served as the Chief Operations Officer at Roofstock and led the company's $240M Series E round. He led Uber’s global ridesharing product planning and GTM team, and was part of Uber’s founding team in Latin America, growing the region from $0 to $2B in GMV in just four years. He was a Co-Founder and Managing Director at Linio.com, and Principal at a Colombia-based search fund.
Danny has a rich background in agricultural management and supply chain optimization. He has overseen 100,000 acres of farmland spanning 18 states for International Farming. He has over 15 years of supply chain management and continuous improvement strategies at Nestle and Post. As a Six Sigma Green Belt, Danny brings a data-driven approach to enhancing efficiency and productivity. Danny is a third-generation farmer, with deep roots in the Delta area.
Bonny, with 20 years of tech industry experience, has shaped products used by billions and launched new ones from the ground up. She was the former Head of Product at Glowforge, a series E connected hardware startup. She was a Director of Product at Zillow, and a product lead at Google where she worked on Google Search, Hangouts and Chromebooks. Bonny started her career at Microsoft in the Pacific Northwest, where she has grown roots with her family.
A seasoned veteran of the Seattle startup scene, Scott is in his third decade of shipping locally-sourced nutrient-rich farm-to-table artisanal software at global scale. The byproduct of multiple generations of agrarian heritage on both sides of his family, Scott is excited to apply his roots in dairy farms to the fruits of server farms.
Beth is a farm-raised Nebraskan and the founder of Davenport Policy, an advocacy for sustainable food and agriculture systems. Her two decades of experience at Gordley Associates have been instrumental in shaping numerous critical policy initiatives. On Capitol Hill, Beth served as a Legislative Assistant to U.S. Senator Bob Kerrey. Her contributions were pivotal in the development of the 2000 crop insurance reform legislation.
Mara is the co-founder of The Salmon Project, a climate solutions tech scale up advisory group, and The Conversation Brasil. She has served in various executive and board roles at The Australian Conservation Foundation, Green Cross Australia, CSIRO, Bush Heritage Australia, Australian Impact Investments, Australian Ethical Investments and The Bowerbird Collective.
Tim LaSalle has served as the first CEO of Rodale Institute, Executive Director of the Allan Savory Center for Holistic Management, consultant, advisor, and research coordinator for the Howard Buffett Foundation in Africa on soils and food security for smallholder farmers. He is Professor Emeritus of California Polytechnic State University, and former President/CEO, of the California Agriculture Leadership Program where he arranged educational leadership programs in more than 80 countries with heads of state, ministers, and community leaders.
Even if you don’t see the right role posted at the moment, we would love to hear from you! We are always growing and looking for mission-driven people aligned with our values.
Don’t hesitate to reach out at careers@vayda.com
