Team

Mentors, coaches, investors, and other valuable members of the agriculture, aquaculture, environmental, innovation, and startup ecosystems provide their expertise to the accelerator program. The interactions and counsel they provide to participating startups is the most valuable aspect of the program.

Mike Thielke

F³ Tech Executive Director

Startup | Funding | Logistics

CHRIS HLUBB

F³ Tech Program Director

Aquaculture | Entrepreneurship

SAM ZAPPAS

F³ Tech Business Strategy

Revenue and Business Strategy

Tony Kern

F³ Tech Board Chair

Technology | Investment

George Nemphos

Managing Partner at Nemphos Braue

Legal | IP | Investment

Bill McComas

Partner at Bowie & Jensen

Commercial | Technology

Flor Andres

CFO/VP Finance KIK Personal Care

Finance | Accounting

Christine Bucan

Executive

Marketing | Communications

Mentors And Industry Experts

Chuck Blumenschein

Recirculating Aquaculture | Waste Water Engineering

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Joe Colyn

Food Manufacturing | Branding | Seed Investing

 

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Ryan Locke

Agricultural Biotechnology | Crop Protection | Biological Pest Control

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Dan Rider

Maryland Forest Service

Forestry | Farming