I’ve dedicated my life to improving food production. What drives me is a deep reverence for life, and the sacredness of how we produce and consume food. My work sits at the intersection of ecology, economics, and technology. Over the years, I’ve brought that lens to agriculture technology, always with one goal in mind: shaping our future through food. If you’ve eaten it, there’s a good chance I’ve grown it in some corner of the solar system.

I co-founded Maia to be the solution for scaling mushroom mycelium as the next frontier in food, a sustainable, nutritious protein source. I believe fermentation will transform food in the 21st century the way the Norman Borlaug process transformed agriculture in the 20th.

The climate crisis demands bold action. I’m here to lead Maia’s vision and financial strategy so we can build one of the world’s great food and ag-tech companies, and do it with purpose.

I’m a Canadian engineer and co-founder of Maia Farms, driven by a passion for biotech and sustainable innovation. Fungi, to me, are the key to solving big challenges in food and beyond. My focus is scaling healthy, high-quality products globally—starting with a single microbe and growing it into food that strengthens communities and delights people. It’s about solving complex problems with precision, care, and a food-first mindset that fuels progress.

I believe Maia is fundamentally reshaping all four quadrants of our consciousness—internal and external, individual and collective. Our food systems reflect a kind of cultural ignorance, and that has to shift. That’s why I’m here.

My role is rooted in science, research, and communication. I come to this work as a neuroscientist and leadership educator, constantly moving between the microscopic and the big picture. Whether I’m analyzing fungal genetics or optimizing fermentation parameters, I’m always looking for the patterns, translating insight into action.

Every day, I’m inspired by the potential of mushrooms. Not just as food, but as tools for land remediation, sustainable packaging, and beyond. Fungi aren’t plants or animals, they’re our strange, brilliant cousins. And they carry answers we’ve only just begun to understand.