PIPELINE Mentors

IN THIS SECTION:

Tim Barton

Michael Beckoff

Mollie Carter

Gina Danner

Tom DeBacco

Scott Deeter

Jim Mitchell

Jeff Reene

Richard West

PROGRAM MENTORS:

Bruce Ferguson

David Forsee

Rob Herrington

Tom Lauerman

Tom Thornton

Scott Deeter President & Chief Executive Officer Ventria Bioscience

Scott Deeter led the startup and development of several successful products and businesses for Cargill and Koch Industries. At Cargill, Deeter led the startup and commercialization of a plant-made biologics business unit that commercialized human health products derived from soybeans. He formed and led a strategic alliance between Cargill and F. Hoffmann-La Roche that commercialized several plant-made biologics. Deeter served as President and Chief Executive Officer of CyberCrop, a venture-backed software company. Deeter started his career in the Technology and Life Sciences Group of Salomon Brothers, a Wall Street Investment Bank that is now part of Citigroup.

Deeter earned a BS in Economics from the University of Kansas, an MBA from University of Chicago and an MS in Economics from London School of Economics. He is a board member of the Biotechnology Industry Organization’s (BIO) Food and Agriculture Section Governing Board and Chairman of BIO’s Emerging Plant Technologies Policy Committee. He is a board member of Edge Integration, Altergy Systems and a member of the American Council on Germany.