Who We Are

We’re a passionate team of scientists, engineers and food ingredient experts working to increase the human nutrition value of crops using novel processing methods.

Our team has over 150 years of food processing and industry experience including more than 40 patents published or awarded in the US and worldwide

Ian Mackay CEO Apparo Entrepreneur

Ian Mackay
CEO & Board Member

Thirty years experience forming and managing technology companies covering  hardware, software services, renewable energy and food ingredients.

B.S. in Chemistry from Tufts University,  an M.S. in Materials Science from the Rochester Institute of Technology, and Masters degrees in Public Policy and Business from the University of Minnesota.

Kevin Toboja Operations Engineer Apparo

Kevin Toboja
Operations

Twenty years of experience successfully leading multidiscipline Engineering, Construction and Development teams on complex projects.

B.S. in civil engineering from the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign.

Karl Greden Process Engineer R&D Apparo Sustainability Plant Protein

Karl Greden
R&D

Ten years of experience in renewable energy and food ingredient product and process development.

B.S in engineering from the University of Minnesota and an M.S. in Environmental Engineering from Carnegie Mellon University.

 

Robert Beausire Apparo KaiNutra Food Scientist Business Development Protein Expert

Robert Beausire

Business Development

Thirty years of experience in the food and nutrition industry in B2B ingredients & R&D

Former V.P. of Marketing and Business Development at Glanbia Nutritionals

B. Food Technology from Massey University (New Zealand) and M.S. in Food Science from the University of Wisconsin-Madison.

David Mingus R&D Advisor Food Scientist General Mills Apparo

David Mingus

R&D Advisor

Retired after thirty years at General Mills/Pillsbury working in formulation and product development over a number of food service platforms including bread mixes, dessert mixes, juices, dehydrated potatoes and more.

AB in Chemistry from Olivet Nazarene University and MS Food Science from Michigan State University

Victor Huang PhD Food Scientist Apparo General Mills Pillsbury

Victor Huang

Research Fellow

Over thirty years research and development in food polymer science, cereal chemistry microwave technologies and food formulation.

Retired as a Research Fellow from General Mills/Pillsbury R&D

PhD in Food Science from Ohio State University & M.S. Chemistry from University of Chicago.

Advisory Board


We’re open to a new team of advisors, please get in touch!