TerraVia Announces New Head of Global Food Sales
April 29 2016 - 08:30AM
Business Wire
Former DuPont Nutrition, Food and Health
Executive Brings 20+ Years Expertise to Lead Sales as Part of
TerraVia’s Focus on Food & Nutrition
TerraVia™ (formerly Solazyme, Inc.) (NASDAQ:SZYM), a pioneer in
algae innovation, focused on food and nutrition and specialty
ingredients, has announced that Charlie Ross, former Vice President
of DuPont’s Proteins Business Unit, has joined TerraVia as Vice
President of Global Sales.
“Charlie has decades of expertise and a proven track record of
driving sales in food and nutrition,” said Mark Brooks, TerraVia’s
Senior Vice President for Food and Ingredients. “He understands how
our innovative ingredients can address key markets and the growing
demand for plant-based foods and nutrition.”
“We have built a unique platform around algae, the mother of all
plants. TerraVia is delivering solutions that are good for both
people and for our planet. Charlie is the perfect candidate to lead
sales for our enhanced focus on food and nutrition,” added Jonathan
Wolfson, co-founder and CEO of TerraVia.
Mr. Ross joins with over 20 years of experience in sales and
marketing in food and nutrition, with a particular focus on
plant-based proteins. He has been with DuPont since April 2000,
first serving as their Manager of Strategic Projects for Protein
Technologies as part of DuPont’s subsidiary Solae LLC. Most
recently, he served as DuPont Nutrition and Health’s Vice President
and Global Business Unit Leader for Value Proteins. Throughout his
career, he has worked to build high performance teams in a
multinational organization that contributes to the success of the
organization and delivers better products for the customer.
“I am thrilled to join TerraVia. They have built a category
creating platform around algae, earth’s original superfood,”
Charlie Ross said. “I have worked for years on plant-based
proteins, and TerraVia's platform of ingredients, including Whole
Algae Protein, are game changers in terms of nutrition, taste, and
texture benefits.”
TerraVia has spent over a decade developing a number of
breakthrough algae ingredients that can provide manufacturers with
solutions to create delicious, high-quality products that have
fewer ingredients and better nutrition. These include AlgaVia®
Whole Algae Protein, a new-to-the world vegan protein, that has
already been formulated into products and is gaining broad
recognition and adoption from global food companies to performance
and nutrition leader Glanbia, as well as exciting new food brands
such as K’ul Chocolate. Other ingredients include AlgaVia® Lipid
Rich Powder, containing monounsaturated fats, dietary fiber and
micronutrients that can replace dairy fats, eggs and oil in foods
while still giving them the same rich and indulgent taste and
texture as the full fat versions. TerraVia has also developed an
innovative line of Culinary Algae Oils that can offer a unique
combination of culinary appeal, nutrition and sustainability.
About TerraVia™
TerraVia™ (formerly Solazyme®) is a next generation food,
nutrition and specialty ingredients company that harnesses the
power of algae, the mother of all plants and earth’s original
superfood. With a portfolio of breakthrough ingredients and
manufacturing, the Company is well positioned to help meet the
growing need of consumer packaged goods and established and
emerging food manufacturers to improve the nutritional profile of
foods without sacrificing taste, and to develop select consumer
brands. The Company also manufactures a range of specialty personal
care ingredients for key strategic partners. Headquartered in South
San Francisco, the Company’s mission is to create products that are
truly better for people and better for the planet. For additional
information, please visit TerraVia’s website
at www.terravia.com.
Forward Looking
Statements
This press release contains certain forward-looking statements
within the meaning of the Private Securities Litigation Reform Act
of 1995 about Solazyme, including statements that involve
risks and uncertainties concerning: customer demand and the
attributes of AlgaVia® Whole Algae Protein and Solazyme’s culinary
algae oils, including as to nutrition, taste, texture and
sustainability. When used in this press release, the words "will",
"expects", "intends" and other similar expressions and any other
statements that are not historical facts are intended to identify
those assertions as forward-looking statements within the meaning
of the Private Securities Litigation Reform Act of 1995. Any such
statement may be influenced by a variety of factors, many of which
are beyond the control of Solazyme, that could cause actual
outcomes and results to be materially different from those
projected, described, expressed or implied in this press release
due to a number of risks and uncertainties. Potential risks and
uncertainties include, among others: Solazyme’s limited operating
history; Solazyme’s limited history in launching and
commercializing products; commercial risk in deploying new
products; its ability to successfully develop and commercialize new
products; its ability to sell products; successful product trials
by customers and market acceptance and adoption of products by
consumers and end-users; the ability to obtain requisite regulatory
approvals for products; and its access, on favorable terms, to any
required financing. Accordingly, no assurances can be given that
any of the events anticipated by the forward-looking statements
will transpire or occur, or if any of them do so, what impact they
will have on the results of operations or financial condition
of Solazyme.
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