Experience Infused
with Vision & Passion
The Heartland Team
Jesse Henry
CEO & Founder
Previous lead @ Intersection Capital and Tony Robbins. Jesse is focused on pipeline, technology commercialization, and partnerships.
Timothy Almond
Chairman & Founder
Expertise in enterprise business development, corporate strategy, positioning and company wide software implementations.
Eric Austermann
Chief Sustainability Officer
Previous Head of Sustainability at Jabil Manufacturing, overseeing the integration of ESG related operations.
John Lenga
Chief Financial Officer
Former CFO of Crenlo, a manufacturer of heavy equipment. Former CEO of Autoneum, leading a $650M operation & $350M joint venture board.
Jeff Lumetta
Chief Technology Officer
Previous Chief Technology Officer of Jabil Manufacturing, leading over 5,000 engineers around the world.
Tim Chiles
Business Development
30+ years experience in manufacturing & farming. Tim will be working to expand product sales and farming team members.
Rusty Peterson
Director of Supply Chain
Rusty has 15+ years of experience working directly with farmers to develop and expand agricultural opportunities across America.
Cory VanderZwaag
Director of Agriculture
Cory has 15+ years of experience in agricultural equipment development and facility operations. He will work to scale our global presence.
Joshua David
Head of Marketing
Digital guru with history scaling social media presence into the millions of followers. Josh is a community advocate and digital ninja.
Robby Dameron
Head of Sales
Extensive experience managing diverse sales teams and selling clients enterprise products and services with multi-million dollar quotas.
Markus Von Graf
Special Projects
Software and hardware specialist with a background in chemistry, providing a unique skill set to steer special projects.
Jason D'Alba
Head of Data
Jason has 10+ years of experience with data analytics. He will work across all departments to gather and visualize external and internal data.
Heartland Senior Advisors
Heartland has a team of scientists, engineers, and technologists working along side our executive team and advisors to fulfill our commitment to sustainable innovation. We are bringing together the greatest minds from across industries to create bio-based solutions that will impact market sectors across the world.
Mark Kramer
Plastics
Former CEO of Laird Plastics and Current President Emeritus of North American Plastics, the global leader in plastic distribution.
Deborah Labelle
Community Relations
Managing Partner at a Law Firm in Ann Arbor, specializing in civil law and community relations in the Detroit area.
Karl Wagner
Global Security
CEO of Eastern Sky Technologies, a global risk consultancy. Former Senior Director at Tesla and the Central Intelligence Agency.
Andrew Bishop
Systems Engineering
Principal Engineer for Ag Processing Solutions. He has designed countless large scale agricultural processing facilities.
Dan Swiger
Natural Rubber
20+ years experience combining genetic breeding and chemical process engineering for the global production of natural rubber.
Gerald Francese
Attorney
Senior Partner at Locke Lord, a NY Law Firm, specializing in corporate law, securities law, and fund formation.
Willy Vlasic
Partnerships
A Michigan native with dozens of businesses and community relationships to further propagate Heartland as a household name.
Bob Dameron
Building Materials
Founder of RockBridge, managed over $100M in commercial build outs for processing & manufacturing over the last decade.
Sean Colopy
Business Development
Sean cultivates relationships across the mobility industry to augment sales, product development, and strategic initiatives.
Burt Jordan
Automotive
Former Vice President, Global Vehicle and Global Indirect Purchasing & Supply Chain Sustainability at Ford.
Gus Rosenia
Chief Science Officer
Head of Pharmaceutical research at U of M, 20+ years specializing in transport properties of drugs and chemicals inside cells.
Dan Collins
Apparel & Fibers
30+ Years experience working with the largest apparel companies on earth, designing & selling different SKUs.
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