Synthetic Genomics Hires Stagnitti as VP Nutritional Products

January 20, 2012
AlgaeIndustryMagazine.com

ynthetic Genomics, Inc. has announced they have hired George E. Stagnitti as Vice President for Food and Nutritional Products. Stagnitti comes to SGI with experience in developing sophisticated research programs and translating these into high value food and nutritional products for humans and animals. He will be responsible for leading and directing all aspects of the company’s product and commercial development efforts in the food and nutritional products program.

“We formed SGI with the belief that our powerful and proprietary technologies could be leveraged to develop products in a variety of industries,” said J. Craig Venter, Ph.D., SGI CEO and founder. “SGI is poised to lead the way in creating unique food products and new systems for sustainably producing nutritional ingredients to help feed a growing world population. We have made progress in our internal food research and development program over the last 12 to 24 months and are eager now to tap into George’s vast experience and expertise to take this program to the next level,” said Dr. Venter.

Most recently Stagnitti has been an advisor to Efficas Medical Foods and Nutrition, LLC and Stolle Milk Biologics, Inc. where he led day to day strategic research and development for a variety of human, animal and milk protein nutritional products. At both companies he was also a key business development leader providing guidance to negotiate and structure multiple partnerships, acquisition, licensing and financing agreements. Prior to his consulting work Stagnitti was a Vice President at Efficas, Inc.

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