John is the CEO of Checkerspot, which develops fats and oils not easily or sustainably sourced from nature, at commercially relevant scale & cost. At Checkerspot - and in previous leadership roles - John's teams have built and marketed innovative consumer brands, developed scalable and profitable pathways to market and delivered novel ingredients in pursuit of a better, more efficient food and nutrition system. John holds advanced and undergraduate degrees from Stanford and resides in the Bay Area with his wife and three kids.