Mr. Bruce W. Ferguson [e-mail]
Chairman, President and Chief Executive Officer
A co-founder of Edenspace, Mr. Ferguson manages the Company as President and Chief Executive Officer. Mr. Ferguson is a former Director and Chief Operating Officer of Orbital Sciences Corporation, a space technology company (NYSE:ORB). Before co-founding Orbital, Mr. Ferguson was an attorney in the corporate and securities department of the Chicago law firm of Kirkland & Ellis. He received his M.B.A. from Harvard Business School and his J.D. from Harvard Law School in 1981, where he was an editor of the Harvard Law Review. He received an Ed.M. from the Harvard Graduate School of Education and an A.B. magna cum laude in Government from Harvard College in 1976. Mr. Ferguson is a Trustee of the Carnegie Institution of Washington and a member of the Kansas Innovation Consortium.

Dr. Michael J. Blaylock [e-mail]
Vice President, Systems Development
Dr. Blaylock is responsible for development of Edenspace's integrated process and product technology platforms. Dr. Blaylock, who grew up on an Oregon farm, was Laboratory Head at Phytotech from 1997 to 1999, where he supervised a research team of laboratory, greenhouse and field personnel developing plant technologies. He joined Phytotech as a Research Scientist in 1996, having completed postdoctoral studies at Rutgers University and the University of Wyoming from 1992-1996. He received his Ph.D. in Soil Chemistry from the University of Maryland and his M.S. and B.S. in Agronomy from Brigham Young University.

Mr. Wayne Mayhew, III, CPA [e-mail]
Vice President, Finance and Administration and Chief Financial Officer
Mr. Mayhew oversees Edenspace's financial, accounting and administrative functions. From 1999-2004 Mr. Mayhew served as Vice President Finance and Administration and Chief Financial Officer of ETEX, and from 2004-2007 served as President and CEO of the company. From 1983 to 1999 Mr. Mayhew was Vice President and Chief Financial Officer of Creative BioMolecules, Inc., a biotechnology company for which he arranged more than $200 million in financing that included an initial public offering, before overseeing its merger into Curis, Inc. Mr. Mayhew was Manager, Small Business Services and Audit at the accounting firm of Haskins and Sells, now Deloitte & Touche, from 1976 to 1983. He received his B.S. degree and M.Accty degree in Accounting from Brigham Young University.

Dr. David A. Lee [e-mail]
Director, Molecular Biology
Dr. Lee manages Edenspace's vertical market technical projects, with additional responsibilities in intellectual property management and regulatory affairs. A plant molecular biologist, from 2003 until he joined Edenspace in 2005 he was an AAAS Science & Technology Fellow at the EPA where he assessed the environmental impacts and regulatory framework of transgenic agricultural products. Dr. Lee received his Ph.D. in Molecular Genetics from the University of California-San Diego in 2002, where he was a postdoctoral fellow in Dr. Julian Schroeder's laboratory from 2002-2003, and his B.S. from Harvey Mudd College.

Dr. Ramesh Nair [e-mail]
Director, Crop Development
Dr. Nair heads the core crop technology development function for the company. From 2006-2007 he was an Associate Scientist at the Plant Sciences Institute at Iowa State University, after working as a Research Scientist at Pioneer Hi-Bred from 2003-2006. Previously he was a Research Associate at Purdue University after working as Research Associate at the Plant Biotechnology Institute in Canada. Dr. Nair received his Ph.D. from the University of Saskatchewan and his M.Sc. and B.Sc. degrees from Kerala Agricultural University.

Dr. Mark P. Elless [e-mail]
Director, Grants & Contracts
Dr. Elless oversees grants and contracts as well as environmental and laboratory activities. Dr. Elless was Senior Research Scientist at Phytotech from 1996 to 1999, where he specialized in phytoremediation. He was a Research Assistant Professor at the University of Tennessee from 1995 to 1996 and a Postdoctoral Research Associate at Oak Ridge National Laboratory from 1992 to 1995. He received his Ph.D. in Soil Science from the University of Maryland in 1992, and his B.S. and M.S. from North Dakota State University in 1984 and 1987.

Dr. Kirk L. Pappan[e-mail]
Director, Enzymology and Biochemistry
Dr. Pappan manages the company's enzyme discovery, qualification and modification program. Before joining Edenspace, Dr. Pappan was a postdoctoral researcher at Washington University School of Medicine. He received his M.B.A. from Kansas State University in 2001, and his Ph.D and B.S. in Biochemistry from KSU in 1998 and 1992, respectively.