A New Hampshire native, Aaron moved to Los Angeles in 2007 and has since called California home. After graduating from UCLA with a PhD in computational and organometallic chemistry, he has held various leadership roles in business development, clinical and military partnerships and technical sales and marketing. Prior to entering the cannabis industry, Aaron was the first hire at Neural Analytics (now NovaSignal) where he had roles ranging from clinical operations, to finance and operations. He lived in Paris for two years as the commercial director for EU and the Middle East before returning to Los Angeles to head up marketing for the company. Aaron left Nova Signal in 2019 to launch his consulting practice where he focuses on early stage medtech and cannabis.
Originally from Moscow, Russia, Anatoly graduated from Princeton University with a PhD in organic chemistry. Before discovering cannabis industry, Anatoly worked as a researcher in the pharmaceutical industry and then as a salesman and sales manager in lab instrumentation industry. More recently Anatoly had responsibility for business development and commercial operations in two cannabis testing labs. He brings a broad experience and network in science, business, and sales/marketing across a number of industries including cannabis.