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Travis has extensive experience in growth businesses, with a proven track record of helping companies springboard to the next level.
Prior to co-founding Local Bounti, he was the Co-Founder and Managing Partner at BrightMark Partners, a growth equity and management consulting firm dedicated to providing capital and resources to venture, growth phase and middle market businesses. In this position, he was an active director for many portfolio companies, driving growth plan execution, building core business infrastructure and leading many successful debt and equity transactions.
Previously, Travis had a career in management consulting and market research, consulting to a broad range of companies, from Fortune 500 to start-ups. His areas of expertise include quantitative analysis, corporate strategy, technology development, organizational design and structure, market strategy, branding and capital campaigns
Travis earned a Ph.D. from the University of Kansas, where his graduate focus was market research and statistics. He also studied at the Wharton School at the University of Pennsylvania, earning a Certificate of Finance, and received his J.D. from the University of Montana, earning a Certificate in Mediation and serving as the Managing Editor of the Montana Law Review. He earned his B.A. from the University of North Carolina-Chapel Hill, graduating with Distinction.
With two decades of international financial, business development and technology experience, Dave has spent his life career founding, growing and scaling technology businesses that create social value.
He previously served as the CFO of Sensei Ag, a market changing AgTech venture, founded by Oracle co-founder Larry Ellison and physician and scientist Dr. David Agus. Dave was also Head of Business Development and Chief Financial Officer of Crop One Holdings, Inc., a vertical farming company. As CFO, he created a $50MM joint venture with Emirates Flight Catering to construct one of the worlds largest vertical farms. He also secured $134MM in the first Take-and-Pay contracts in the vertical farming industry and co-founded Conception Nurseries, a technology licensee to expand Crop One into new verticals.
In his early career, Dave founded and grew Ed-Tech and Fin-Tech companies in Zambia, working in C-suite roles. He earned a BA in Political Science from the University of Notre Dame and an MBA from the Yale School of Management.
Josh, an award-winning innovator, has spent more than two decades helping brands find their secret sauce. With a background in marketing, design, film, production and manufacturing, he has a unique perspective that challenges the status quo on everything he touches.
His ability to combine breakthrough strategies, brand positioning, product invention, packaging and digital solutions has consistently garnered Josh acclaim in the food, technology, finance and entertainment sectors. He has worked and grown with some of the worlds iconic brands from Fortune 500 companies to start-ups, including Chobani, Jordan, Maple Hill Organic, FedEx, Popcorn Indiana, Curaleaf, Muuna Cottage Cheese, 16 Handles, and Nightfood Ice Cream and has been fortunate to see lightning in a bottle successes. Most notably for Chobani, he pioneered marketing, creative development and design, helping drive explosive sales from the brands humble roots past the $1 billion mark in just under four years, cementing Chobani as the #1 yogurt in the industry.
The recipient of numerous international communication, packaging and design awards and U.S. product patents, Josh is an industry thought leader, regular guest speaker and contributor to numerous business and industry media outlets.