Dr. Zachary S. Wochok Ph.D. serves as Independent Director of the Company. He served as president and founder of The Wochok Group, LLC, a management consulting firm, since October 2011. For over 25 years, Dr. Wochok has held executive positions in the agribusiness, biotechnology and food industries, including service as Chairman of PGP International, Inc., a food ingredients company, from April 2011 to October 2011 and as its chief executive officer from February 1996 to March 2011, as the Chairman and Chief Executive Officer of NURTURE, Inc., as president and chief operating officer of Calgene, Inc., which was then publicly traded, and as the chief executive officer of Plant Genetics, Inc., during which time the company completed an initial public offering and later merged with Calgene, Inc., creating the largest plant biotechnology company in the United States at the time. Dr. Wochok has served as a director and President of Grazix Animal Health, Inc. from July 2015 to July 2019; as Director of Live Leaf, Inc. from April 2017 to July 2019; on the board of Nucelis, Inc., a fermentation based specialty chemical company, from March 2012 to December 2014; as advisor to the board of directors of Cibus Global, Ltd. from January 2015 to July 2017; as agricultural technology business advisor to Alexandria Real Estate Equities, Inc. from January 2015 to February 2017; and on the Advisory Board of AgTech Accelerator from May 2016 to May 2017. He has also served as business development manager in the new ventures department at Monsanto and a lead scientist for Weyerhaeuser Company. Dr. Wochok began his career as a professor of biology at the University of Alabama, following an NIH funded post-doctoral position at Yale University. Dr. Wochok received a B.A. in Biology from LaSalle University, an M.S. in Biology from Villanova University and a Ph.D. in Cell Biology and Plant Physiology from the University of Connecticut.
As the Independent Director of Pro Farm Inc, the total compensation of Zachary Wochok at Pro Farm Inc is $90,804. There are 5 executives at Pro Farm Inc getting paid more, with Pamela Marrone having the highest compensation of $894,197.
Zachary Wochok is 77, he's been the Independent Director of Pro Farm Inc since 2016. There are no older and 15 younger executives at Pro Farm Inc.
Zachary's mailing address filed with the SEC is C/O MARRONE BIO INNOVATIONS, INC., 1540 DREW AVENUE, DAVIS, CA, 95618.
Over the last 22 years, insiders at Pro Farm Inc have traded over $9,574,054 worth of Pro Farm Inc stock and bought 9,515,326 units worth $31,165,010 . The most active insiders traders include Ag Science Llc Ospraie Mana..., Advisory Partnersardsley Pa... oraz Advisory Partners Lp Ardsle.... On average, Pro Farm Inc executives and independent directors trade stock every 49 days with the average trade being worth of $690,868. The most recent stock trade was executed by Pamela G Marrone on 6 July 2022, trading 20,000 units of MBII stock currently worth $16,000.
Marrone Bio Innovations Inc. is a growth-oriented company leading the movement to a more sustainable world through the discovery, development and sale of innovative biological products for crop protection and plant health that help customers operate more sustainably while increasing their return on investment. MBI has screened over 18,000 microorganisms, leveraging its in-depth knowledge of plant and soil microbiomes enhanced by advanced molecular technologies and natural product chemistry to rapidly develop seven product lines. Supported by a robust portfolio of over 500 issued and pending patents, MBI's currently available commercial products are Regalia®, Stargus®, Grandevo®, Venerate®, Majestene®, Haven®, Pacesetter®, Zelto® Jet-Oxide® and Jet-Ag® , with a next-generation insecticide-nematicide, a breakthrough bioherbicide and a biofumigant in the Company's product pipeline. MBI's Pro Farm Finland-based subsidiary employs a proprietary technology derived from wood waste to stimulate plant growth and improve plant health, resulting in improved yields and crop quality. Products include UBP™ 110, Foramin®, UBP™ Seed Treatment, Foramin® ST.
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