Joel Stone is the longtime President of ConVergInce Advisers where he is recognized as an expert in commercial fermentations, industrial biotechnology, renewable chemicals, biofuels, soil carbon sequestration, and biological soil health approaches. Joel considers Food Tech and Climate Tech solutions to be collaborative priorities for sustainability. He has been a long-term visionary and respected leader in commercialization of industrial biotechnology. Joel is the former President of Green Biologics Inc. where he led the build out and commercialization of their first products. Previously he was responsible for leading several biofuel companies to commercial success where he has built and started up a half billion gallons of biofuel capacity. He has provided executive leadership at companies including ASAlliances Biofuels, Osage BioEnergy, Abengoa, Balchem Corporation, Opta Food Ingredients, and Genencor. While at Balchem Corporation, Opta Food Ingredients, and Genencor he led the commercialization of multiple new food ingredient platforms. Joel holds a B.S. in Chemical Engineering from Virginia Polytechnic University, and an M.S. in Chemical and Biochemical Engineering from the University of Pennsylvania. He previously served on the Board of Green Biologics, and presently serves on the Board of Fermentum, serves as a Board Advisor for the Biorenewable Deployment Consortium, and serves on the Board for Climate Systems Solutions. Joel has twice been listed in Biofuels Digests top one hundred in the bioeconomy. In 2019 he was selected as the inaugural “Champion for Industry” award from Thomas.net. Joel is a Founder and President of Climate Systems Solutions.