Bio

Tom Christensen has been a Managing Director with Fennebresque & Co. since 2013. He most recently served as the Chief Commercial Officer for Trace Genomics, a venture-capital backed enterprise focused on soil microbiome analytics for crop health diagnostics. Previously Tom served as CEO and board member of Ag TechInventures (AgTI) and several of its portfolio companies. AgTI is an agricultural technology accelerator focused on translating cutting-edge technologies commercially through early stage companies. Prior to AgTI, Tom served as the President of Agradis, the agriculture-focused spin out of Synthetic Genomics, from formation through to its sale to Monsanto. He has held senior leadership roles in Marketing and Business Development with Syngenta and Synthetic Genomics. Tom has extensive experience in digital farming having led Zeneca Ag Products North American precision farming program and forming the precision business at Farmers Cooperative Company (Now Landis Co-op). Mr. Christensen earned a BS in agronomy and MS in Plant Physiology from Iowa State University and a MBA from Duke University.