The RC Team

Sunil Srivastava, CEO

• CEO of Richmond Chemical Corporation (RC Corp.)
• Responsible for product commercialization, market and business development
• Twelve years at Monsanto - key player in establishment and growth of the NSC Technologies division
• NSC Technologies sold for $125M to Great Lakes Chemical Corporation(1999)

Ian Fotheringham, Ph.D., Chief Technical Officer

• 25 years experience in molecular biology at G.D. Searle NutraSweet, NSC Technologies and RC Corp
• Instrumental in development of L-phenylalanine process (3 U.S. Patents) and pharmaceutical intermediates (4 U.S. Patents)
• Extensive experience in application of proprietary directed evolution procedures (PDET)

Paul Taylor, Ph.D., Chief Scientific Officer

• 30 years experience in microbiology and molecular biology at G.D Searle, NutraSweet, NSC Technologies, Great Lakes Fine Chemicals, ZuChem and RC Corp
• Achievements include the development and commercialization of both the L-phenylalanine and L-aspartic acid biosyntheses for aspartame and development of proprietary technology for production of unnatural amino acids (3 U.S. Patents)
• Development of novel bioprocesses for for polyol biosynthesis (U.S. Patents Pending for xylitol)