Alan Shaw

Co-Founder at Calysta, Inc.

Alan Shaw

Alan Shaw

Co-Founder at Calysta, Inc.

Overview

Career Highlights

Archimica SRL
Codexis, Inc.
Calysta, Inc.

RelSci Relationships

1490

Number of Boards

7

Birthday

1964

Age

57

Relationships

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Thomas R. Baruch

Executive Chairman at Calysta, Inc.

Relationship likelihood: Strong

Mike Velings

Founder, Managing Partner at Aqua-Spark BV

Relationship likelihood: Strong

Joshua Silverman

Chief Executive Officer at Aromyx Corp.

Relationship likelihood: Strong

Craig H. Barratt

Former Chief Executive Officer of Access at Alphabet, Inc.

Relationship likelihood: Strong

Nicholas E. Brathwaite

Founding Partner at Riverwood Capital LLC

Relationship likelihood: Strong

Edward J. Mikolay

Managing Director of Private Markets at The Municipal Employees' Retirement System of Michigan

Relationship likelihood: Strong

Brian Silvey

Vice President at Cargill Master Retirement Trust

Relationship likelihood: Strong

Carl B. Feldbaum

Founder at Biotechnology Innovation Organization

Relationship likelihood: Strong

Suan Swee Tan

Former Managing Director Investment at Temasek Holdings Pte Ltd. (Investment Management)

Relationship likelihood: Strong

Hitoshi Kudo

Chairman at Certis USA LLC

Relationship likelihood: Strong

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In The News

Business Wire

August 27, 2020

EY Announces Alan Shaw of Calysta as an Entrepreneur Of The Year® 2020 Northern California Award Finalist; Celebrating the unstoppable entrepreneurs whose ambitions transform our world

Business Wire

February 12, 2020

Calysta Appoints Thomas Huot, Ph.D. as Chief Operating Officer to Lead Global Operations, Corporate Strategy and Commercialization

The Daily Telegraph (London)

June 27, 2019

BP invests £24m in turning natural gas into animal food

Business Wire

June 26, 2019

Calysta Announces $30 Million Investment From BP Ventures to Improve Global Food Security

Business Wire

May 8, 2019

Calysta and Thai Union Offer World First Taste of Commercial Shrimp Fed FeedKind Protein

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Alan Shaw

Co-Founder at Calysta, Inc.

Education

Ph.D. in Chemistry

Class of 1989

University of Durham

The University of Durham, commonly known as Durham University, is a public research university in Durham, England. It was founded by Act of Parliament in 1832 and granted a Royal Charter in 1837. It was one of the first universities to open in England for more than 600 years and has a claim towards being the third oldest university in England. Durham is a collegiate university, with its main functions divided between the academic departments of the university and 16 colleges. In general, the departments perform research and provide lectures to students, while the colleges are responsible for the domestic arrangements and welfare of undergraduate students, graduate students, post-doctoral researchers and some university staff.

Master's Degree Chemistry

University of Teesside

Teesside University is one of the UK’s top institutions of higher education in business.

Memberships

Fellow

Current

The Chartered Institute of Marketing

The Chartered Institute of Marketing (CIM) is professional marketing body with above 50,000 members in 130 countries. Its International Offices are situated in Malaysia, Sri Lanka, Hong Kong and Singapore. The Chartered Institute of Marketing is headquartered in Maidenhead, UK

Career History

Co-Founder

2012 - Current

Calysta, Inc.

Calysta, Inc. provides sustainable industrial products for food and energy security. The firm develops new Biological Gas-to-Liquids and Biological Gas-to-Chemicals technologies using methane, the primary component of natural gas. It’s technology allows conversion of a plentiful energy resource into high value chemicals and transportation fuels. The company was founded in 2012 by Joshua Silverman and Alan Shaw and is headquartered in Menlo Park, CA.

Chief Executive Officer

2001 - 2012

Codexis, Inc.

Codexis, Inc. engages in the discovery, development, and sale of proteins. The company offers enzyme optimization services and developing biocatalyst products. The firm operates through the following segments: Performance Enzymes and Novel Biotherapeutics. Its technologies accelerate the development of manufacturing processes for active pharmaceutical ingredients fine chemicals, agrochemicals, food ingredients, detergents and biofuels. The company was founded in January 2002 and is headquartered in Redwood City, CA.

Managing Director

1994 - 1999

Chirotech Technology Ltd.

Chirotech Technology Ltd., a subsidiary of Dr. Reddy's Laboratories Ltd., is a company headquartered in Cambridge, UK, that operates as a dormant company. The firm was founded in 1991.The company says this about itself: Chirotech, a wholly owned subsidiary of Dr Reddy’s is a world-leading bio- and chemocatalysis technology company, providing both products and services to the pharmaceutical industry. Our main focus is developing technical solutions for the production of single enantiomer intermediates and APIs. Our technologies enable cleaner, quicker, and more efficient routes to target chiral molecules. The company was founded more than 20 years ago and has been part of Dr Reddy’s since 2008.

Boards & Committees

Director

2009 - 2012

CO2 Solutions, Inc.

CO2 Solutions, Inc. is engaged in the field of enzyme-enabled carbon capture and working to develop and commercialize the technology for stationary sources of carbon pollution. Its patented technology allows for the capture of CO2 from stationary emissions sources such as oil production operations, power and steam plants and metals production facilities, while leveraging existing solvent-based gas scrubbing approaches already known to industry. The company was founded by Rejean Blais in 1997 and is headquartered in Quebec, Canada.

Member, Board of Directors

2002 - 2012

Codexis, Inc.

Codexis, Inc. engages in the discovery, development, and sale of proteins. The company offers enzyme optimization services and developing biocatalyst products. The firm operates through the following segments: Performance Enzymes and Novel Biotherapeutics. Its technologies accelerate the development of manufacturing processes for active pharmaceutical ingredients fine chemicals, agrochemicals, food ingredients, detergents and biofuels. The company was founded in January 2002 and is headquartered in Redwood City, CA.

Director

1994 - 1999

Chiroscience Group Plc

Investments

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Calysta, Inc.

Calysta, Inc. provides sustainable industrial products for food and energy security. The firm develops new Biological Gas-to-Liquids and Biological Gas-to-Chemicals technologies using methane, the primary component of natural gas. It’s technology allows conversion of a plentiful energy resource into high value chemicals and transportation fuels. The company was founded in 2012 by Joshua Silverman and Alan Shaw and is headquartered in Menlo Park, CA.

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Codexis, Inc.

Codexis, Inc. engages in the discovery, development, and sale of proteins. The company offers enzyme optimization services and developing biocatalyst products. The firm operates through the following segments: Performance Enzymes and Novel Biotherapeutics. Its technologies accelerate the development of manufacturing processes for active pharmaceutical ingredients fine chemicals, agrochemicals, food ingredients, detergents and biofuels. The company was founded in January 2002 and is headquartered in Redwood City, CA.

Other Affiliations

Alan Shaw is affiliated with Calysta, Inc., Codexis, Inc., Chirotech Technology Ltd., BTP Plc, Archimica SRL, Clariant Corp., Lancaster Synthesis Ltd., Imperial Chemical Industries Ltd., Zeneca Group Plc, Zeneca, ICI Plc, CO2 Solutions, Inc., Codexis, Inc., Chiroscience Group Plc, Chiros Ltd.

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