John Dombrosky
Co-founder, Board Observer
John has over 25 years of business building experience, including 13 years of experience within the agricultural technology sector. Based on the idea that our common human dignity depends upon daily access to nutritious food, John’s professional focus is to unlock, develop, and bring to market high-impact agricultural technologies.
Prior to joining OerthBio as the CEO, John co-founded EarthOptics in the course of serving as Chief Executive Officer (CEO) of AgTech Accelerator. Built with a syndicate of leading venture and industry strategic capital, the AgTech Accelerator team identified and launched ag-tech startups designed to address major food system gaps.
Prior to joining AgTech Accelerator, John served in multiple executive roles at Syngenta, where his responsibilities spanned licensing, M&A, strategic planning, and general management across seeds and crop protection businesses. In addition to experience in the agriculture sector, John held M&A, strategy, business development, FP&A and roles at Thomson Reuters; and began his career in corporate planning and operational analysis at Northwest Airlines.
John earned a Bachelor of Arts in Financial Management from the University of St. Thomas and an MBA from the University of Notre Dame.