FOUNDERS
DR. JENNIFER WELLS, ED.D.
Chief Executive Officer
Academic Leadership
Sustainable Science & Technology
Scientifically trained in ecology and agriculture, Dr. Wells brings more than 30 years of leadership experience advancing sustainable agriculture, research, and workforce development.
- Raised $1.2M+ in non-dilutive funding for LATERAL
- Led multidisciplinary research, education, and agricultural programs
- Conducted extensive customer discovery and market validation efforts
- Built strategic partnerships across academia, industry, and government
ED LISLE
President & Chief Technology Officer
Corporate Leadership
Strategic Research to Products
Technology executive and entrepreneur with 40+ years of experience transforming emerging technologies into commercially successful products and industry solutions.
- 35-year career at Intel leading strategic technology initiatives
- 15 years managing global engineering and research organizations
- Expertise in AI, edge computing, IoT, and product commercialization
- Leads development of LATERAL’s intelligent agriculture platform
Technology ADVISORS
Jim White
Edge Technology Advisor
Wilf Pinfold
Smart Technology Advisor
John Teeter
Senior Innovation Fellow
LATERAL Engineering Contributors
DALYN MCCAULEY
AgTech Research Scientist
COLIN HALE-BROWN
Mechanical Electrical Engineer
CODE PDX Contract Engineering
JARED KRAJEWSKI
Software Full Stack Architect
KA HUNG LEE
User Interface Software Engineer
IAN O'GORMAN
Data API Architect
CONTRIBUTING TO LATERAL'S VISION
Jeff Brown
Food Innovation Visionary
Victoria Quintana
Business Development
Molly Stutzman
Market Research
Sunita Shenoy
Product Value
Joe Montano
Software Visionary
Ken Montler
Value Add Reseller