Donald J. Glidewell – CFO
Donald J. Glidewell, CPA has extensive financial and operational experience building domestic and international organizations to maximize shareholder value. His career includes executive leadership within both public and venture backed companies in the Chemical, Biotech, Crop Protection and Animal Health industries.
As Senior Director of Finance at Valent USA Corporation, a wholly owned subsidiary of Sumitomo Chemical Co. Ltd., he was responsible for overall corporate finance, treasury, tax and cost accounting, including consolidation of subsidiaries in multiple countries, providing shared services to the consolidated group and financial analysis to support acquisitions and divestitures.
While CFO of AgraQuest, Inc., and with then CEO and Founder Marrone, he raised $60 million in venture and debt financing and negotiated, purchased and led the operational startup of the company's fermentation facility in Tlaxcala, Mexico. He was with the company from pre-revenue stage through its bid to go public, which was thwarted by the terrorist events of 9-11.
Prior to this, as its CFO, Mr. Glidewell completed the sale of Bio-Trends International, a global companion animal vaccine company, to Intervet, Inc. an Akzo-Nobel Company. Mr. Glidewell holds an active California Certified Public Accountant license and has a Bachelor of Science in Business Administration/Accounting from Arizona State University.