Eric Rey

Board Chair & Business Advisor at Texas Crop Science

Mr. Rey brings more than 40 years of agribusiness experience to the TCS board. Now serving as an independent advisor, Mr. Rey most recently served as president and CEO of Arcadia Biosciences, which he founded in 2002. In this role, he was responsible for signing more than 50 development and commercial partnerships with the world’s leading agricultural companies, institutions, and government organizations; overseeing hundreds of successful regulatory filings around the world; and driving the company’s 2015 initial public offering on the NASDAQ stock exchange. Prior to Arcadia, Mr. Rey was a partner with the Rockridge Group, a management consulting firm focused on the agricultural biotechnology industry. He also served as vice president of operations for Calgene Inc. for 17 years, including two years following Monsanto Company’s acquisition of Calgene. He holds a bachelor’s degree in plant science from the University of California, Davis.


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Texas Crop Science

Texas Crop Science is an agricultural technology company that develops improved crops to meet global macro-challenges.The company’s lead technology platform, PYRAMAX™, identifies discoveries in multiple scientific disciplines, such as human biology, and applies those across a broad range of agricultural crops to achieve high yield in a variety ofplants under a range of environmental conditions. While cotton was the initial experimental crop for Texas Crop Science, the platform has demonstrated promising results in both greenhouse and field tests in other crops, including soybeans and rice.The company was founded in 2010.