Primary Job Title Chairman and Chief Executive Officer Primary Organization Entrinsic Bioscience
Location Boston, Massachusetts, United States Regions Greater Boston Area, East Coast, New England Gender Male
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Stephen J. Gatto founded Myriant's predecessor company in 2004 and formed Myriant in 2009. He has been involved in the biotechnology industry for over 19 years, founding a successful biofuels company and serving on numerous Presidential, Congressional and US DOE/USDA committees.
At BC International (now Verenium), Stephen Gatto, in
cooperation with Dr. Lonnie Ingram and the University of Florida, spearheaded the development of novel technology for the commercial production of ethanol from cellulose (patent number 5,000,000). Successful pilot operations led to licensing of the technology to two multinational companies.
In 2000 and 2002, Stephen Gatto was appointed by both the Clinton and Bush Administrations to the Biomass Research & Development Technical Advisory Committee. He was also appointed to a Biofuels Ad-hoc Committee chaired by Senator Dianne Feinstein and assisted in the drafting of key aspects of the Energy Policy Act of 2005.
Currently, Stephen Gatto is on the board of directors for BIO, the world's largest biotechnology organization, serving on the Industrial and Environmental (I&E) section governing board.
