We're a team of scientists, engineers, post-harvest technologists and produce lovers passionate about building a better future.

Founder Story

While studying in college, founder Katherine Sizov uncovered a startling stat— 40% of our food is wasted.

With a molecular biology background, Katherine set out to discover resilient and data-driven solutions for food supply chains and founded Strella.

Strella's founder Katherine

Meet the team

Aaron Sumption

VP of Sales

Adam Cohen

Director or Finance

Amena Razzak

Research Associate

Bryan Reeves

Product Manager

Cory Johnson

Software Developer

Emelyn Jaros

Mechanical Engineer

Ephrat Baradel

Data Scientist

Garrett Babst

Commercial Manager

Hesam Azimi

Electrochemist

Israel Belmonte

Electrochemist

Jeremy Willow

R&D Lead

Katherine Sizov

Founder, CEO

Kimberly Lantigua

Software Developer

Luke Tiffany

Account Manager

Masha Yamburenko

Biochemical Scientist

Matt Weiss

Software Lead

Michael Harrison Lee

Data Scientist

Naoya Kanai

Machine Learning Engineer

Peter Lansdaal

Software Developer

Russell Kilgannon

Operations Lead

Scarlet Waller

Packing Technical Sales

Sean O'Callahan

Software Developer

Susana Machado

Technical Customer Success

Theo Marshall

Mechanical Engineer

Zuyang Liu

Co-Founder, IoT Lead

Recent Press

Strella is featured in IBM's New Creators series, where Jay and Katherine describe the importance of creativity behind their work.

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Katherine Sizov is only two years out of college, but her high-tech sensors — which monitor ethylene, a gas key to the ripening of fruits and vegetables — are keeping watch over 15 percent of U.S. apples.

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Strella wins the Seattle Geekwire pitch competition.

Geekwire
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Strella Biotechnology 2023: We Are a Team Passionate About Building a Better Future!

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How can we help you?

An overhead shot of a worker using a forklift to move many boxes of apples
Store

Reduce waste during storage by predicting produce maturity

Ripen

Automate your produce ripening process

A warehouse filled with boxes of product
Sort

Reduce shrink by optimizing inventory shipout

Monitor

Real-time environmental monitoring for the produce supply chain