Jay Kouba

Founder at Trelys, Inc.

71 year

Process Industries

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Jay Kouba founded Trelys, Inc., where he worked as President, CEO, Secretary & Director.
Dr. Kouba also currently works at Telles LLC, as Director, Glyce, Inc., as Director, and Synata Bio, Inc., as Director.
Dr. Kouba also formerly worked at TetraVitae Bioscience, Inc., as President & Chief Executive Officer from 2009 to 2011, Yield10 Bioscience, Inc., as Independent Director from 2011 to 2014, Virent, Inc., as Director, First Green Partners LLC, as Director from 2012 to 2014, Innovene LLC, as SVP-Strategy, Marketing & Technology from 1999 to 2005, and Oniro Consulting, Inc., as President from 2006 to 2007.
Dr. Kouba received his doctorate degree from Harvard University, undergraduate degree from Stanford University, and Masters Business Admin degree from The University of Chicago.

Jay Kouba active positions

Companies	Position	Start
Telles LLC	Director/Board Member	06/07/2009
Glyce, Inc.	Director/Board Member	-
Trelys, Inc. Trelys, Inc. Chemicals: SpecialtyProcess Industries Trelys, Inc. owns and operates biotechnology products. The company was founded by Jay Kouba and is headquartered in Hayward, CA.	Founder	-
Synata Bio, Inc. Synata Bio, Inc. Electric UtilitiesUtilities Synata Bio, Inc. provides services related to energy industry. The company is headquartered in Warrenville, IL.	Director/Board Member	-

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Former positions of Jay Kouba

Companies	Position	End
YIELD10 BIOSCIENCE, INC.	Chief Executive Officer	08/11/2011
First Green Partners LLC First Green Partners LLC Investment ManagersFinance First Green Partners LLC (First Green Partners) is a venture capital firm founded in 2011 by Tom Erickson and Doug Cameron. The firm is headquartered in Stillwater, Minnesota.	Private Equity Investor	02/01/2014
TetraVitae Bioscience, Inc. TetraVitae Bioscience, Inc. Other Metals/MineralsNon-Energy Minerals TetraVitae Bioscience is developing biobased chemicals, plastics, and fuels. Its proprietary technology and expertise in the fields of industrial fermentations, process engineering, microbiology, and cellulosic feedstocks will dramatically lower the costs of production, allowing them to compete with and replace petroleum-derived products. TetraVitae's focus is the production of biobutanol using a proprietary fermentation process and enhanced microorganism platform. Its biobutanol technology has demonstrated significant improvements over conventional approaches in key performance metrics.	President	01/08/2011
Oniro Consulting, Inc. Oniro Consulting, Inc. Miscellaneous Commercial ServicesCommercial Services Oniro Consulting, Inc. operated as a strategic management consulting firm. The company was headquartered in Chicago, IL.	President	01/05/2007
Innovene LLC Innovene LLC Chemicals: SpecialtyProcess Industries Innovene LLC produces and markets petrochemicals such as polypropylene (for plastics and packaging), polyethylene (used in films, packaging, cables, among other products), nitriles (turned into everything from fibers to pharmaceuticals to pesticides), polybutenes (for oil additives, adhesives and sealants) and olefins, etc. Innovene was founded in April, 2004 by the BP Group and is headquartered in Chicago, IL.	Chief Tech/Sci/R&D Officer	01/12/2005

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Training of Jay Kouba

Harvard University	Doctorate Degree
The University of Chicago	Masters Business Admin
Stanford University	Undergraduate Degree

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Listed companies	1
YIELD10 BIOSCIENCE, INC.	Process Industries

Private companies	9
Oniro Consulting, Inc. Oniro Consulting, Inc. Miscellaneous Commercial ServicesCommercial Services Oniro Consulting, Inc. operated as a strategic management consulting firm. The company was headquartered in Chicago, IL.	Commercial Services
Virent, Inc. Virent, Inc. Industrial SpecialtiesProcess Industries Virent, Inc. develops and commercializes biofuel technologies. It converts soluble biomass-derived sugars into products molecularly identical to those made with petroleum, including gasoline, diesel, jet fuel, and chemicals used for plastics and fibers. The company was founded by Randy D. Cortright and James Dumesic in 2002 and is headquartered in Madison, WI.	Process Industries
TetraVitae Bioscience, Inc. TetraVitae Bioscience, Inc. Other Metals/MineralsNon-Energy Minerals TetraVitae Bioscience is developing biobased chemicals, plastics, and fuels. Its proprietary technology and expertise in the fields of industrial fermentations, process engineering, microbiology, and cellulosic feedstocks will dramatically lower the costs of production, allowing them to compete with and replace petroleum-derived products. TetraVitae's focus is the production of biobutanol using a proprietary fermentation process and enhanced microorganism platform. Its biobutanol technology has demonstrated significant improvements over conventional approaches in key performance metrics.	Non-Energy Minerals
Innovene LLC Innovene LLC Chemicals: SpecialtyProcess Industries Innovene LLC produces and markets petrochemicals such as polypropylene (for plastics and packaging), polyethylene (used in films, packaging, cables, among other products), nitriles (turned into everything from fibers to pharmaceuticals to pesticides), polybutenes (for oil additives, adhesives and sealants) and olefins, etc. Innovene was founded in April, 2004 by the BP Group and is headquartered in Chicago, IL.	Process Industries
Telles LLC
First Green Partners LLC First Green Partners LLC Investment ManagersFinance First Green Partners LLC (First Green Partners) is a venture capital firm founded in 2011 by Tom Erickson and Doug Cameron. The firm is headquartered in Stillwater, Minnesota.	Finance
Glyce, Inc.
Trelys, Inc. Trelys, Inc. Chemicals: SpecialtyProcess Industries Trelys, Inc. owns and operates biotechnology products. The company was founded by Jay Kouba and is headquartered in Hayward, CA.	Process Industries
Synata Bio, Inc. Synata Bio, Inc. Electric UtilitiesUtilities Synata Bio, Inc. provides services related to energy industry. The company is headquartered in Warrenville, IL.	Utilities

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