Chief Innovation Officer, Vertosa

Austin leads the business development team at Vertosa, an innovative infusion technology start-up based in Oakland, California. He creates partnerships with inventive brands to produce top quality cannabinoid-infused cold brew coffee, beer, wine, fresh juice, topicals and more. Prior to joining Vertosa, Austin leveraged his bio-tech experience building the regulatory Hemp/CBD testing program for Eurofins Scientific - a world leader in food, environment, and product testing services – where he worked with CVS and other retailers to test and verify the quality of their retail CBD topicals.