Chief Technology Officer, AeroFarms

As Chief Technology Officer, Roger Buelow leads development of disruptive technology opportunities for AeroFarms, a leading clean-technology company that builds and operates responsible, state-of-the-art indoor vertical farms around the world, helping transform agriculture.

A Certified B Corporation, AeroFarms has been recognized by Fast Company as one of the Most Innovative Companies in the World and by Inc. as one of the Top 25 Disruptive Companies. Working closely with R&D, Engineering, Marketing, and Corporate Development, Roger is an industry leading LED Innovator and Engineering Technologist with over 20 years of experience in both government and the private sector. 

In addition, Roger has been the Principal Investigator on over a dozen federally funded research contracts spanning military and civilian technologies and holds over 20 patents covering a wide array of technologies. Roger has brought over 50 products from concept, through R&D, into engineering and then onto the open market. Roger has a B.S. in Mathematics and an M.S. in Systems and Control Engineering from Case Western Reserve University, Cleveland, Ohio.