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Tom Mastrobuoni

Tom Mastrobuoni

Tom is the former Chief Financial Officer and a founding partner of Tyson Ventures, the corporate venture capital arm of Tyson Foods, speaking on disruption in the meat industry and plant-based proteins.

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  • $9,000 - $11,000
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    Tom is a Venture Partner with Big Idea Ventures (“BIV”), a New York and Singapore-based firm focused on solving the world’s greatest challenges by backing the world’s best entrepreneurs. Prior to joining BIV, Tom was a Founding Partner and Chief Financial Officer of Tyson Ventures, the corporate venture capital arm of Tyson Foods. While at Tyson, Tom led investments in Beyond Meat, FoodLogiQ, New Wave Foods and BIV’s New Protein Fund.

    Tom is an expert in the organization, structuring and chartering of corporate venture organizations.

    Tom has over fifteen years of experience in alternative asset management and prior to joining Tyson, held a number of CFO positions at New York investment firms. He received a BS in Accountancy from Villanova University. Tom is a Certified Public Accountant (NY) and holds the Chartered Global Management Accountant designation from the AICPA. He lives in New Jersey with his wife Erin and their four children, Juliana, Alexis, Patrick and Elisabeth.

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    Keynote OR Breakout

    Speaking on the traceability of food, the consumer perspective, and the technology being used to develop innovative food products. How will this impact the use of grain and other implications for the ag industry?

    Keynote OR Breakout | Educational

    As the younger generations begin making purchasing decisions, they are demanding increased visibility into the source of their food and insight into the processes employed to produce it. During this session, we’ll explore how Food service outlets and retailers can leverage technology to provide deeper insights to their customers and how manufacturers can differentiate themselves in the market. 

    Keynote OR Breakout | Educational

    The rise of Amazon and the resulting entrance of the brick and mortar retail sector into near real-time fulfillment has created both opportunities and challenges. During this session, we’ll explore the genesis of direct to consumer service and how it has influenced not only how we get the products we buy, but how we evaluate and select items for purchase. 

    Keynote OR Breakout | Educational | Technical

    Tom is available to speak to organizations on topics related to the launch, structure, compensation and execution of a corporate venture organization. 

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