Ryan Cheng joins P2 to manage sales, marketing and business development in advance of Q4 plant start-up.
Woodbridge, Conn. – April 30, 2018– P2 Science Inc., a venture-backed, biorenewable chemistry company, today announced that Ryan Cheng has joined the management team of the company with responsibility for revenue generation.
The company is currently building its first manufacturing plant in Naugatuck, CT. The plant will be in commercial production in Q4 of 2018 with initial sales targeted at the flavor & fragrance and cosmetics industries.
Ryan started his career in the marketing & sales team at Nisso America Inc. where he grew its flagship excipient polymers business in North & South America, with a particular focus on the pharmaceutical, nutraceutical, food, cosmetics, personal care, and industrial markets. He later joined the BASF Corporation Pharma Solutions group to lead sales, business development and account management activities at key customers in the US market.
Ryan holds an M.S. in Chemistry from the University of Rochester and earned dual B.A./M.A. degrees with high honors from Brandeis University, where he was also a member of the NCAA Division III Men’s Cross Country and Track & Field teams. He currently resides in New York, NY.
About P2 Science
P2 Science is renewable chemistry company. The scientific co-founders of P2, Professor Paul Anastas and Dr. Patrick Foley, worked together at the Yale Center for Green Chemistry and Green Engineering. Neil Burns, CEO, has spent much of his prior career in the surfactants and oleochemicals industries.
Based in Woodbridge, Connecticut, P2 has developed a set of green chemistry technologies for converting renewable feedstocks into high-value specialty products. Investors in P2 include BASF Venture Capital, Xeraya Capital, Elm Street Ventures, Connecticut Innovations and Ironwood Capital. The company is also a recipient of debt financing from the CT Department of Economic and Community Development. For more information, visit www.p2science.com
