Ian R. South

ArkeaBio is a VC-backed agricultural science startup pioneering a novel anti-methanogenic vaccine for bovines to address the ~6% of world greenhouse gasses resulting from enteric methane and simultaneously increase feed conversion efficiency in the animal.

• Managed 3 teams of consultants and lobbyists across DC, Sacramento, Calgary, Boston totaling 12 team members. Legislative lead.
• Facilitated a $20+ million capital raise through the population of the data room with proformas and whitepapers. Led investor relations and outreach.
• Wrote two successful letters of intent for USDA and CFIA grants totaling $11+ million.
• Designed and implemented a go to market and customer acquisition plan, navigating compliance and voluntary carbon markets. Developed carbon protocols and detailed MRV platforms.
• Coordinated with external cattle organizations, NGOs, and corporates, creating a working group to advance legislative and go to market priorities. Outreach to Senators and Congresspeople to edit draft language of the 2023/2024 Farm Bill and Agricultural Resilience Act.
• Initiated regulatory approvals for an animal vaccine through the USDA CVB and CFIA CCVB.
• Designed comprehensive, CFIA CCVB compliant animal trials in Alberta totaling 120 animals and a CAD$6million budget.
• Led an initiative to secure forward purchase orders (carbon offtakes).

• Compiled and analyzed interactions between clients and salespeople to identify possible manipulative or aggressive sales practices in accordance with New Zealand Law.
• Fired 12 employees engaging in malicious or fraudulent sales activity.

• When produce was withering on the vine during the pandemic, I answered the government's plea for migrant workers.
• Worked in thinning and pruning the kiwi orchards of Opotiki.
• Lived in bunkhouses with migrant laborers, interacting with unique and interesting individuals I would never have met outside of this rural New Zealand township.

• Assisted in the implementation of new call time program and the planning of various fundraiser events that helped us exceed our ambitious $3m USD fundraising goal.
• Provided strategic assistance for campaign messaging and donor outreach.

• Created Tableau heat-maps for world development banks and their respective investments in Central and South America in order to identify the most likely potential partners for future development ventures.
• Developed a street lighting project to provide rural Mexican townships with LED, solar street lights.

• Rewrote the HR corporate employee's handbook.
• Digitalized the legal department's contract database.