Speaker Name : Jonathan Wolfson
Company : Solazyme, Inc.
Title : Founder & CEO

Jonathan Wolfson is the Chief Executive Officer and co-founder of Solazyme, where he oversees the management and strategic direction of the company. Solazyme is a renewable oil and bio products company and the leader in algal synthetic biology. Prior to Solazyme, Mr. Wolfson has held a variety of positions in finance, business and law. He was most recently the Vice President of Finance and Business Development for 7thOnline, a venture-backed supply chain software company where he was responsible for overseeing legal issues, finance and the development and implementation of corporate strategy, which resulted in annualized revenue growth of over 100% during his tenure. Mr. Wolfson was also a primary interface between the company's management and its board of investors.

Prior to that, Mr. Wolfson was co-founder, President and Chief Operating Officer of InvestorTree, a financial software and ASP services firm. He has also worked as an investment banker for Morgan Stanley, in the M&A department of Fried, Frank, Harris, Shriver & Jacobson and as a business/legal analyst for Triarc Companies.

A true catalyst in the space of renewable energy, Mr. Wolfson sits on the board of the Clean Economy Network, a green business advocacy association. He provides additional insight as an advisory board member to the Next Generation Bio-Based Chemicals Summit, a cross-sector of oil and alternative fuel resources. In addition, Mr. Wolfson is a member of the board of directors of the Biotechnology Industry Organization (BIO) and is on the governing board of BIO’s Industrial and Environmental Section. In September of 2009, Mr. Wolfson also accepted the “Green Leap” award from the Clinton Global Initiative for his commitment to commercializing Solazyme’s breakthrough technology for renewable oil production for fuel and for food. It is through these commitments and board memberships that Mr. Wolfson furthers the evolution of the advanced biofuels industry and continues his commitment to clean, renewable energy and carbon pollution reduction.

Mr. Wolfson holds J.D. and M.B.A. degrees from the NYU School of Law and the NYU Stern School of Business. Additionally, he spent several years as an Adjunct Assistant Professor of Economics at Hunter College of the City University of New York.