Pragmatic biotech, people & product development for your startup

With 25 years in hard tech and a proven Swiss-army-knife skillset, I help early-stage teams turn ideas into execution, build high-performing teams, and align technology milestones with business goals.

Available for select advisory and short projects • SF Bay Area / remote

Some of the areas I can help with
  • Scale-up strategy (benchtop → pilot → commercial)
  • Data analysis pipelines → actionable results
  • Technical due diligence & roadmap triage
  • Management and leadership coaching

Lightweight services to get traction fast

Advisory sprints

2–4 weeks, clear deliverables: risk map, next 90‑day plan, and KPI suggestions.

Data & dashboards

Stand up a clean telemetry/assay pipeline, a few key SQL views, and a usable dashboard.

People Coaching

Coach technical leaders on people strategy and getting engagment from thier teams.

About Lance

I’m a chemical engineer and biotech leader with over two decades of experience turning breakthrough science into scalable products. After receiving my Ph.D in Chemical Engineering (UC Berkeley) I have focused my efforts on a wide range of industries, from pioneering renewable ingredients at Amyris and developing plant-based foods at Ripple, to founding Cana’s molecular beverage platform and leading VitroLabs’ tissue-grown leather, I’ve built teams that translate innovation into reality. Now as CTO at Huue.bio, I’m guiding scale-up of E. coli fermentation to produce sustainable indigo by combining biology, engineering, and strategy to accelerate a cleaner manufacturing future.

Focus areas
  • Fermentation & DSP interfaces
  • Data warehousing (Postgres/Metabase)
  • Experimental design, PCA, TEA
  • Early‑stage org & process design

What clients say

“Lance turned a messy dataset into decisions in two weeks. We hit our next milestone with confidence.”
— Placeholder Client, Seed‑stage bioprocess
“Clear frameworks, practical playbooks, and zero fluff. Exactly what we needed.”
— Placeholder Client, Climate tech

Let’s talk

Short intro calls are free. Tell me about your bottleneck and timeline.

Request an intro call

Or just email me directly.