Mac Market is a collaborative food, drink, and gathering space. It is housed in a 10,000 sq ft historic warehouse building within McMinnville Oregon’s developing craft district, NE Gateway. Mac Market was conceptualized and is operated by my amazing wife - Diana Riggs. My main role in the business is hype man for Diana, manual labor (when it doesn't interfere with the day job), managing our books and booking bands for the Mac Mkt stage.

Primary logistics planner and supervisor for a 600 soldier combat engineer battalion consisting of five companies. Responsible for governing an annual budget of over $7.4 million, directing personnel and equipment movement both nationally and internationally, and resourcing necessary supplies to sustain battalion operations as it prepares for, trains and deploys to Afghanistan.

Led a combat engineer platoon consisting of 30 soldiers and $7 million worth of equipment. Responsible for developing, training, mentoring, counseling and building a strong cohesive team prepared for war. Successfully led my platoon in executing route clearance missions that ensured mobility and freedom of maneuver to allied military and civil forces in Afghanistan.

Product Manager for TrueTouch capacitive touchscreen products designed to target the Superphone, Tablet, Ultrabook and Notebook markets. Responsible for development of a business plan, product definition for silicon, software and development kits, supporting the market launch campaign, generating revenue and supporting lead customers.

Second in command and chief operations officer of a combat engineer company consisting of over 170 personnel and equipment valued in excess of $35 million while deployed to Afghanistan in support of Operation Enduring Freedom. Responsible for the direct oversight of the operations, unit supply, training, maintenance, food service, chemical and medical section’s personnel and activities.

Following the merger of Praxair and Linde I stayed in a similar role with a new company name - Account Manager for the Electronics packaged gas division of Linde Gases North America, providing specialty gases and equipment to semiconductor fabrication plants in the Pacific Northwest.

Dedicated Microsoft account manager for a privately held, Israeli based, global computer hardware company that provides innovative solutions in touch-screen and digital pen technology.

Our MissionAdvance insect agriculture as a means to heal the planet, people, and animals by regenerating soil and restarting food chains.Our VisionCultivate a circular, net zero food system that diverts and upcycles waste, adds biodiversity back into our soils, our guts and our planet, and regenerates our critical life sustaining systems"Chapul Farms builds black soldier fly larvae (BSFL) facilities near waste streams to process organics waste while producing premium feed and biofertilizer. The BSFL consume the waste and upcycle the byproduct into premium animal feed (the larvae) and frass (the manure of the flies, which is a high value bio-fertilizer), effectively using insect microbiology to close agricultural production loops. Show less

Praxair, Inc., a Fortune 250 company with 2015 sales of $11 billion, is the largest industrial gases company in North and South America and one of the largest worldwide. The company produces, sells and distributes atmospheric, process and specialty gases, and high-performance surface coatings. Praxair products, services and technologies are making our planet more productive by bringing efficiency and environmental benefits to a wide variety of industries, including aerospace,chemicals,food and beverage, electronics, energy, healthcare, manufacturing, metals and many others. More information about Praxair, Inc. is available at www.praxair.com.