Tom Urban is the founder of Agribusiness Advisors, a firm he formed in 2013 focused on providing advisory, investment and entrepreneur support to early-stage companies.

He currently serves on the boards of several private and publicly-traded companies including Cibus Inc. (Nasdaq: CBUS).  Tom has also served as an EIR at the University of British Columbia since 2013. Prior Tom was the CEO of CellFor, Inc. from 2004 to 2012 when it was acquired by ArborGen.

Earlier in his career, he served in various leadership positions around the world from 1990 to 2002 with leading ag seed company Pioneer Hi-Bred International, including after its acquisition by E.I. DuPont de Nemours in 1999. He began his career in M&A at Goldman Sachs in 1988.

Mr. Urban received his undergraduate degree from Middlebury College and holds an MBA from the Harvard Graduate School of Business.