Rich Troyer is the Chief Executive Officer of Upkara and has 25 years of experience in the life sciences and industrial biotechnology industries. Rich was previously chief executive officer of Comet Bio, an industrial biotechnology company developing healthy, sustainable food ingredients. Earlier in his career, Rich was a biotechnology equity research analyst at Credit Suisse First Boston and a managing director at Blackstone. Rich has an MBA from the Wharton School of the University of Pennsylvania and a BBA from Baylor University.