Marrone Bio Innovations Appoints President and COO

Posted by Dan Jacobs|15 January 2015

Marrone Bio Innovations, Inc. a provider of bio-based pest management and plant health products for the agriculture, turf and ornamental, and water treatment markets, named James Iademarco president and chief operating officer. Iademarco will have responsibility for directing operations of the company, including sales, marketing, manufacturing and corporate infrastructure, with a particular focus on driving sustainable revenue growth.

“We are very pleased to have an experienced executive join MBI from the agriculture, industrial fermentation and materials industries to drive excellence throughout our operations,” said Pam Marrone, CEO of Marrone Bio Innovations. “I expect that we will be a powerful team as we continue to implement our growth strategy and sharpen our focus on driving value to our shareholders.”

Most recently, Iademarco founded and ran Strategic Avalanche, a global consulting firm focused on the agriculture, biotechnology, renewable chemicals and material sectors. Strategic Avalanche enabled sustainable growth and value creation for a range of companies and was tasked to assess operations, refine business models, identify partnerships, structure go-to-market initiatives and raise strategic capital. Prior to founding Avalanche, Iademarco was vice president of Integration for Biomedical Materials and vice president, Biobased Chemicals and Materials for Royal DSM in Europe. He started his career at Monsanto in crop protection sales and marketing.

“I am thrilled to join MBI in a key senior leadership position,” Iademarco said. “We have a great opportunity to develop the most exciting segment of ag inputs — biologicals for pest management and plant health.”