Alt Protein Careers with Sam Fisher

Today I’m joined by Isaac Goldman. Isaac is the National Accounts Manager and Internal Communication and Strategy Specialist at Eclipse Foods. Isaac has been at Eclipse Foods since June 2019, when he was the first full-time employee, and has served in a variety of interesting roles on the sales and operations side. Isaac has been involved in food since the very beginning of his college career at Emory University in Atlanta, and he has great stories on how to break into the industry through hustle and a positive attitude.

Today I’m joined by Danielle Desmet. Danielle is the Technical Business Development and R&D Strategy Manager for Upside Foods, where she works directly with the Chief Science Officer. Danielle has been at Upside Foods since March 2016, and has served in a variety of interesting roles as the company has grown. We’ll hear more about her background and experience at Upside Foods throughout the episode.

Today I’m joined by Maia Keerie, a PR and Communications leader in the Alternative Protein Industry. Maia most recently served as the Senior PR and Communications Manager at TurtleTree, and she previously worked as a Media and Communications Manager at The Good Food Institute. We’ll hear more about her interesting background and how she ended up breaking into the industry with GFI throughout the episode.

Today, I’m joined by a few key members of the Alt Protein Careers team for a very special panel episode! In studio with me, we have Noga Golan, the Founder & Managing Director of Alt Protein Careers, Caroline Colwell, who works on Marketing & Growth for APC in addition to her day job in Product Marketing for Juniper Square, and Sacha Langer, a veteran of the food & alt protein industry who does resume review & interview prep for APC clients.  Join us for this nontraditional episode where we talk about key trends in the space, how we all ended up in Alt Protein Careers, and why the Careers side of the industry is so interesting to us.

Today I’m joined by Mike Madonna, a Scientific leader driving innovation in the novel protein space. Most recently, Mike served as Senior Director of Protein Science at Shiru, and previously worked as an Analytical Science Lead at JUST. Mike has studied proteins for all of his adult life, and he’ll talk about how that passion led him to his PhD and eventually into the food space. It’s really a pleasure to have him on the show.