Profile
John Paul is an agribusiness entrepreneur with experience in a number of Central California agriculture markets. He graduated with a BA in Agricultural Business from California State University, Fresno. John was born and raised in Fresno and through his family’s fourth-generation business, Bouquet of Fruits, fell in love with the produce industry at a very young age. While pursuing his degree, he gained experience in retail with Trader Joe’s, produce procurement with Kroger, and the farm management side of AG helping develop an organic tree fruit program in Sanger, CA. Upon earning his degree, John left commercial production agriculture and joined the crop irrigation industry with Reedley Irrigation & Supply where he directed sales and marketing, growing overall sales from $7M to $11M in just eighteen months. Most recently, he led management and business development for HermetiaPro before joining the Soldier Fly Technologies team.Sessions