Tom Snipes
Chief Executive OfficerTom Snipes leads the Ostara team as Chief Executive Officer. Snipes most recently served as CEO of Custom Agronomics and also served as CEO of Plant Response Inc., a global plant biotechnology company specializing in nutrient use efficiency, plant innate immunity and plant physiology. Under his leadership, Plant Response successfully completed substantial fundraising and portfolio expansion and experienced rapid growth due to aggressive commercialization efforts and strategic acquisitions. Plant Response was acquired by The Mosaic Company in 2022 and is now part of Mosaic Biosciences™. Snipes previously worked in leadership roles at Pinnacle Agricultural Holdings and Koch Industries. In those roles, he led business development efforts, implemented growth strategies, and identified acquisition targets. Snipes is a University of South Carolina graduate and has completed executive education programs at the University of Michigan and Texas A&M University.
