NABACO brings together materials science, formulation expertise, commercialization and real-world application
development to turn natural principles into scalable systems.
Serial Entrepreneur | Food Technology, Packaging Innovation & Supply-Chain Data Jamie Strachan has spent more than 20 years bringing technology and innovation to the food industry. He brought leading supply-chain data and traceability solutions to market, serving thousands of packhouses, fresh-food shippers and deli operators.
As CEO of Green Giant™ Fresh, Jamie helped transform the produce department by commercializing advanced nano-encapsulation technology and scaling the production of riced and spiralized vegetables—turning commodity categories into high-growth branded platforms. He received the Dow Packaging Innovation Award for his work with Clear Lam and the Green Giant™ brand.
As founding Vice Chair and later Chairman of the California Leafy Greens Marketing Agreement (LGMA), Jamie helped establish a food-safety program that served as a model for the Food Safety Modernization Act (FSMA).
Today, Jamie leads Nabaco’s development and commercialization of food and packaging technologies while advising leading food companies.
Founding Scientist of Polymer-Clay Nanocomposites | Self-Assembly Pioneer Dr. Gary Beall helped establish the field of polymer-clay nanocomposites, a technology now used worldwide in packaging, automotive and aerospace materials. Over nearly five decades, he has connected fundamental materials science with commercial applications, helping turn discoveries at the nanoscale into practical industrial technologies.
His career spans Oak Ridge, Nanocor—where his work helped lay the foundation of the commercial nanoclay industry—and Texas State University, where he served as a Regents’ Professor. He holds more than 50 patents, co-authored foundational texts in polymer-clay nanocomposites and received the American Chemical Society’s National Award for Cooperative Research.
As Nabaco’s founding scientist and CTO, Gary guides the science behind the company’s natural materials platform. His expertise in nanoscale self-assembly enables Nabaco to engineer natural materials into high-performance systems for food, packaging and emerging industrial applications.
Ryan brings more than 25 years of experience leading complex operations at scale across manufacturing, engineering, global supply chain, contract manufacturing and regulated environments. Throughout his career, he has built and transformed operations to increase capacity, productivity, quality and profitability.
At NABACO, Ryan helps turn scientific innovation into an executable business model, ensuring the company’s technologies can be produced reliably, deployed consistently and supported as they expand into new markets.
Cory Holland began his career at UT Health San Antonio and Vanderbilt University Medical Center, advancing genetic engineering tools for studying cells. Across two decades of cancer and aging research, he led research projects and teams, won NIH and NSF competitive funding, and published in top-tier peer-reviewed journals. He now brings that diverse background to market, having co-founded multiple companies and helped many other ventures spin out technologies and raise initial funding.
In the field, Cory has validated and commercialized products in Pacific Northwest orchards, South American farmland, packhouses in the U.S. and abroad, and alongside packaging manufacturers. He has partnered with universities, independent research institutes and government agencies to turn laboratory results into products that perform in real operations.
Today, Cory leads Nabaco’s R&D team and science operations, translating the company’s nanocomposite platform into market-ready products across agriculture, packaging and beyond. He builds AI systems that drive discovery, product development and company operations. He also directs Nabaco’s global regulatory strategy, securing registrations under FDA, EFSA and Codex standards across four continents and managing ongoing compliance, including U.S. and EU organic certification.
Scientific & industry advisors
Cornell nanomaterials leader and pioneer in polymer–clay nanocomposites.
