Ben has spent his career building agriculture and technology businesses. Prior to founding Compass Reg, Ben was the Chief Strategy Officer at Farmers Business Network®, where he started and ran multiple commercial business lines and led corporate development and partnerships. He has also launched new companies, markets, and products at The Production Board (venture builder/investor in Food/AgTech) and One Acre Fund (ag. retailer operating across Sub-Saharan Africa). Ben graduated with honors from Princeton University, and received an MBA from the Wharton School.

Matt’s career has focused on building technology to improve efficiency in the ag industry. Matt’s excitement about agriculture began while growing up in Wisconsin, working on an agricultural research farm at UW-Madison. His PhD research at UC-Davis focused on helping farmers optimize agronomic decisions by leveraging large on-farm datasets and data science. Matt was on the founding team of Farmers Business Network in 2014, where he led the company’s data and R&D teams, evaluating new ag technologies with a focus on real-world, on-farm field trials.

Graham’s passion is building technology to improve food and agriculture systems. After completing his PhD research at Tufts University on satellite remote sensing of farming systems, he joined the founding team at Frontier Farmland, a data-driven farmland investment and management company (acquired by Farmers Business Network in 2021). He led research teams enabling fintech and applied AI products at Farmers Business Network and Atlas AI prior to joining Compass Reg. 

Tammy has extensive experience in Regulatory Affairs, developing and executing regulatory strategies for agricultural inputs across various stages of development. She began her regulatory career with AgraQuest, followed by pivotal roles at Bayer®, Joyn Bio and Ginkgo Bioworks. Driven by her passion for advancing agricultural innovation, Tammy remains at the forefront of regulatory developments, continuously adapting strategies to meet evolving regulatory requirements.