David Solana is a strategy and financial consultant with expertise in R&D portfolio management, supply chain risk mitigation, and new product development. He obtained his BS in Biology and Spanish from the University of Illinois in Urbana Champaign and his MBA from the Darden Business School. He is the Principal and CEO of Ceydu Strategies LLC, where he works with clients in innovation groups to help them build new businesses and improve productivity through efficiency gains. He has also worked as an agribusiness and shea butter technical consultant, agroforestry extension agent, and English teacher.