John P. McAlister

Thermaquatica, Inc. develops technologies for production of chemical feedstocks and liquid fuels from non-petroleum based raw materials. It specializes in commercializing a proprietary and patented technology for processing biomass (including agricultural wastes), coal, oil sands, and oil shales to high value platform chemicals and liquid fuels. The company was founded in November 2010 by John P. McAlister and John C. Crelling and is headquartered in Carbondale, IL.

Part of Revvity, Inc., PerkinElmer Informatics, Inc. is a company that provides industry-leading chemistry applications and software. The company is based in Cambridge, MA. The company's Informatics solutions empower scientists and researchers to gain critical insights from data analytics, accelerating informed decisions. The company was founded in 1986 by Michael C. Rubenstein and Stewart D. Rubenstein. PerkinElmer Informatics was acquired by Revvity, Inc. from Health Evolution Management Co. LLC on March 24, 2011.

Tripos, Inc. engages in the provision of drug discovery informatics products and services. The company was founded by Garland Marshall in 1979 and is headquartered in St. Louis, MO.

iNOVOTEC Animal Care LLC provides monitoring solutions to participants in the livestock industries. It focuses on precision agriculture applications in dairy farming and beef production. The firm’s products include iNOVOTEC PH and temp sensor, iNOVOTEC repeater, messenger software, climate sensor and iNOVOTEC base station. The company was founded by John P. McAlister, III and Bia Henriques Thomas in September 2012 and is headquartered in St. Louis, MO.

Apse, Inc. offers technology and strategy services. It develops technology that will allow the cost efficient production of RNA for broad acre topical RNAi uses in agriculture. The company was founded by Juan Arhancet in 2011 and is headquartered in St. Louis, MO.