Solazyme Announces New Senior Director of Business and Strategy

South San Francisco, Calif. – Solazyme, Inc., a leading synthetic biology company that harnesses the power of microalgae to renewably produce clean and scalable high performance biofuels, “green” chemicals and health and wellness products, announced that it has named Walter G. Rakitsky, Ph.D. to the position of Senior Director, Business and Strategy. Dr. Rakitsky has more than 25 years of experience in applied research and development, business development, business-to-business marketing, commercial development, and business management. Most recently, he was vice president of commercial development for Advanced BioNutrition, a venture capital-backed company developing algae derived functional ingredients to improve animal health and nutrition. Link.