Spornado was built by people who have spent their careers sampling, identifying and understanding fungi. That expertise bridges field hardware, molecular biology, laboratory operations and commercial deployment.
Kristine White
CEO & Co-founder
Kristine brings more than 20 years of experience in fungal sampling, microbiology and technical operations. She has led national technical teams and built Spornado from an early field prototype into a commercially deployed agricultural technology used by growers, researchers and leading agriculture companies around the world.
Michael Saleh
CTO & Co-founder
Mike is a microbiologist and specialist in fungal air sampling with more than a decade of laboratory leadership experience. He is the lead designer of the Spornado sampler and leads the company's product and data architecture.
James Scott
CSO & Co-founder
James is a plant pathologist and professor at the University of Toronto with deep expertise in fungal biology and molecular detection. He is also an experienced laboratory entrepreneur and helps guide Spornado's scientific strategy and assay development.