Brendan is an experienced agriculture entrepreneur, former venture-backed COO, and United States Marine Corps intelligence officer. Prior to co-founding Oishii, Brendan left the U.S. Marine Corps to focus on solving problems in the agriculture industry as a new venture founder. He co-founded an avocado company in Uganda where he built the first fully operational avocado oil production facility in the region before turning over operations to his local co-founder to fully dedicate his time to vertical farming. Brendan earned his B.S. in international business and management from Georgetown University and his MBA from the University of California, Los Angeles.