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Trellis Executive Search

To Recruit Leaders to Build the Food and Agtech Companies of Tomorrow.
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California, United States
2-10 employees

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Trellis Executive Search is a boutique search and talent advisory firm dedicated to building the food and agtech companies of tomorrow. With a proven track record of more than 50 successful placements in food and agriculture technology, including 20+ executive-level hires across three continents, the firm partners primarily with startups and high-growth innovators to secure leaders who can accelerate commercialization, scale operations, and drive impact. Trellis blends classic executive search rigor with strategic HR, talent, and people consultinghelping clients align leadership hiring with business strategy, culture, and performance goalswhile also offering executive coaching to strengthen newly placed leaders and existing teams. Each engagement is bespoke and research-led: Trellis invests time to fully understand a clients history, product and market positioning, financial and fundraising milestones, and competitive dynamics, then crafts a role specification covering responsibilities, deliverables, stakeholder relationships, ideal experience, competencies, and cultural fit. The firms comprehensive qualification process incorporates in-depth interviews to explore motivations and personal circumstances, technical assessments aligned to detailed position specs, behavioral and competency-based evaluation, and leadership assessment across eight core competencies, as well as forward-looking potential analysis to ensure the candidate can evolve with the organization. To expand the caliber and diversity of talent, Trellis extends its searches beyond traditional agriculture into intersecting technology sectors, creating access to broader, innovation-minded candidate pools. Open, honest, and confidential communication is a hallmark of the approach, with regular progress reporting and candid market feedback throughout each search. Founded and led by Principal Maximillian Agtech Max Cunha and based in San Diego, the team brings domain passion and global reach, combining executive search experience from life sciences and agtech with startup operating insight. Trellis exists to help mission-driven founders and investors place the right leaders at the right time so transformative food and agriculture technologies can scale worldwide.

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