Team

Atiyyah
Ferouz

Plant Business Wizard (CEO)

  • Atiyyah obtained her Bachelor of Science with an Honors Specialization in Biology from Western University. She completed her Master of Science in genetic engineering and plant biotechnology through a collaboration between Western University and Agriculture and Agri-Food Canada. Atiyyah entered the cannabis industry as a Tissue Culture Lab Manager in 2018 and subsequently gained experience in cannabis cultivation, postharvest processing, quality assurance, and regulatory affairs. In 2020, she founded AgCann Consultancy, a consulting firm specializing in the development and optimization of operations, quality assurance, and tissue culture processes in emerging markets. She has worked with clients across five continents and is passionate about the globalization of the cannabis industry.

Christopher
Leavitt

Plant Science Wizard
(CSO)

  • Christopher Leavitt is a tissue culture scientist and breeder who is passionate about plant science and operational excellence in commercial facilities. As the co-founder of Node Labs, a California-based tissue culture laboratory and nursery, he served as the CSO/COO for 6 years where he innovated their stable and repeatable tissue culture protocols, and built the company into a multinational brand. He also served as the COO for Compound Genetics, and directed product development for the seed/clone brand. He is now based in Portugal where he operates a new genetics brand called Voyager Genetics, which specializes in clones for commercial pharmaceutical cultivators, and consults through his company Bliss Forest.

Nattaporn “Yo” Suttiwijitpukdee

Plant Taming Wizard
(Lab Manager)

  • Nattaporn (Yo) obtained her Doctor of Science in Chemistry from Kwansei Gakuin University in Japan, following a Master of Science in Industrial Chemistry from Kasetsart University in Thailand. She has over a decade of experience as a senior researcher in analytical chemistry, with a strong foundation in laboratory practices and method development.

    Her career spans both academic research and the scientific instrumentation industry, where she gained practical expertise in laboratory equipment and chemical analysis. More recently, Nattaporn has worked in the cannabis sector, focusing on quality control and compliance to ensure product integrity and regulatory alignment.

    She is passionate about scientific precision, quality assurance, and applying analytical chemistry in emerging industries.