Sessions
What's in my Weed? A Panel on Derivative Goods
1:15 PM - 2:00 PM Mon
Austin Stevenson leads the business development team at Vertosa, an innovative infusion technology start-up based in Oakland, California. He creates partnerships with inventive brands to produce top quality cannabinoid-infused beverages, topicals and more. Prior to Vertosa, Austin leveraged his bio-tech experience building the regulatory Hemp/CBD testing program for Eurofins Scientific where he worked with CVS and other retailers to test and verify the quality of their retail CBD topicals. For 10+ years, Austin has advised start-ups, built businesses, and launched hundreds of new products in finance, technology, and cannabis. Austin has an undergraduate degree from Columbia University, and a Masters of Science from the University of Bath.