Symbio Bioculinary Welcomes Andrew Lusk, Esq. to Advisory Board
Symbio Bioculinary LLC, an Illinois-based precision fermentation startup pioneering food waste upcycling through engineered biological systems, today announced the addition of Andrew Lusk, Esq. to its advisory board. Mr. Lusk brings a distinguished track record in technology, M&A, corporate finance, and real estate, further strengthening Symbio’s leadership as the company scales its operations and pursues major industry partnerships.
Lusk is an executive and corporate attorney with broad experience advising companies across technology, healthcare, real estate, and emerging sectors including cryptocurrency and decentralized infrastructure. His current advisory portfolio includes select early-stage companies operating at the frontier of innovation. Andrew describes his core expertise as operational, corporate, and strategic, a versatile foundation that allows him to add value across industries regardless of domain.
How Andrew Found Symbio
In a connection that underscores the power of community, Andrew was introduced to Symbio Founder and CEO Elliott Notrica through a mutual family acquaintance. From their first conversations, Andrew recognized something rare.
“This was a person who, at a very young age, had an admirable mission in food waste upcycling, the niche to make it commercially viable through fermentation, and the technical skill to pull it off. Not just food science, but genetic engineering, organic chemistry, biology, and machine learning,” said Lusk. “Add to that the clear-headed decision-making to operationalize it and the drive to see it through. I was immediately impressed.”
The two kept in close contact over the years, with Andrew offering strategic guidance informally as Elliott and Symbio continued to develop. Around one year ago, Elliott formally invited Andrew to join as an advisor and investor, an offer Andrew accepted without hesitation.
“Andrew is a brilliant thinker who brings experience and a deep understanding of corporate operations, strategy and growth.” Notrica said, “In addition to his experience, Andrew sees brilliant synergies and connections across disciplines, we are extremely lucky to have him on our team.”
Andrew’s Vision for Symbio
Andrew sees transformative potential in Symbio’s model, which helps food manufacturers convert costly waste streams into profitable secondary revenue.
“The sky’s the limit for Symbio,” said Lusk. “Their fundamental value proposition has potential clients in just about every agricultural and food manufacturing sector: wine, chocolate, soybeans, sunflowers, sourdough, and on and on. These clients are able to turn a balance sheet loss into a positive secondary revenue stream. And in a true win-win-win, doing so moves our overall society one step closer to a cyclical, materials-based economy.”
On Elliott’s future specifically, Andrew was equally optimistic: “With him at the helm, Symbio will no doubt chart a clear course towards success. I look forward to his future TED talk.”
About Symbio Bioculinary
Symbio Bioculinary is a precision fermentation company that converts food industry waste streams into high-value functional ingredients using proprietary engineered Aspergillus strains. The company offers turnkey biorefinery solutions for food processors, with active partnerships across the baking, confectionery, and specialty ingredients industries. Symbio’s mission is to make food manufacturing more profitable, sustainable, and circular.