Alex Shirazi is an author, product designer and startup advisor with a background in retail analytics, brand marketing, and user experience design. Alex is the co-founder of Balletic Foods, a fermentation-based alternative protein startup in California. Alex co-organizes the Cultured Meat Symposium and hosts the Cultured Meat and Future Food Show - a podcast dedicated to spreading the word about cellular agriculture technology. Alex studied brand design at the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign.