Mr. Brent Robert Rystrom has been Chief Financial Officer at RiceBran Technologies since March 8, 2017 and also serves as its Executive Vice President. Mr. Rystrom served as the Director of Equity Research at Feltl and Company, Research Division since 2009. While at Feltl, he managed the firm's research, institutional sales and trading departments while providing research coverage on consumer products, retail and agriculture companies ranging from micro to large capitalization. Mr. Rystrom has over 25 years of business finance experience, including over 20 years of service as a Director of Research and Senior Financial Analyst for several prominent investment banking firms, including Piper Jaffray and Feltl & Company. Previously, he was employed at Piper Jaffray Companies, Research Division from 1993 to 2004. Prior to that, Mr. Rystrom served as an Analyst at John G Kinnard & Co., Research Division. He served on the Customer Advisory Board of AgStar from 2011 to 2015. He left the industry in 2004 and built a family-owned farming and forestry company. While at Piper Jaffray, his coverage ranked among Piper Jaffray top 10% for institutional votes, revenues and outside ranking services. He was named a Wall Street Journal ???Best on the Street???, Starmine ???Top Stock Picker??? and ???Top 10??? Retailing Industry Analyst from Reuter's. His most prominent coverage included Best Buy, Dollar Tree Stores, Family Dollar Stores, Guitar Center, Michael Stores, Polaris Industries, Regis, Sports Authority and Tractor Supply. Mr. Rystrom holds Degree in Business and Finance from the University of St. Thomas in 1987.