Vijay Pai is the General Manager of Pest Control Products at Suterra, a global leader in agricultural biocontrol. Suterra provides sustainable alternatives to traditional pesticides without leaving harmful residues in food, soil, or groundwater. Before joining the Suterra team, Vijay was the Director of Operations at Diet ID, a consultant in the food tech and digital health spaces, and a Senior Associate at SC Johnson. He received his bachelor’s in entomology from the University of Wisconsin-Madison and his master’s in entomology from the University of Florida.

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Whether in a field of citrus fruits or inside a home, nobody wants to have a pest problem. More importantly, nobody wants toxic pesticides contaminating their food, soil, and the greater environment. Is there a way to mitigate pest problems while keeping the environment safe?

Meet Suterra. Providing sustainable alternatives to traditional pesticides, Suterra is able to control insects in the agriculture space (and more recently residential and commercial spaces) through products like “puffer” technologies and “BioAmp” sprays. Suterra’s products release pheromones that disrupt the mating cycle and suppress pest populations — without harming the environment.

In this episode of the Multiply You Podcast, Austin Clark talks with Vijay Pai, General Manager of Pest Control Products at Suterra, about their innovations in the pest control space. Vijay shares how the company has expanded into residential markets, how specific pest control products work, and future developments that are in the works at Suterra.