We are a data company delivering augmented environmental intelligence to mitigate risks, extend product capabilities, and provide new paths to market for our clients and partners.
Our Vision
At Terra Trust, we envision a future where every company seamlessly integrates environmental sustainability and compliance into their core operations. By leading the industry in providing innovative tools and solutions, we aim to create a world where businesses not only meet regulatory demands but also contribute positively to the environment. Our vision is to foster a global, digital ecosystem where sustainable practices and technological advancements go hand in hand, driving collective growth and shared success for businesses, communities, and the planet.
Our Mission
As AI proliferation and the growth of cloud services collide with environmental regulations and supply chain pressures, Terra Trust is committed to addressing this critical blind spot. Our mission is to empower companies to manage hidden risks by embedding environmental compliance and sustainability into their products and services. With our robust API and Directed Action Playbooks (DAPs), we help clients become EBOM-ready, diagnose and mitigate threats, and seamlessly integrate trusted environmental impact information.
We believe in the power of collaboration and the 1+1=3 value play. Through strategic partnerships and client activities, we demonstrate how sustainability can lead to greater market opportunities and shared success. Our goal is to build a Value Web that benefits businesses, communities, and the planet, fostering a sustainable future where compliance and environmental stewardship are integral to business success.
Leadership
Mike DiPetrillo, Founder & CEO
Mike DiPetrillo has spent his life creating and scaling disruptive technologies that fundamentally change how systems are used. Programming the first web-based credit card processing system, creating the first web-based calendaring system, building out global search systems before Google was even around, and architecting the first global VoIP networks. During his 18-year career at VMware he brought x86 virtualization to mainstream computing, brought cloud computing to life with nearly every cloud provider on the planet, transformed distance learning of complex compute environments, and took a couple of blockchain researchers into changing the way stock was recorded at ASX and other exchanges with VMware Blockchain. For the past 5 years, Mike has brought three decades of passion for disruptive technology change in the world of systems problems to the biggest systems problem of our generation – environmental impacts.
Ted DellaVecchia, Chief Operating Officer
Ted is an experienced operating executive with a track record of driving industry impact and scaled innovation. He has designed and advanced game-changing digital business ecosystems for large corporations as well as early-stage startups. Ted has been a change-agent in the C-suite with IBM Corporation, Starbucks Coffee Company, RedHat Software, TIBCO Software, and several US based, commercial health insurers. His first startup was in 2007 when he launched Symbotix which still provides expert-level management and technology advisory services to a broad range of clients. He is leveraging his hands-on leadership style and unwavering passion to lead the business operations and scale GTM initiatives for TerraTrust.
Advisory Board
Scott Davis
Scott Davis is a (semi-retired) Computer Software Executive whose past notable roles have included EVP of Product Engineering & CTO at Cloud Management platform vendor Embotics which was acquired by Snow Software, Chief Technology Officer (CTO) at VMware where he was instrumental in building their multi-billion dollar End-User Computing business and Co-Founder/President of Virtual Iron Software which was acquired by Oracle as the basis of their OracleVM virtualization offering. Scott is an inventor with 21 patents spanning a variety of Computer Science disciplines and his products have won awards at VMworld, Demo, Linuxworld and Comdex.
Adam Zimman
Adam Zimman is an Investor and VC Advisor providing guidance on leadership, platform architecture, product marketing, and GTM strategy. He has over 25 years of experience working in a variety of roles from software engineering to technical sales. He has worked in both enterprise and consumer companies such as VMware, EMC, GitHub, and LaunchDarkly.
Andrew S. Parets
Andy Parets has over 35 years of investment and trading experience in both public and private capital markets. Andy is currently a senior advisor to Rockwell Asset Management, a Maine based multi-asset family office. He is managing member of Guidepost Capital Management, LLC. Andy also serves as an advisor to Devvio Inc. Andy’s capital markets career began at Salomon Brothers, Inc., where he was a managing director heading the New York based risk arbitrage department and serving on Salomon’s equity proprietary and firm risk capital committees. Andy was a portfolio manager at Moore Capital Management, launching the firm’s global risk arbitrage strategy and overseeing Moore’s high yield and distressed strategy. He later joined ING Group as a senior managing director and investment manager for the firm’s merger arbitrage hedge funds. Andy was a co-founder and president/COO of Cavoleph Partners, LLC, an equity long/short hedge fund. Andy received his MBA from Columbia University and his undergraduate degree from Tufts University.