Turning What’s Abundant Into What’s Essential

RevaTerra means “Renew the Earth.”  Our tagline, Intelligent Energy, captures both our mission and our method.

We turn what’s abundant into what’s essential, creating energy solutions that renew value and reduce reliance on fossil fuels. By combining deep expertise in plant biology, engineering, and artificial intelligence, we transform overlooked forestry byproducts into intelligent energy solutions that renew value, support rural communities, and accelerate the global transition away from fossil fuels.

At the core of our approach is an AI-powered chemistry platform: a first-of-its-kind system that designs proprietary formulations to enhance biomass performance. Instead of relying on costly or inefficient processing, we use data-driven optimization to create renewable fuel that is scalable, carbon-neutral, and adaptable to regional markets.

As the world’s first AI-powered bioenergy company, RevaTerra is building a new category of renewable fuel: one that transforms waste streams into value streams while delivering measurable environmental and economic impact.

We see energy as more than a resource. It’s a system. With AI at its core, RevaTerra turns complexity into clarity and waste into value.
— Jude Davies, CEO & Co-Founder, RevaTerra

Principles Over Noise. Execution Over Hype.

RevaTerra was founded by Jude Davies and Joseph Napier, leaders advancing the future of sustainable energy for AI. United by a vision to accelerate the circular bioeconomy through transparency, science, and speed, they built a company grounded in integrity and measurable results.

How We Work.

  • We listen first. Customer needs guide system design.

  • We build what we can measure. Performance and carbon outcomes are tracked from day one.

  • We move fast. Deployments in months, not years.

  • We remain stewards. Sustainability isn’t a tagline, it’s a constraint we design for.

Our Focus.

Transform organic waste into clean, dispatchable energy through intelligent, scalable systems that serve both planet and industry. When strong principles meet deep technical expertise, innovation accelerates naturally.

RevaTerra exists to ensure AI growth doesn’t depend on fossil fuels. And, to deliver dependable energy where it’s needed most.

Our Team

At RevaTerra, our team and advisors share a common vision: a world where waste streams become value streams. Together, we bring expertise in bioenergy, artificial intelligence, and sustainable markets to turn this vision into reality. We’re building solutions that are both practical and scalable.

And because every mission needs balance, our Chief Puppy Officer ensures we never forget the value of joy, curiosity, and a well-timed tail wag.

  • Jude Davies, CEO and Co-Founder of RevaTerra.

    Jude Davies

    CEO & Co-Founder

    As the Chief Executive Officer and Co-Founder of RevaTerra, Jude draws on a career spanning the high-tech. renewable energy, and semiconductor industries, bringing a strategic perspective that bridges advanced technologies with renewable energy. Her leadership advances innovation in sustainability and positions her to shape how AI and intelligent energy solutions drive global impact.

    Her experience includes leadership roles at Infineon Technologies and Advantest Corporation, where she elevated brand presence in complex, competitive markets, as well as serving as Chief Marketing Officer at Mirá Biotech, where she advanced renewable energy adoption through sustainability-driven marketing. Passionate about purpose-driven leadership, she also dedicates her time to community service, currently serving on the board of International Veterinary Outreach (IVO) and having previously served on the boards of Bay Area nonprofits, including the SF SPCA, Raphael House, and the Always Dream Foundation, founded by Olympic champion Kristi Yamaguchi.

    Jude’s work brings technology and sustainability together to accelerate the transition to cleaner energy systems.

  • Joseph Napier, CTO and Co-Founder of RevaTerra.

    Joseph Napier, Ph.D.

    CTO & Co-Founder

    As the Chief Technology Officer and Co-Founder of RevaTerra, Joe leads the development of pine-based bio-coal, applying artificial intelligence to feedstock modeling, process engineering, and performance optimization. Under his leadership, the company is pioneering intelligent energy solutions that replace fossil coal with scalable, carbon-neutral alternatives. RevaTerra’s work is rooted in Georgia’s pine resources, with an initial focus on the Southeastern U.S. and a pathway toward future global expansion.

    Holding a Ph.D. in Plant Biology from the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, Joseph’s expertise spans biotechnology development, biofuel feedstock optimization, and climate–agriculture interaction research. Prior to co-founding RevaTerra, he served as Vice President of Technology at Mirá Biotech, advancing enzymatic technologies to convert agricultural residues into biofuels. Earlier in his career at Syngenta, he served as Germplasm-by-Trait Study Director, spearheading cross-functional R&D initiatives to accelerate biotechnology innovation.

    Joseph is committed to advancing intelligent energy systems that reduce reliance on coal and enable a sustainable transition.

  • Thomas Gruber, Head of Engineering at RevaTerra.

    Thomas Gruber

    Head of Engineering & Founding Member

    As the Head of Engineering and Founding Member of RevaTerra, Thomas is a mechanical engineer by training. He specializes in the optimal estimation and control of complex systems, with deep expertise in advanced filtering methodologies, sensor integration, and system optimization. At RevaTerra, he applies this skillset to the design and monitoring of intelligent bio-coal production systems, ensuring robust performance, reliability, and scalability. His work is central to advancing RevaTerra’s mission of producing pine-based bio-coal in Georgia and the Southeastern U.S., with a trajectory toward global market expansion.

    Holding an M.S. in Mechanical Engineering from Auburn University and a B.S. in Mechanical Engineering from the Georgia Institute of Technology, Thomas has a proven track record in fault-tolerant system design, specialized sensor packages, and real-time monitoring systems.

    By bringing these capabilities into the bioenergy space, Thomas plays a key role in developing intelligent energy solutions that reduce reliance on fossil coal and support the transition to a more sustainable energy future.

  • Maybelline, Chief Puppy Officer of RevaTerra.

    Maybelline

    CPO

    Maybelline is the Chief Puppy Officer of RevaTerra, the world’s first AI-powered bioenergy company. From her spot under the conference table or on walks through Georgia’s pine forests, she reminds the team that RevaTerra’s vision - where waste streams become value streams - is about building a future worth protecting and its mission - to turn what’s abundant into what’s essential - guides every step forward.

    More than just morale support, Maybelline is proof that purpose and play can move in step, and that building intelligent energy is as much about people and values as it is about technology.

Board of Directors

  • Jude Davies, Chair of the Board (CEO and Co-Founder of RevaTerra.)

    Jude Davies

    Chair of the Board (CEO & Co-Founder)

  • Joseph Napier, CTO and Co-Founder of RevaTerra.

    Joseph Napier, Ph.D.

    Director (CTO & Co-Founder)

  • Independent Director (President, Materials & Structural Analysis Division, Thermo Fisher Scientific)

    Glyn Davies

    Independent Director (President, Materials & Structural Analysis Division, Thermo Fisher Scientific)

    Glyn Davies is President of the Materials and Structural Analysis Division at Thermo Fisher Scientific. He leads four global business units and more than 5,000 colleagues across the United States, Europe, and Asia, delivering strong financial results and advancing innovation in the life sciences, materials science, and semiconductor sectors.

    With more than three decades of experience in capital equipment, he has held senior leadership roles across start-ups, mid-cap, and large-cap companies. Before his current role, he led Thermo Fisher’s semiconductor business unit following its $4.2 billion acquisition of FEI Company. He previously served as CEO and President of ReVera, guiding its sale to Nova Measuring Instruments, and as CEO of Infinitesima. Earlier in his career, he held leadership positions at Nova, Negevtech, Credence, and KLA-Tencor.

    Glyn also serves on the Board of Directors of Infinitesima, an Oxford-based microscopy company serving semiconductor manufacturers, and works with the University of California San Diego on a partnership to establish a collaborative research framework that drives innovation.

Advisory Board

  • Joseph Clarke, Advisor of RevaTerra.

    Joseph Clarke, Ph.D.

    Founder White Horse Farms

    Joseph Clarke is a research strategy leader with more than two decades of experience advancing agricultural genomics and digital transformation in crop science. Most recently a Science Fellow in Genomics at Syngenta Biotechnology, he built and led multi-year research programs that introduced AI-assisted trait design to genetically modified and gene-edited pipelines, reducing testing timelines and costs by over 50%. He currently works with companies like InstaDeep to help develop the AI design strategy for Agricultural genomics.

    During his tenure at Syngenta, Joseph established the company’s Next-Generation Sequencing and Genomics platform, developed pangenome-aware genotyping capabilities, and co-invented approaches that accelerated drought-tolerant corn development, contributing to the launch of Agrisure Artesian® in 2012.  His innovations shortened development cycles by years, improved success rates, and saved millions in R&D investment.

    A recognized thought leader in applying genomics and data science to agriculture, Joseph has authored numerous peer-reviewed publications, holds multiple patents in crop trait development, and was awarded Syngenta’s Global Science and Technology Team Prize in 2024. He earned his Ph.D. in Genetics and Botany from Duke University and his B.S. in Biology from the College of William and Mary.

  • Jonathan Parker, Advisor of RevaTerra.

    Jonathan Parker

    Owner The Good Forty

    Jonathan Parker has been managing forests and timber-related logistics for over forty years. His business, The Good Forty, Inc., specializes in helping investors buy, operationally manage and sell timberland assets. Besides strategic planning, his company participates in landowner and mill relations as well as the actual harvesting, processing, transportation and delivery of forest products to user facilities. In-woods chipping, woodyards and fuelwood processing operations have contributed to a background in diverse feedstock preparations and specific use conversions. 

    Parker is a graduate Forest Engineer, a registered forester, a licensed real estate agent and serves on the Board of Directors of the Georgia Forestry Association. His company is dedicated to sustainable forest production while protecting or enhancing wildlife, recreation, real estate, history and water quality. He likes to say “we create investments that keep on growing”. 

    Parker’s son Grayson, also a registered forester and associate real estate broker, brings a generational element to their company’s life and a depth of knowledge, ideas and experience.