Riana is the founder of Journey Foods, a food tech company that supports cutting-edge product management and data services that help companies feed 8 billion people better. A biologist turned serial entrepreneur, Riana has developed high-growth, nationally recognized technology, and food businesses. Her accomplishments have been featured on MIT 35 under 35, CNBC, Forbes, USA Today, Wired, TechCrunch, Entrepreneur Magazine and more. A Chicago native, Riana enjoys growing fruit trees, writing film scripts, and exploring black culinary and architectural heritage sites around the world.