# Sumer Johal

> Sumer Johal is a technology executive and entrepreneur with more than 25 years building digital-first organizations across agtech, bioenergy, semiconductors, financial services, and consumer retail. He grew up in a farming family in Punjab, India, studied computer science and electrical engineering at MIT, and has spent the past decade focused on food and agriculture. He founded the food-industry big-data company Agralogics, launched and led AgStack at the Linux Foundation, ran the precision-agriculture company Semios (which rebranded as Almanac), and became CEO of Full Harvest, the B2B produce marketplace, as it moved into AI-driven agentic orchestration for the food supply chain.

- **Role:** Chief Executive Officer at Full Harvest
- **Organizations:** Full Harvest, Semios / Almanac, AgStack Foundation (The Linux Foundation), Agralogics, Agni Corporation
- **From:** Punjab, India
- **Nationality:** Indian-American
- **Education:** BS and MS in Computer Science and Electrical Engineering, minor in Economics, Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT)
- **Known for:** Founded Agralogics, an early big-data platform for the food ecosystem, Launched and led AgStack at the Linux Foundation, described as the first open digital public infrastructure for food and agriculture, As CEO of Semios, oversaw acquisitions including the roughly $100 million purchase of Agworld, plus Centricity and Altrac

## Career timeline

- **1990s-2000s** — Leadership roles across semiconductors, financial services, and consumer retail over 25+ years after MIT
- **2000s-2010s** — CEO of Agni Corporation, focused on clean technology and renewable energy
- **2010s** — Founded and led Agralogics, a big-data software company for the food industry
- **2021** — Became Executive Director of AgStack at The Linux Foundation, an open-source digital infrastructure project for food and agriculture
- **2023** — Appointed CEO of Semios (October 2023), a precision-agriculture technology company
- **2024** — Led the rebrand of Semios and Agworld into a unified brand, Almanac, and launched the AI assistant Alma
- **2024** — Almanac acquired Gro Intelligence IP and assets to expand agricultural analytics
- **2025** — Became CEO of Full Harvest, succeeding founder Christine Moseley, to lead the B2B produce marketplace into agentic AI orchestration

## Achievements

- Founded Agralogics, an early big-data platform for the food ecosystem
- Launched and led AgStack at the Linux Foundation, described as the first open digital public infrastructure for food and agriculture
- As CEO of Semios, oversaw acquisitions including the roughly $100 million purchase of Agworld, plus Centricity and Altrac
- Unified Semios and its acquired brands into Almanac, with a platform covering more than 100 million acres of farmland worldwide
- Launched Alma, an AI-powered assistant for growers
- Named CEO of Full Harvest, a company recognized as Fast Company's #1 World Changing Idea in Food and a World Economic Forum Technology Pioneer

## Latest updates

- **2025** — Named Chief Executive Officer of Full Harvest, succeeding founder Christine Moseley, to lead the company into AI-driven agentic orchestration of procurement, compliance, logistics, and finance.
- **2024-11** — Led the rebrand of Semios into Almanac and the launch of the Alma AI platform.

## Links

- Website: https://fullharvest.com
- LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/sumer-s-johal-748730
- Twitter/X: https://twitter.com/sumer_johal
- Facebook: http://www.facebook.com/fullharvestsf

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