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Michelle Ruiz

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CEO & Founder at Hyfé
📍 San Francisco, California, United States

Michelle Ruiz is a chemical engineer and the CEO & Founder of Hyfé. Leveraging nearly a decade of experience in process engineering and project execution at ExxonMobil, she now leads Hyfé in transforming food processing waste into valuable chemicals to replace petroleum. She is a graduate of Carnegie Mellon University.

Michelles pivot from the oil and gas industry was deeply personal, motivated by a desire to improve health outcomes after her mother was diagnosed with pre-diabetes. As an immigrant from Ecuador, she is passionate about creating healthier, low-carb food alternatives and disrupting male-dominated industries like manufacturing and deep tech.

Inspired by her familys health history, she founded Hyfé to make nutritious, sustainable food more accessible.

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Experience
14 Years
Current Role
CEO & Founder
Job Level
Leadership
Location
San Francisco, California, United States
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Priorities

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Circular Economy
Her company, Hyfé, is built on the principle of upcycling food manufacturing wastewater into valuable, low-cost feedstocks for sustainable products.
Health & Nutrition
Was motivated to start her company due to her family's history with diabetes, focusing on creating low-carb, high-protein flour alternatives.
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Career

Work history

2-2021
CEO & Founder
Hyfé
4-2020 - 2-2021
Joliet Refinery - Project Start Up Engineer
ExxonMobil
9-2019 - 4-2020
Joliet Refinery - Utilities Process Improvement Engineer
ExxonMobil
2-2018 - 9-2019
Joliet Refinery - Wastewater Treatment and Oil Movements Engineer
ExxonMobil
7-2014 - 2-2018
Industrial Sales Engineer
ExxonMobil
In the press

Media appearances

15 Minutes With…Michelle Ruiz, CEO and Founder of Hyfé Foods. Featured in Hyfé Tech Blog
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Michelle Ruiz, CEO, Hyfé Foods - Digest TV. Featured in Digest TV (robin.stream)
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Education
2010 - 2014
Bachelor of Science (B.S.)
Carnegie Mellon University
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