Nature's Miracle Appoints Vien Le As Chief Financial Officer And Darin Carpenter As Chief Operating Officer
Nature's Miracle Holdings Inc. ("Nature's Miracle"), a leader in the controlled environment agriculture industry, is pleased to have Vien Le join the firm as its Chief Financial Officer and has appointed Darin Carpenter as its Chief Operating Officer.
Mr. Le assumed his duties in August 2023. He is a seasoned finance executive with extensive capital markets experience. As an investment banker and financial advisor he has worked on over a $100 billion of infrastructure financings for municipal governments that have included renewable energy, transportation facilities and water utilities along with other project financings.
Mr. Le is a collaborative leader. Given the capital and financial goals of his various clients, he strategically worked with them to resolve complicated issues and further their priorities while adapting to the uniqueness of each entity for its strengths and challenges. Throughout his municipal banking career, he advised elected officials, civil service policymakers, and other stakeholders on best practices, budgets, and financial policies.
Before his banking at UBS and other institutions, Mr. Le was a staff research associate with the Cardiology Division - Department of Medicine at the UCLA School of Medicine. His research focused on atherosclerosis and associated vascular calcification. He co-authored several papers published in select science research journals. He received his Bachelor of Arts in History from the University of California, Los Angeles.
Mr. Carpenter appointment with the firm as its chief operating officer will be effective October 1, 2023. He is an experienced senior executive that has been responsible for the daily operations and management of several well-known, highly profitable indoor growing companies. Before joining Nature's Miracle, Darin held the position of CEO of Justice Growth. Previously, he held the position as the Director of Operations with Tryke Companies, Head Geneticist with Bloom and Global Technical Operations Manager with World Wide Wheat.
Mr. Carpenter is a decorated and former Special Operations Combat Paramedic in the elite 75th Ranger Regiment who graduated cum laude with a Bachelor of Sciences in Genetics, Cellular and Developmental Biology from Arizona State University after his honorable discharge from the US Army. He has also spent time at the US Army John F. Kennedy Special Warfare Center and School and Harvard Business School.
Vien Le and Darin Carpenter will undoubtedly be valued additions to Nature's Miracle.
About Nature's Miracle Holdings Inc.
Nature's Miracle (www.Nature-Miracle.com) is a growing agriculture technology company providing services to growers in the Controlled Environment Agriculture ("CEA") industry which also include vertical farming in North America. Nature's Miracle offers hardware to design, build and operate various indoor growing settings including greenhouse and indoor-growing spaces. Nature's Miracle, through its two wholly-owned subsidiaries (Visiontech Group, Inc. and Hydroman, Inc.), provides grow lights as well as other hydroponic products to hundreds of indoor growers in North America. Nature's Miracle has also developed a robust pipeline to build commercial-scale greenhouse in the U.S. and Canada to meet the growing needs of fresh and local vegetable products. Nature's Miracle has established its first manufacturing footprint in North America with its grow-light assembly plant in Manitoba, Canada and is expected to set up additional manufacturing/assembly facilities in North America.
Nature's Miracle Inc. and Lakeshore Acquisition II Corp. ("together with its successors, Lakeshore") (NASDAQ:LBBB) previously announced that they entered into a definitive business combination agreement (the "Merger Agreement"). Upon closing, the combined company is expected to change its name to Nature's Miracle Holding Inc. and its common stock is expected to be traded on the Nasdaq Global Market.