Lukas Manomaitis is the Managing Director of Seafood Consulting Associates and has worked professionally in the aquaculture industry since 1995.  His primary client is the U.S. Soybean Export Council (USSEC) where he has worked for over 20 years to promote the use of U.S. Soy products in aquaculture internationally.  This includes working on the expansion of the USSEC Aquaculture Program from China to a global program in 2002, the expansion of the In-Pond Raceway System (IPRS) technology from China to a global program starting in 2015, and helping to conceptualize and create the International Aquaculture Feed Formulation Database (IAFFD, at www.IAFFD.com).  He also serves on the USSEC Global Research Committee and helped update the USSEC IPRS Manual.  He currently works with USSEC on a global basis, and specifically in Southeast Asia to direct USSEC activities regionally.  He is also the USSEC Lead on the IAFFD initiative globally.

He is based in Thailand and travels often in the Southeast Asian region and internationally.  He served as an officer in the World Aquaculture Society (as the Asia-Pacific Chapter President) and is on the Global Seafood Alliance’s Standards Oversight Committee. He works closely with the global aquaculture industry improve approaches across the aquaculture production chain.  He holds degrees from Carnegie Mellon University and Auburn University.