William Clem

William Clem is a technology entrepreneur and scientist based in Memphis, Tennessee, United States, who operates at the intersection of food science, alternative proteins, and the modern restaurant industry. Drawing on a family legacy in the commercial restaurant business that spans three consecutive generations, he established and operated the regional Tennessee restaurant chain Baby Jack's. Within this specific retail environment, Clem co-founded and developed Bite Ninja, a specialized food technology startup designed to optimize restaurant drive-thru operations using remote staffing software. Prior to his entrepreneurial work in restaurant technology, he served as the scientific co-founder of Memphis Meats, a cultivated meat company that later rebranded as Upside Foods. Clem currently focuses on leveraging his unique combination of culinary heritage and scientific expertise to advance commercial innovations across the alternative proteins sector and modern food service operations.