Over 15 years of people leadership experience and seed processing management in foundation and production systems

Swine confinement management experience

Christensen Family Farms, Monsanto, Gro Alliance

Over 40 years of experience in agriculture extending across a diverse mix of crops and growing environments.

Strong background in overseeing regulated research and seed production, as well as agronomic management.

Viridos, Beck’s Hybrids, & BASF Plant Science

20+ years of research experience, 10+ years of experience in the seed industry.

Strong background in plant breeding, molecular biology, and genetics​

Co-inventor of maize products feeding advancing stages of hybrid testing pipeline; represented by 27 hybrids and two inbred patents.

Corteva, Pioneer Hi-Bred

Over 35 years of experience in plant tissue culture and transformation with over 21 publications​

Pioneer of novel transformation techniques resulting in one of the first soybean cyst nematode resistant traits.

BASF, Bayer Crop Science and Athenix Corporation

Six years' experience in research entomology at NC State University & BASF, managing insect lepidopteran populations in laboratory, greenhouse & field settings. 

Five years' experience optimizing bioassays in highly automated settings, providing quality data to internal & external stakeholders. 

Comprehensive seed industry acumen

People Leadership

Production System: Safety, Quality, Continuous Improvement

Bayer, Monsanto 

15+ years of experience in industry leading clinical studies in swine, poultry, and other animal species

Expert in nutrition, production, immunology, husbandry of swine and poultry.

Product research and development in nutrition, pharmaceutical, and vaccine areas.

Entrepreneur focused on commercialization of new technologies

Founder & President of New Perspectives, Inc.

Nektar, Nobex, Hoechst

Over 15 years of industry experience at Dupont Pioneer/Corteva & AgBiome.

Novel protein discovery from various sources through fractionation, as well as genome/proteome mining.

Improvement of various protein features through protein modification and engineering. 

Over 30 years of experience in quality control testing, product release, and process improvement

VICH Expert Working Group – testing master seeds and cells

Boehringer Ingelheim, Elanco

Finance & corporate development

Public & private companies

Healthcare, SaaS software/eCommerce, Professional Services & Logistics industries

Subject matter expert in ERP production execution & quality with over 21 years of seed production experience

Data analysis, HR, & continuous improvement

Bayer, Monsanto 

Ag biotechnology expert with vast experience within start-up and growth stage companies

Led multiple R&D programs & highly effective teams

Paradigm Genetics, Athenix Corp., AgBiome

7 years of research experience.

Expertise with cell-based workflows in the areas of drug discovery, vaccine formulations, and method development.

Proficient with particle delivery strategies, analytical method validation, chemical safety, and proficiency in well plate-based assays.

8 years of laboratory experience in academia and industry

R&D projects involving advanced biology techniques including CRISPR/Cas, genetic engineering, qPCR and RT-qPCR, vector construction and transgene expression.

Most recent work at Locus Biosciences testing antimicrobial payloads delivered through engineered bacteriophage.

Veterinary product development & commercialization

Merck Food Animal BU executive leadership

Technical Service leadership for food animal

Over 20 years of HR experience across multiple disciplines including compensation, data management and analytics

Strategic HR business partnership and global strategic leadership

Corteva, Pioneer Hi-Bred

Ten years’ experience in financial, operational, and pipeline management

Industry Experience: Entertainment, health care, and professional services

Education: MSA, accounting, finance, operations, digital arts, and media

15+ years of experience in leading teams to plan and execute R&D projects.

Vast experience in optimizing expression of challenging proteins and commercial level functional improvements.

BASF, Bayer Crop Science and Athenix

Senior leadership positions in veterinary biologics Regulatory Affairs, Manufacturing, Development & Quality Operations

Fort Dodge, Boehringer Ingelheim Vetmedica, Elanco, Edge