1. Strategic monitoring of new trends with insect pests, current products, and other technologies that can touch the business directly or indirectly2. Co-design of technical insect resistance management strategies to create new opportunities for stakeholder engagement and implementation of company objectives3. Timely management of potential issues with transparency and technically sound positioning of integrated solutions to create sustainable competitive advantage4. Creation of contingency plans to manage regulatory requirements under potential scenarios where the diminished availability of resources is a possibility5. Facilitator for stakeholder engagement across members from different departments including legal, commercial, marketing, communications, registration, regulatory, discovery, and research & development6. Identification of insect control strategies and tactics for serving customers defining how they can align with business and R&D plans and justifying assignment of resources7. Stakeholder management developing science-based solutions to help registration and regulatory groups manage demands from regulatory agencies8. Review of scientific advisory charge questions, panel opinions, providing internal and external guidance for the development of proposals shaping relevant regulatory requirements to favor our customers and protect durability of products

1. Development of communication strategies by supporting communication personnel with science-based interpretations using data from insect resistance management research globally2. Development of decision trees for complex regulatory and stewardship processes to include communication, training, and awareness of requirements under different scenarios requiring compliance3. Review of contractual obligations related to regulatory requirements for drafting new license agreements terms and comply with current agreements4. Auditing support to regulatory and stewardship groups for compliance with insect resistance management under Excellence Though Stewardship, ETS guidelines)5. Member of committee tasked to monitor and evaluate potential unreasonable adverse effects from pesticides under guidance of the Federal Insecticide, Fungicide, and Rodenticide Act (FIFRA), section (6) (a) (2)6. Review of stewardship product status using internal tools by answering specific questions prior to regulatory submissions or product launch

Experience working on the elaboration and execution of research important for the development, registration, and stewardship of products containing insecticidal proteins. Experience working with insect resistance management in several countries including Argentina, Brazil, Canada, Colombia, India, Mexico, Philippines, South Africa, China and United States. Experience developing collaborative projects with academic institutions within USA and abroad to support basic research and new products. During 9 years working for industry, I have gained research experience and expertise in different areas: 1. Development of tools for cross-resistance risk assessment2. Coordination of experiments to test cross resistance for new trait combinations3. Testing of new refuge deployment methods to improve product stewardship4. Generation of biology parameters for modeling feasibility of innovative insect resistance management practices5. Evaluation of relative trait efficacy and effects on insects 6. Insect baseline susceptibility to Bt proteins and insect resistance monitoring and stewardship7. Development of experiments in compliance with regulatory and registration requirements 8. Development of experiments for commercial product research9. Development of experiments to study best management practices for stewardship of commercial products10. External collaborations, communication and stakeholder management

Experience working on the elaboration and execution of research important for the development, registration, and stewardship of products containing insecticidal proteins. Experience working with insect resistance management in several countries including Argentina, Brazil, Canada, Colombia, India, Mexico, Philippines, South Africa, China and United States. Experience developing collaborative projects with academic institutions within USA and abroad to support basic research and new products. During 7 years working for DuPont Pioneer, I had the opportunity to work with the following lines of research:1. Development of tools for cross-resistance risk assessment2. Coordination of experiments to test cross resistance for new trait combinations3. Testing of new refuge deployment methods to improve product stewardship4. Generation of biology parameters for modeling feasibility of innovative insect resistance management practices5. Evaluation of relative trait efficacy and effects on insects 6. Insect baseline susceptibility to Bt proteins and insect resistance monitoring

Experience on the oversight of research important for the registration and stewardship of products containing insecticidal proteins. Experience working with databases important for the development of new insecticidal traits and for commercial positioning of new products. During two years working for Syngenta, I had the opportunity to work with the following lines of research:1. Insect Resistance Management: Responsible for insect resistance monitoring efforts and report writing in support of registration of events expressing insecticidal proteins in corn and cotton in the United States2. Insecticidal Protein Activity and Insect Importance Database: Responsible for gathering information on insecticidal protein activity and event specific activity against insect pests from different regions in the world as well pest importance in crops such as maize, soybeans, rice, and sugarcane

Experience working on the elaboration and execution of research important to support insect resistance management for European corn borer and transgenic corn expressing Cry1Ab insecticidal protein. During 5 years working at UNL, I had the opportunity to work with the following lines of research:1. Comparison of methods to quantify insecticidal proteins for standardizing protein batches 2. Experiments to test cross resistance for new and commercial trait combinations3. Generation of biology parameters for modeling durability of insecticidal traits4. Investigation of genetics and biochemical basis of resistance to insecticidal proteins 5. Insect resistance monitoring for European corn borer

Experience working on the elaboration and execution of research important to for integrated pest management for pests of vegetables, particularly for Tomato fruit borer and Tomato Pinworm. During 2 years working at UFV, I had the opportunity to work with the following lines of research:1. Sampling unit for estimating populations of the tomato fruit borer2. Baseline susceptibility of several insecticides against tomato pinworm3. Brazilian annual resistance monitoring for several insecticides against tomato pinworm (Insectide Resistance Action Committee)4. Impact of insecticides on beneficial insects