Andrea M. Zimmerman, Ms, Mba Email & Phone Number

Chapel Hill, Nc, Us

San Francisco, California, Us

Illuminating nature to improve overall health and wellness by collaborating with industry leaders to leverage Forager’s capabilities and develop bioactive products that solve unmet needs across food, CPG, consumer health and Rx sectors.

B2B Business Development | Strategy | Market Intelligence | New Product Commercialization

Bagsvaerd, Dk

Successfully managed the new product opportunity pipeline for a large, global strategic account by analyzing existing business, identifying opportunities to gain market share and developing strategies to grow the commercial position and market penetration. Built solid relationships and worked cross-functionally with joint executive teams to identify, develop and commercialize new project ideas leading to mutual value creation. Prepared, presented and defended business cases with senior-level key decision makers.

Drove sales and business development activities for the ProCel, NuCel and LyCel fermentation nutrient product lines across the North American territory. Met the technical and operational needs of key customers; solved problems, developed and presented innovative solutions based on Procelys products and technical resources.

Bagsvaerd, Dk

Executed global strategic sourcing/ key supplier business development for the Novozymes BioAg and Enzyme businesses. Led strategic projects to secure direct raw material supply and Toll Manufacturing contracts while balancing actions and results on total cost reduction and risk avoidance without sacrificing quality or performance. Responsible for key supplier relationship management, business case and strategy development, contract negotiation, setting clear objectives and plans to support the overall business strategy, as well as indirect people management for cross functional/global alignment.

Wilmington, De, Us

Managed operations of a Biosafety Level II laboratory. Supervised and evaluated the performance of lab support personnel, developed work performance standards, and scheduled/assigned work. Developed and maintained good working relationships with cross-functional organizations, project management, procurement/budget management (SAP software), and cost reduction. Liaison between research staff and USDA officials regarding import permits; provided training to ensure proper usage and documentation of USDA restricted samples.

Led research and product development projects to determine specific direct fed microbials (DFM) for multiple clients, including trial design, coordination, laboratory analyses, and recommendations for microbial product blends. Microbial and molecular techniques used were: microbial cell culture, multi-plex and RAPD PCR, genetic analysis and dendrogram creation through Bionumerics software. Bacteriocin assay screening of commercial DFM strains, data analysis and writing technical reports.

Wi, Us

Investigated the physiological role of an HDL cholesterol scavenger receptor involved in reverse cholesterol transport from peripheral tissues. Molecular and Biochemical techniques used: PCR, plasmid production and purification, cell transfection, protein immunoblots, immunohistochemistry, and confocal fluorescent microscopy.

Master Of Business Administration (Mba), Executive Mba Program

Master Of Science, Coastal Sciences/ Marine Microbiology

Bachelor Of Science, Marine Biology