Michael Pereira Email & Phone Number

Morgan Hill, CA, US

Palo Alto, CA

Responsible for agronomic evaluations of potential investment target companies, identifying potential investment leads and directly assisting existing portfolio companies in their agronomy activities, particularly trial design and execution. Companies currently being supported include Biolumic, Taranis, CropX and Grower's Edge Financial.

Morgan Hill, CA

In addition to continuing the services previously described (see below), I am also now providing and offering services in biofuels crops agronomy, seed production and general agricultural development. Through this consultancy, I am also working with the Seed Biotechnology Center at UC Davis as an instructor for their courses "Seed Production" and "Seed.

UC Davis

Co-instructor for Seed Business 101 short course for seed industry and agricultural professionals. Coordinating Instructor for Seed Production short course for seed production and seed industry professionals.

Morgan Hill, California

Responsible for all agricultural aspects of Jatropha worldwide with a special emphasis on its commercialization in Guatemala, with additional emphasis in India and Southeast Asia.

Greater San Diego Area

Responsible to develop and direct the global seed supply chain for Jatropha, a perennial shrub as a source of biodiesel and jet fuel. Main responsibilities are to create and manage the seed multiplication activities, and the plantation agronomy research associated with plantation scale up.

Granum Services, LLC is a consulting firm focusing on seed production. Specifically, designing and improving seed production schemes, assuring a solid business framework in seed production, process control improvements, contract seed production field inspections, and optimizing cross-cultural business interactions. Services are also provided for interim.

Morgan Hill, Calif.

Responsible for establishing a commercial scale seed production, operations and quality system for Miscanthus, a feedstock for biofuels. This includes establishing growing locations, grower base, harvest system, operations site, quality testing, control and assurance processes and related staffing.

Established integrated production organization for business unit of Harris Moran and Clause created in July 2008. Consolidated individual production activities in South America and also initiated HM.Clause production center in India. Oversaw consolidation of relationships with contracted production companies. As a member of Executive Committee, actively.

Reorganized functions with significantly more diversified global focus. Established on-site production management in South America and established production center in Peru. Drove down contract prices with production companies up to 25%. Created and staffed new position of production seed physiologist to improve results of refined genetic varieties..

Created and implemented global production organization within matrix business structure across four geographical marketing organizations. Established Syngenta Seeds production centers in Peru and China, as well as regional production organization for Asia. Expanded production into India and Vietnam.

Gilroy, CA

Global management of Production activities and Gilroy Operations site. Established production center in Chile and built it into an $8 million enterprise. Directed a significant successful shift of China production from traditional Northeastern areas to the underdeveloped Northwest areas over two years. Consolidated production activities in Thailand and.

Ms, International Agricultural Development

Emphasis plant breeding and genetics.

Bs, Biology

Graduated Cum Laude. Focus on molecular biology.

Diploma