Continuation of previous role, company changed due to acquisition.Portfolio Managemento Drive prioritization of key deliverables for Biotech Portfolio and System Improvement projects.o Create clarity & alignment with functional partners on key deliverables and timelines. o Coordinate strategic initiatives, competitive intelligence reviews, and collaboration reviews.o Partner with R&D Operations to coordinate project governance activities & external communications. Resource Managemento Partner across R&D to enable financial planning & reporting activities for Biotech Portfolio projects.o Manage resolution of bottlenecks & resource constraints by identifying efficiencies and trade-offs.Foster Organizational Health & High-Performance Teamso Coordinate training and development for Biotech Project Leads and Project Leadership Teams.o Enable operational & cultural change for Biotech as a member of the Biotech Change Team. (2015-2017)

• Support Bayer/Monsanto integration effort by providing senior leadership with feedback and recommendations from R&D on organizational health & engagement.• Coordinate best practice sharing across functional working groups to accelerate integration efforts.

Portfolio Managemento Drive prioritization of key deliverables for Biotech Portfolio and System Improvement projects.o Create clarity & alignment with functional partners on key deliverables and timelines. o Coordinate strategic initiatives, competitive intelligence reviews, and collaboration reviews.o Partner with R&D Operations to coordinate project governance activities & external communications. Resource Managemento Partner across R&D to enable financial planning & reporting activities for Biotech Portfolio projects.o Manage resolution of bottlenecks & resource constraints by identifying efficiencies and trade-offs.Foster Organizational Health & High-Performance Teamso Coordinate training and development for Biotech Project Leads and Project Leadership Teams.o Enable operational & cultural change for Biotech as a member of the Biotech Change Team. (2015-2017)

• Cultivate understanding of the LGBT experience across Monsanto to create an inclusive workplace.• Partner with Government Affairs & external advocacy organizations to demonstrate Monsanto’s support for LGBT rights at the federal and state and level.• Partner with external LGBT organizations through volunteering efforts to represent Monsanto in the local community.

Deliver the Pipelineo Lead cross-functional/site plant testing pipelines to identify and optimize proteins for pest control.o Collaborated with Patent Science and Legal to ensure FTO for newly identified lead genes.Drive Operational Efficiencyo Identified & implemented strategies to increase testing capacity by 400% while reducing unit cost by ~50%.o Streamlined decision making and increased data transparency, resulting in a cost avoidance of 0.6 FTE/year.

Drive Innovationo Transitioned Illumina sequencing platform to production while technology was maturing.o Lead technology development efforts to realize savings >$1.5 million in reagents and 5 FTE.o Partner with IP and Legal to ensure freedom to operate when evaluating new technologies. Leadershipo Managed a diverse team of >30 production and research scientists in an ISO environment to deliver high quality sequence data and bioinformatic analysis to support project teams.o Partnered across R&D to define project needs, timelines and priorities for a portfolio of >50 projects.

Deliver the Pipelineo Analyze gene expression in plant samples to enable discovery of new leads & promoters as well as characterization and optimization of current leads. Drive Innovation & Operational Efficiencyo Evaluated and implemented new technologies to expand platform capabilities and increase production efficiency.o Drove the implementation of ISO9001.

Board liaison for the Membership and Marketing committees

Inform vaccine development efforts through characterization of the immune response to infection with mosquito-borne viruses in the context of vector saliva. Developed experience working with multiple viral pathogens including Dengue, West Nile, and Japanese Encephalitis Virus.