David Mcelroy Email & Phone Number

Business and product development strategy planning, company formation and consulting for agricultural and industrial biotechnology. Clients include Calysta BioSystems, DNA2.0 Inc., Intrexon Corp, Mendel Biotechnology Inc., Advanta India Inc., Arzeda Corp, BioArchitecture Labs, Khosla Ventures

Penicuik, Edinburgh, GB

Green Bioactives is developing a plant cell-based natural product manufacturing platform for diverse applications. Plant-derived natural products are used in diverse products across cosmetics, pharma, food and agriculture. These products are often sourced from host plants that are rare, protected, endangers and/or growing in remote locatations subject to.

Midlothian, GB

• Ingenza is a synthetic biology/biotechnology R&D company with a customer base across bio-based chemicals, biopharma, consumer goods, food/feed and biofuel industries. Key responsibilities:
• Company Strategyo Execute long term business strategy and produce communication materials/financials for stakeholders.
• Business Development/Marketingo Expand relationships to access new business sectors with new and existing customers.o Identify 3rd party providers to either a) in-license from and/or b) establish strategic.
• Corporate Development/Fundingo Pursue potential sources of investment money and “pitch” to potential funding sources.
• IP/Competitive Intelligence/Licensing/Legalo Responsible for drafting and negotiating all company legal contracts.o Editing patent applications and analysis for FTO.
• Research Operations/Program Managemento Overseeing research activities to meet project milestones including defining key go/no go validation stages.o Maintain financial projections around the commercialization of.

Work with the Management Team to define and refine the company strategy/business plans and execute on associated business development activities including negotiation and creation of partnership, sales, and licensing agreements.Contribute to business strategy execution, including goals development/review and financial review/planning.Lead Nova Synthetix.

San Mateo, California, US

• Founded Calysta LLC (Menlo Park, CA), a synthetic biology company looking to exploit gene library design/screening, computational biology and metabolic engineering through to industrial process development with a focus.
• Company formation and operating, services and license document drafting/negotiation; product selection, business plan development and IP strategy development/execution; budget development and staffing and company.
• Key Result:o Secured $5.00mm seed investment from parent company to fund spin-out to support.o Completion of three initial technology in-licensing deals.

• Targeted Growth, Inc. (Seattle, WA) is a crop biotechnology company focused on developing products with enhanced yield and improved quality for the agriculture and energy industries with activities in oilseeds for.
• Implementation and management of annual strategic planning process.
• Responsible for the implementation of a strategy-driven goal setting and monitoring process linked to the annual budget scenario development process with associated resource and capacity planning processes across TGI.
• Responsible for all technology in-licensing (e.g. herbicide tolerance trait in-license for small grain cereal applications) and the establishment of research collaboration (e.g. yield trait evaluation agreement in.
• Established companywide IP management committee including docket review process and management of outside counsel activities.
• Developed and implemented new strategy/annual objective-driven budget development/modeling and ongoing management processes companywide. Responsible for management of all administrative and finance functions across the.

Wilmington, DE, US

• Developed long (10yr) and intermediate (5 yr) term strategic innovation framework for R&D to communicate and supports business-driven product strategy allowing staff to see how individual actions contribute to.
• Developed a prioritized list of the near and long term product and process initiatives linked to specific business strategies balanced with the ability to execute successfully.
• Generated functional budget targets for operating and capital plans that links resource allocation and future resource capacity plans to strategic priorities.
• Provided technical expertise in order to plan, track and execute strategy for new agbiotech trait product introduction, including resource constraint identification and resolution. Implementing operating plans and.
• Management of DeltaMax Cotton LLC joint venture. Development and execution of Pioneer/DuPont business development strategy on cotton.
• Management of trait and technology license activities. Establish R&D partnerships, technical and commercial diligence in deal negotiation, partnership project selection. Supervise activities of Business Development.

• Manage budget & finance activities, including facilities and capital equipment, supervise activities of Operations Managers, and participate in goal setting and establishment of incentives and rewards for staff of 50.
• Execution of an integrated technical and business strategy. Establish R&D partnerships, technical and commercial diligence in deal negotiation, partnership project selection. Supervise activities of Business.
• Participate in partnership research management committees for project management, product development, and product commercialization. Supervise activities of Verdia’s Partnership Program Managers.
• Product portfolio management, IP evaluation, technology licensing, project development, and partnering. Supervise activities of Internal Program Managers.
• Key Resultso Syngenta partnership established (1999) and extended (2003) with multi-million dollar investment. Five undisclosed products in development with partners (year end 2004).o MaxyAg spun out a separate.

St. Louis, Missouri, US

• Molecular biology discovery research lead for company corn biotechnology program.
• Key Results:o Phospinorthicin herbicide tolerant corn (B16) commercialized in 1996o Insect tolerant corn (DBT418) commercialized in 1997o Glyphosate herbicide tolerant corn (GA21) commercialized in 1998 – estimated.

Barley genetic engineering in the lab of Dr. Peggy Lemaux (http://pmb.berkeley.edu/profile/plemaux).PATENTS:Koprek Y., McElroy D., Lemaux P. 2005. Transposon tagging and gene delivery in small grain cereals. US 6,951,972.

Acton, ACT, AU

Wheat and barley tissue culture and genetic engineering

Amp, Management

Ph.D., Plant Molecular Biology

Bachelor Of Science (Bsc - Hons, 1St Class), Plant Sciences