Manage mass scale plant tissue culture production of virus free fruit plants. Optimization of lab work flow to cover all steps from initiation to acclimation, including media production. Planning for the expansion of current product lines and addition of new projects.

Screening ancestral wheat varieties for performance in cell culture targeting wheat flavors of the past. Cell culture system development and product development with customer needs for flavor and nutrition as quality standards.

In vitro cell and tissue culture of cotton and other crops for improved fiber quality througn genetic engineering and plant cellular agriculture.I have covered most of the ground existing in the company- from culture initiation, suspension culture, fiber elongation, fiber quality analysis, genetic engineering and coordinating external collaborations to technical communication for customer and investor relations, budgeting, purchasing, heavy lifting of equipment and acting as backup HR for the small initial team in the US. AKA, company octopus.My main contributions have been problem solving across the spectrum, innovation for progress and being the person outside of the box looking in to challenge concepts from top to bottom.

Educate, inspect and enforce South Carolina plant grower and dealer regulations. Conduct inspections at grower and dealer facilities across the Charleston area looking specifically at plant quality with respect to health and insects and disease pests. Conduct surveys for current and potential invasive plants, insects and diseases.

Managed tissue culture and transformation pipeline in Eucalyptus, Populus and Pinus species, including coordinating research and development of systems for new varieties. Project manager for the cross-functional team testing herbicide tolerant eucalyptus in the US for the Brazil market, including transformation, molecular characterization, plant production and greenhouse acclimation, field testing and survival/growth data collection, and international shipping of selected lines to Brazil for advanced field testing. Managed ArborGen's transformation pipeline for customer projects and collaborations including DOE BioEnergy Science Center's reducing recalcitrance for biofuel production project, DOE ARPA-e's PETRO Tappable pine trees project, and IBSS (Southeastern Partnership for Integrated Biomass Supply Systems). Led hybrid sweetgum tissue culture production efforts via somatic embryogenesis and micropropagation to provide trees for first sales and propagation stocks for product launch. Performed facility and lab tours for students, public groups, customers and government officials.Managed regulatory compliance under BRS and APHIS regulations in the US and MAPA and CTNBIO regulations in Brazil for all material and projects under my supervision and control.Technologies developed: tissue culture and transformation technologies for elite eucalyptus, loblolly pine, poplar, sweetgum, cross-species pollen ablation technology. Products developed: herbicide tolerant eucalyptus, freeze tolerant eucalyptus, eucalyptus and pine with improved wood properties, hybrid sweetgum.

Managed Loblolly pine tissue culture and transformation research laboratory.Developed and intiated pipeline transformation systems using Agrobacterium and biolistic methods to provide trees for field testing of new products.

Assist on sweetpotato breeding project with field test planting, maintenance and harvesting; rating new candidate varieties for insect damage, yield and taste; grafting, hand pollination and maintenance of greenhouse stock plants.Maintained tissue culture collection of sweetpotato varieties.