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Ludwigshafen, De

Responsible for cross-functional collaboration to develop the strategic digital roadmap targeting efficiency and productivity gains throughout the operational teams; partnering to build an agile organizational structure prepared to adjust to a changing market; enabling an aligned continuous improvement culture across Seeds R&D through training and project facilitation; stakeholder management, testing, and integration of third party platforms to accelerate data capture for field and greenhouse operations; ensuring global alignment of QMS processes and integration of Stewardship and EHS requirements to reduce complexity; creation of digital platforms for resource planning, capital asset acquisition and management, and sustainability oversight across the R&D organization; and governance and enablement for citizen development tools to speed digitalization of data capture.

Ludwigshafen, De

Steered capital, operational and resource planning in alignment with the R&D strategy; identified obstacles that limited optimal functional capacity and collaborated to eliminate/ minimize these challenges and increase efficiency within the operations while strengthening a continuous improvement culture; led digitalization to enable dynamic data capture across multiple platforms, including field phenotyping, algorithm development, and routine deployment of sensor-based methodologies to enhance elite event selection for strategic traits; coordinated QMS efforts for global alignment that underpinned compliant execution of both regulated and stewarded field trials; oversaw data management and governance across relevant databases; exploited innovation within the team aimed at gains in process efficiency, operational flexibility, and sustainability; and fostered a culture that enhanced employee engagement.

Ludwigshafen, De

Delivered soybean, cotton, and rice projects for cross-functional stakeholders in packages that include multiple transgenic events (single and stacked), as well as native and quality traits in diverse advanced germplasm to support elite event/mutant selection, handoff to Breeding for commercialization and product life cycle management; provided expertise on project teams by integrating knowledge of vector construct, product efficacy, and gene segregation to ensure risk mitigation; led quality control testing strategy for Trait Development to ensure robust and efficient testing of all plant material within function; employed innovation to improve process efficiency and sustainability; fostered a team culture of trust and transparency that allows for efficient internal communication and with external stakeholders; collaborated with colleagues to ensure a trait introgression strategy that optimized confident decision-making at the field trial level and supported global deregulation; identified opportunities to leverage resources to support cross-functional business priorities; created talent development programs customized for each team member and their individual career aspirations; and managed capex and opex to meet annual budget.

Leverkusen, North Rhine-Westphalia, De

Delivered soybean, cotton, and rice projects for cross-functional stakeholders in packages that include multiple transgenic events (single and stacked), as well as native and quality traits in diverse advanced germplasm to support elite event/mutant selection, handoff to Breeding for commercialization and product life cycle management; provided expertise on project teams by integrating knowledge of vector construct, product efficacy, and gene segregation to ensure risk mitigation; led quality control testing strategy for Trait Development to ensure robust and efficient testing of all plant material within function; employed innovation to improve process efficiency and sustainability; fostered a team culture of trust and transparency that allows for efficient internal communication and with external stakeholders; collaborated with colleagues to ensure a trait introgression strategy that optimized confident decision-making at the field trial level and supported global deregulation; identified opportunities to leverage resources to support cross-functional business priorities; created talent development programs customized for each team member and their individual career aspirations; and managed capex and opex to meet annual budget.

Leverkusen, North Rhine-Westphalia, De

Led elite event selection team for HPPD-tolerant cotton which integrated molecular (vector construction, gene insertion, etc.), protein expression, field efficacy, and Mendelian genetic data for robust decision-making; designed and evaluated field trials for water use efficiency and herbicide tolerant cotton traits, including use of irrigation scheduling tools to achieve consistent soil moisture profile across locations; identified and deployed remote and proximal sensing technology to assist with phenotypic evaluations. Additional activities: served as lead on Digital Farming pilot project for cotton in the US focused on irrigation management to optimize yield with lower inputs and managed third-party collaborations for proximal soil sensing, thermal imaging, and field phenotyping/crop modelling.

Leverkusen, North Rhine-Westphalia, De

Collaborated with teams across the entire product lifecycle (Research to Supply Chain) in the US, India, and Latin America to develop, improve, and harmonize the standard operating procedures, work instructions, and forms for a quality management system to capture the stewardship requirements in support of plant genetic integrity preservation; led team of internal auditors to assess compliance with the QMS requirements; and partnered with internal experts on issues involving seed quality standards, seed testing, regulatory compliance, and international seed shipments.

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Partnered with professors throughout the Plant and Soil Science department to develop web-based curriculum for delivery within the distance education program; taught classroom and online courses in genetics, weed science, herbicide resistance mechanisms, seed science, horticulture, basic agronomy, and entomology; and collaborated with scientists at TTU, Texas A&M, and Texas AgriLife to confirm the first glyphosate-resistant weed species in Texas.

Performed field trials on crop protection products, input and analyzed ARM data, served as an expert witness in cases involving herbicide drift and agronomic practices.

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Engineered and evaluated transgenic cotton designed for increased tolerance to abiotic stress. Competencies include: gene isolation, vector construction, plant transformation, tissue culture, Southern blot analysis, plant stress assays, and enzyme performance assays..

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Performed field and laboratory studies to elucidate the effect of temperature on pyrithiobac herbicide efficacy in Palmer amaranth. Competencies include: field trial design and execution; proximal sensing of physiological responses; enzyme inhibition kinetic assays; environmental meta-analysis; and computer visualization.

Certificate Of Completion, Business Strategy And Strategy Execution

Wine Making Cerificate

Certificate, Plant Breeding Academy

Doctor Of Philosophy (Ph.D.), Plant Sciences

B.S., Mathematics

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