Lead the global crop protection field sciences capital prioritization and execution process across 50 plus countries and hundreds of projects each year. Lead and coordinate the external global fee for service research procurement tools and provide strategic insights to key business stakeholders including outside partners feedback, budgets, and gaps and weaknesses. Lead the departments multimillion dollar budget analytics and provide insights and analytics for critical budget… Show more Lead the global crop protection field sciences capital prioritization and execution process across 50 plus countries and hundreds of projects each year. Lead and coordinate the external global fee for service research procurement tools and provide strategic insights to key business stakeholders including outside partners feedback, budgets, and gaps and weaknesses. Lead the departments multimillion dollar budget analytics and provide insights and analytics for critical budget decision making using various data models within PowerBI and other visual software tools. Proficient in Outsystems low code App development and deployment to niche internal applications using both web and mobile environments. Created numerous Apps to help simplify and bridge key stakeholders across the globe. Proficient in SAP Ariba, PowerBI, and many other Microsoft software. Show less

• Partner with Portfolio and Program leaders to help anticipate quality and compliance needs and to ensure successful project advancement and product launches. Develop and deliver meaningful metrics around quality performance and customer satisfaction. • Partner with farmers to understand their perception of quality and confirm we are testing in the right ways across the R&D pipeline and into IO to deliver what they need.• Partner with trait licensees to define quality testing… Show more • Partner with Portfolio and Program leaders to help anticipate quality and compliance needs and to ensure successful project advancement and product launches. Develop and deliver meaningful metrics around quality performance and customer satisfaction. • Partner with farmers to understand their perception of quality and confirm we are testing in the right ways across the R&D pipeline and into IO to deliver what they need.• Partner with trait licensees to define quality testing requirements and deliver quality manuals; identify and provide certified laboratories to guarantee availability of quality testing to the licensees.• Partner with R&D and IO teams to ensure quality and compliance procedures are in place and to ensure successful hand-offs between functions are effective and timely all the way to commercial launch. Facilitate resolution if the need arises.• Partner with R&D and IO Quality focal points in sub-functions to collaborate on the development and implementation of quality policies and procedures, as well as quality specifications in order to gain operational efficiency and ultimately have successful product launches. Show less

• Administratively managed up to seven R&D field stations spread out across Indiana, Mississippi, Texas, and California that comprised of over 50 full time and several hundred temporary employees depending on the time of year. • Responsible for site EH&S activities, oversite of multimillion dollar operating budgets, station R&D deliverables, capital planning, and employee performance management.• Cross functionally worked with key functional breeding and technical leaders to ensure… Show more • Administratively managed up to seven R&D field stations spread out across Indiana, Mississippi, Texas, and California that comprised of over 50 full time and several hundred temporary employees depending on the time of year. • Responsible for site EH&S activities, oversite of multimillion dollar operating budgets, station R&D deliverables, capital planning, and employee performance management.• Cross functionally worked with key functional breeding and technical leaders to ensure human resources and key R&D objectives were aligned and completed (Plan of work).• Experienced with dealing with many EH&S, Regulatory, and HR issues at all levels. • Worked agronomicaly across numerous core crops including corn, soybeans, cotton, canola, and wheat.• Knowledgeable on many different field related processes such as planting, note collection, harvesting, and data analysis. • Co-Lead the Seeds Six Sigma Continuous Improvement Steering Team to identify and facilitate process improvements. Green Belt Certified. • Proficient in various software platforms including JMP statistical software & Tableau visualization tool. Show less

• Responsible for day-to-day activities of the canola field station including overall safety initiatives, onboarding new hires, resource deployment, recruitment, performance management, and multi-million dollar station budget.• Provided leadership to 18 direct reports; 8 technicians, 4 scientists, and 6 contractors to support the western Canada breeding and commercial canola efforts.• Managed overall station activities encompassing of Double Haploid production, Molecular Breeding… Show more • Responsible for day-to-day activities of the canola field station including overall safety initiatives, onboarding new hires, resource deployment, recruitment, performance management, and multi-million dollar station budget.• Provided leadership to 18 direct reports; 8 technicians, 4 scientists, and 6 contractors to support the western Canada breeding and commercial canola efforts.• Managed overall station activities encompassing of Double Haploid production, Molecular Breeding, Quality Assurance Seed Testing, and Greenhouse operations.• Facilitated several cross functional relationships and external R&D partnerships such as the Analytical Lab, Crop Protection, Pathology, and Seed Production.• Implemented Integrated Pest Management Practices in Greenhouses, including deciding chemical usage and spraying if needed.• Well versed in the operations of Conviron Growth Chambers and LED technology. Show less

• Led 9 direct reports; 5 technicians, 3 scientists, and 1 contractor on the high throughput analysis of over 200K samples annual in support of breeding and commercial efforts in corn, canola, sunflower, and soybean.• Developed and optimized numerous extraction, chromatography, and instrument methods for the analysis of small molecules in core crop matrices to properly phenotype key traits.• Proficient on numerous analytic instruments from multiple vendors including Agilent, ABI/Sciex… Show more • Led 9 direct reports; 5 technicians, 3 scientists, and 1 contractor on the high throughput analysis of over 200K samples annual in support of breeding and commercial efforts in corn, canola, sunflower, and soybean.• Developed and optimized numerous extraction, chromatography, and instrument methods for the analysis of small molecules in core crop matrices to properly phenotype key traits.• Proficient on numerous analytic instruments from multiple vendors including Agilent, ABI/Sciex, Bruker, Dionex, TA Instruments, Waters, and Thermo Scientific.• Co-author of a key Dow analytical patent on the PlexteinTM technique that has been licensed to multiple outside companies. • Author or co-author of 2 peer reviewed external publications, 4 patents granted, and have over 20 invention disclosures filed. Show less

• Responsible for the oversite and management of the senior chemists of the drug confirmation laboratory.• Responsible for extracting and analyzing a large array of drugs including: drugs of abuse and therapeutic drugs in urine, blood, serum, plasma, and vitreous, by Solid Phase and liquid-liquid extraction. Performed specialized analysis on trace samples from crime scenes and for criminal investigations.• Proficient on many instruments including: HP5890/6890 GC’s with ECD, NPD and FID… Show more • Responsible for the oversite and management of the senior chemists of the drug confirmation laboratory.• Responsible for extracting and analyzing a large array of drugs including: drugs of abuse and therapeutic drugs in urine, blood, serum, plasma, and vitreous, by Solid Phase and liquid-liquid extraction. Performed specialized analysis on trace samples from crime scenes and for criminal investigations.• Proficient on many instruments including: HP5890/6890 GC’s with ECD, NPD and FID detectors, HP Agilent 72/73 Mass Specs, Shimadzu GC-17’s, Agilent 1100, and Waters 2960/2695 LC’s with Waters Micromass ZMD, ZQ, tandem mass specs, PDA, multi-wavelength, and fluorescence detectors. • Trained on a variety of instrument software including Chemstation, Mass Lynx, Millennium Empower, Class 5000, and ChemWare Horizon LIMS system. • Familiar with Hitachi 717, 917, Personal-lab, and MicroGenics DSX immunoassay instrumentation. • Proficient in GLP, ISO, and MLE lab standards for high quality testing and data quality. Show less

• Responsible for analyzing purgable, volatile analytes, such as BTEX compounds, using gas chromatography/Mass Spectroscopy by method 8260.• Proficient in many extraction methods using the Dionex ASE 200 auto-extractor, seperatory funnel, and sonication.• Installed and maintained instruments such as: HP 5890/6890 GC’s, HP Mass Specs, Tekmar & Encon Concentrators, and Varian Autosamplers to analyze volatile compounds.• Was on assignment for ExxonMobil in New Orleans, LA supporting… Show more • Responsible for analyzing purgable, volatile analytes, such as BTEX compounds, using gas chromatography/Mass Spectroscopy by method 8260.• Proficient in many extraction methods using the Dionex ASE 200 auto-extractor, seperatory funnel, and sonication.• Installed and maintained instruments such as: HP 5890/6890 GC’s, HP Mass Specs, Tekmar & Encon Concentrators, and Varian Autosamplers to analyze volatile compounds.• Was on assignment for ExxonMobil in New Orleans, LA supporting their QC lab.• Familiar with EPA methodologies and SW 846. Show less