Phillip Guy Email & Phone Number

California

Delivering Total Quality Management, E2E, for global agricultural seed production.• Global leader and driver of change with over 20 years of experience in sustainable, agricultural seed production.• Leader of global quality assurance programs through ISO and ISTA, the harmonization and optimization of quality testing platforms, and development of innovative new technologies for managing seed quality.• PhD scientist with demonstrated success in developing fundamental research programs in academia and industry.• Focus on people, processes, quality and technology to deliver high quality seed from breeder to customer.• Expert in producing a wide range of crops including corn, canola, soybeans, sorghum, sunflower and vegetable species.• Expert on seed processing technologies, including wet seed extraction, drying, conditioning, sorting, priming, pelleting, treating and packaging.• Multidiscipline team management and strong influencer of people through mediation, networking, mentoring and motivating.• Six Sigma Master Black Belt certified and independent problem solver with proven skills in process improvement and statistical process control.• Effective communicator in creating a culture of continuous improvement.

West Chicago, Illinois, United States

Global standardization of seed operations and quality assurance programs.• Overseeing all global seed processing and seed technology activities.• Directing inventory planning, stock maintenance and stock usage criteria.• Ensuring delivery of high-quality products through standardized testing plans, system wide quality assurance, continuous improvement initiatives, and strict adherence to compliance requirements.• Driving innovative Production Research programs in seed production, seed conditioning and packaging.

Downers Grove, Illinois

Building and directing a global Vegetables and Flowers QA organization to support business goals and align with the Syngenta Seeds strategic platforms.• Driving execution of the QMS to ensure maintenance and continuous improvement of End-To-End processes in supplying quality products from the breeder through to the customer. • Ensuring Freedom to Operate through compliance to accreditation standards including ISO, GSPP, ISTA and Global GAP. • Building a robust global Product Claims process, monitoring all process and product non-conformances and generating quality improvement through RCA and Corrective Action plans.

California

Developing innovative solutions for agriculture.

Us Based

Directed QA/QC operations in all global regions across the Americas, Oceania, Africa, Asia and Europe, and on all major row and vegetable crops. • Focus on genetic quality for product advancement from breeders to supply chain and on to the customer. • Ensured accurate quality testing globally, compliance to local and international certification, logistics and documentation to enable timely and cost-effective delivery of high-quality seed. • Seed Technology expert for chemical and biological seed treatments globally, and special oil trait sunflowers. • Optimized processes of harvest, drying, conditioning, treatment, and packaging with identification of numerous CI projects. • Built comprehensive ERP system based on SAP and ABS to deliver visibility and metrics for data-driven decisions.

Us Based

Directed all production and supply activities for North America operations.• Directed an operations team of 30 employees through the harvest of 26 million pounds of sorghum seed, processing, logistics and meeting customer needs in US and Mexico.• Led team through closure of primary facility and implemented new processes and supply chain through 3rd-party vendor.

Oxnard, Ca

Strategic alignment of Seed Physiology testing platforms and standards with business requirements and LRPs globally.• Global harmonization and optimization of testing platforms to support product specifications, market competitiveness and customer satisfaction.• Directing operations of the two major QA labs in North America and testing 28 crops.• Monsanto Six Sigma Master Black Belt and Manufacturing Technologist. Mentor/lead on 32 Six Sigma projects with over $3M in achieved savings. Represented Monsanto as a global instructor in Six Sigma.

St Louis, Mo

Manufacturing Technologist and Leader of a team of scientists focused on developing innovative new technologies for managing seed quality. • Developed first Monsanto Automated Seed Testing Platform which was granted a patent. • Leader of the steering team on a major collaboration with Crop Analytics and Automation to invent and delivered advanced seed quality testing solutions for Manufacturing. • Research to optimize seed quality with application of new Acceleron seed treatment packages.

Dekalb, Il

Providing scientific support and leadership to the Global Production Research and QA networks and the QA scientific resource for all row crop testing and systems improvements.• ASQ Six Sigma Certified Black Belt and completed projects resulting in savings of $672,000. Training and mentoring BB and GB candidates.• Manufacturing Excellence Award for developing and implementing the Rapid Aging Test globally, a new test to predict shelf life in commercial corn enabling more informed usage decisions and inventory management.• Establishing an optimized cold test for corn that became the essential part of quality management in Monsanto corn business. • Invented process to provide devitalized seed as reference material for trait testing.• Implemented the first Vistive testing program in North America QA.

Winnipeg, Canada

• Isolated and characterized the maize hemoglobin (Hb) gene and worked on hemoglobin expression patterns in seed and mode of action.• Worked with the Canadian Grain Commission on a process for testing barley export shipments for quality loss.• Awarded a successfully licensed patent covering the use of Hb to maintain cell energy status in transgenic systems.• Directed a collaborative effort with industry to develop Hb as a screening tool for plant breeding.

London, United Kingdom

Shell, UK funded project investigating the heterogeneity of wheat seed vigour.Followed by PhD studying hybrid wheat vigour.

Doctor Of Philosophy - Phd, Seed Physiology

Thesis: Ageing-Induced Changes in Wheat Embryos Associated with the Loss and Recovery of Seed Vigour.

Bachelor Of Science - Bs (Hons), Biochemistry

Majors in Plant Biochemistry and Ecology

Hnd, Plant Sciences

Majors in Plant Biology and Microbiology One-year work placement with Ministry of Agriculture, Fisheries and Food, UK