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Boston, MA, US

Boston, Massachusetts, United States

Boston, Massachusetts

- Develop business case and strategic vision for the portfolio- Define product concepts, Identify markets, crops and external partners- Alliance management with external partners - Work with internal partners -project manager, regulatory, scientific SMEs to drive projects and meet deliverables- Leadership Team member with ability to lead/influence senior.

• Leading the technical team consisting of scientists to translate organizational business strategy into deliverables and ensured that trait characterization deliverables were achieved on time and on budget. Streamlined.
• Established partnerships and influenced key stakeholders across R&D to adopt best practices and identified opportunities for continuous improvements.
• Adhering to core values of the company, engaged, energized and developed team members. Inspired and motivated employees through recognition and cross training. Provided timely and constructive feedback and feedforward.

Indianapolis, Indiana Area

• Led a team of Trait Managers and managed event sorting and characterization of transgenic traits, design of experiments, phenotyping, data analysis, and coordinating of molecular testing/ gene expression.
• Managed budgeting and resource allocation including partnership with various station leaders and relevant stakeholders to ensure mutual understanding of priorities and communication of resource needs; ensured 3rd party.

Indianapolis, Indiana Area

• Led the validation and implementation of SNP technology globally for genetic purity testing of Parent Seed and commercial seed in production.
• Led the implementation of initiatives/innovations directed toward improving quality and introducing efficiencies in Production and R&D Seed Quality Control. Wrote business case and got buy-in from stakeholders on.
• Coordinated development, validation and implementation of DNA based gene detection methods for low level presence in analytical testing lab. Led the development of high throughput, and ergonomically improved tissue.
• Showed cross functional influence by leading the Peer review team. Collaborated cross-geography to define metrics to ensure method accuracy across R&D and Operations DNA labs.
• Led a cross functional team to critically examine the DNA detection strategies across various functions in R&D and Operations. Identified gaps and was successful in getting buy-in from leaders to harmonize assay.

Indianapolis, Indiana Area

• Led designing and starting of the new DNA lab in Operations: equipment planning, training, mentoring staff and technical leadership. Implementation of DNA technology represents a transition from manual subjective.
• Validated and implemented DNA based trait purity testing. Coordinated testing of Parent seeds and ensured timely reporting of data to customers. Interacted with customers to address their queries and explain testing.
• Led a cross-functional team of scientists, engineers and technicians for designing, development and implementation of high throughput automated DNA extraction units. Worked within constraints of a defined budget which.
• Developed Magnetic bead-based DNA extraction method for automation. Evaluated multiple high throughput PCR technologies.

studied circadian rhythms in plants

Msc, Horticulture

developed protocol for micropropagation of Citrus limon

Phd, Plant Molecular Biology

Analyzed an ethylene and circadian regulated plant promoter