Tom Mcmullin Email & Phone Number

• Biotech R&D Leadership Team member involved in defining and implementing the strategic direction and daily operations of a global team of ~90 biotechnology scientists.• Managed the molecular biology and metabolic engineering functional area, including a team of ~20 scientists that included molecular biologists, bioinformaticians, protein engineers, and microbiologists.• Co-led the Biotech R&D capability development initiative, including proposal review and approval, portfolio management, and project gate reviews for all functional areas (strain and enzyme development, bioinformatics, high throughput strain screening, fermentation process development, and analytical chemistry) leading to significant advances in establishing automated and high-throughput strain construction workflows as well as genomic DNA sequencing and bioinformatics capabilities• Led a core organizing team for a community of more than 100 employees from across Cargill, including businesses and R&D functions, devoted to reviewing new developments, establishing best practices, and identifying potential business opportunities in the fields of microbiology and molecular biology• Principal investigator on a $2.5 MM DoE grant that met or exceeded all project milestones (product specificity, titer, and rate) aimed at producing specific medium chain fatty acids from cellulosic hydrolysate sugars.

• Project manager for developing improvements to Cargill’s lactic acid organism and fermentation process, resulting in annual cost savings in the millions of dollars• Coproduced development of a highly productive low pH succinic acid acid organism and fermentation process brought to commercial scale• Prepared and delivered reports to senior R&D leadership on specific disruptive technology areas of potential interest to Cargill, resulting in the in-licensing of gene editing technologies

Plymouth, Minnesota, Us

• Contributed to the development of Cargill’s commercial low pH lactic acid organism and fermentation process, which has allowed Cargill to be the world leader in annual production volumes and lowest cost.• Created genetic engineering toolboxes for a wide array of non-conventional microbes, including bacteria, yeast, and filamentous fungi, resulting in the development of Cargill’s CB1 low pH yeast

• Led team to develop a yeast strain and fermentation process for the production of isoprenoid compounds, resulting in a family of patents and technology out-licensed to major players in the field

• Developed bacterial and yeast strains for the production of amino acids, vitamins, and carotenoids

Ithaca, Ny, Us

Doctor Of Philosophy (Ph.D.), Molecular, Cellular, And Developmental Biology

Bachelor Of Arts (B.A.), Aquatic Biology/Limnology