David Hoffman

About David Hoffman

With over four years of experience as a Senior Product Project Manager at Inari, I focus on leading innovative corn and soybean gene editing projects from concept to commercial launch. My work involves critical cross-functional collaboration with research, development, supply chain, regulatory, and leadership teams to ensure robust project scopes and timelines. By providing strategic advice to commercial and trait development teams, I contribute to securing new customer and market growth opportunities aligned with company targets. My expertise in strategic thinking and business development supports global wheat crop initiatives and drives the delivery of future business goals.

Experience

1. Senior Product Project Manager

   Inari

   Aug 2021 — Present

   Lead corn gene editing projects from concept inception thru commercial launches. Critical communication across this matrixed team is essential to ensure robust scopes and timelines are established.Lead the genetically modified trait project team for soybean and corn which involves leadership teams, research and development, supply chain, leadership, regulatory and intellectual property members.Lead for the Wheat Crop Team globally focused and ensuring delivery of the future business plans and goals.Develop strategic advice for the commercial and trait development teams to secure new customer and market growth opportunities and company targets.

Education

• University of Nebraska-Lincoln

  B.S., Agricultural Sciences

  1991 — 1995

• University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign

  Ph.D and M.S, Plant Breeding and Genetics

  1996 — 2001

Skills

• Corn
• Breeding
• Agronomy
• Soybean
• Program Management
• People Management
• Statistics
• Pathology
• Strategy Development
• Plant Breeding
• Crop
• Genomics
• Biotechnology
• Dna
• Experimental Design
• Plant Pathology
• Molecular Biology
• Pcr
• Seed Production
• Science
• R
• Market Analysis
• Field Research
• Agribusiness
• Agrochemicals
• Strategy
• Genetics