Michael Daniel

About Michael Daniel

Michael is a Senior Talent Acquisition Partner at Syngenta, a global leader in seed and biologics development and production. He has over 25 years of experience in strategic talent acquisition and management, with a focus on research and development, operations, technology, engineering, and sales roles in the biotechnology, pharmaceutical, biologics, bio-manufacturing, CDMO, antibody conjugate, cell and gene therapy, viral vectors, clinical research, process engineering and project management domains. He is certified in IBM Agile Explorer, IBM Design Thinking Practitioner, and AgileTA Explorer, which enable him to apply agile and design thinking methodologies to his talent acquisition practices. He has a proven track record of globally engaging, guiding, and hiring thousands of highly valued and experienced senior research, technical, operations, management, sales, IT and other STEM professionals. His mission is to enable his clients and candidates to make the world healthier, cleaner and safer.

Experience

1. Senior Talent Acquisition Partner R & d North America - Seeds

   Syngenta

   Nov 2021 — Present · Research Triangle Park, NC, US

   My current recruitment focus covers R&D throughout all North America as well as other strategic areas across the Globe including France, UK and China. Syngenta Seeds is one of the world’s largest developers and producers of seed for farmers, commercial growers, retailers and small seed companies. Headquartered near Chicago, USA, the business focuses on providing farmers with more vigorous, stronger, resistant plants to combat disease, drought and pests. This includes innovative hybrid varieties and biotech crops that can thrive in challenging growing conditions while also addressing the needs of nature and society. With employees in more than 70 countries, Syngenta Seeds Group offers a broad portfolio of crops, with particular strengths in corn, soybean, sunflower, cereals and vegetables. Its flowers business, one of the key global players, is a leader in bedding and pot plants. Syngenta’s Seeds business offers one of the agriculture industry’s broadest germplasm pools and a strong pipeline of next-generation traits, built by a collaborative, on-farm approach to product development, customer focus, and an innovative global research & development program. Working in partnership with more than 400 universities, research institutes and commercial organizations, Seeds is constantly embracing collaboration and industry cooperation to tackle the agricultural challenges facing our planet. Innovations go beyond seed technology to include supporting digital tools and platforms that draw upon agronomic data to help farmers make more informed seed selection decisions, assess soil characteristics, and identify planting zones so they can better manage risk and maximize their investment. Innovation, sustainability and growth – these are what the business strives for every day to ensure farmers have the best quality seeds to help feed the world.

Education

• East Carolina University

  M.S., Molecular Biology

• East Carolina University

  Bachelor's Degree, Molecular Biology & Biotechnology

• Duke University

  Certificate, Human Resource Management

  2006