Lee West

Business Development Director at Hiphen
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(386) 825-5501
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Roanoke, Virginia, United States, US
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Credentials

  • Remote Pilot UAS/Drone
    Federal Aviation Administration
    Jul, 2020
    - Nov, 2024
  • Image Analysis Methods for Biologists
    University of Nottingham
    May, 2020
    - Nov, 2024
  • Dynamics 365 for Sales Teams
    LinkedIn
    Apr, 2020
    - Nov, 2024
  • Learning Microsoft Dynamics 365: The Basics
    LinkedIn
    Apr, 2020
    - Nov, 2024
  • Product Strategy
    Northwestern University - Kellogg School of Management
    Feb, 2020
    - Nov, 2024
  • Data Science and Engineering
    Data Science Dojo
    Nov, 2019
    - Nov, 2024

Experience

  • Hiphen
    • France
    • Farming
    • 1 - 100 Employee
    • Business Development Director
      • Mar 2020 - Present

      At Hiphen, our mission is to make image analytics accessible to the agricultural research community. In pursuit of that mission, I have: • Connected research teams and organizations to Hiphen tools that contributed to the doubling of business in 2 years • Built roadmap to convert technical phenotyping tools into products to drive scaling and adoption of technology. This idea is to make it easier to access image analytics. • Developed and implemented sales and marketing strategy to reach key agricultural research segments – Breeders, Plant Protection, Controlled Environment Agriculture and Contract Research Organizations. • Shaped the development of a marketing stack including designing a catalog, producing educational videos, providing copy for website and collateral. • Implemented an outbound communication strategy for LinkedIn. Show less

  • Fulcrum Product Strategy
    • United States
    • Business Consulting and Services
    • Product and Data Strategy Adviser
      • Oct 2019 - Apr 2020

      Technology and Strategy developer for companies expanding their product/solution portfolio or expanding geographic range of their offerings. • Developed vertical integration road map for a new agricultural product group. • Built product use dashboards and identified new telemetry tools for a food distributor network. • Built a go to market strategy for an agricultural image analysis product . Technology and Strategy developer for companies expanding their product/solution portfolio or expanding geographic range of their offerings. • Developed vertical integration road map for a new agricultural product group. • Built product use dashboards and identified new telemetry tools for a food distributor network. • Built a go to market strategy for an agricultural image analysis product .

  • Novozymes
    • Denmark
    • Biotechnology Research
    • 700 & Above Employee
    • Global Technology Development Manager
      • Oct 2013 - Oct 2019

      Coordinate global agronomy and product development efforts developing fermentation based technologies into agricultural tools. Manage a team of 15 scientist located on 3 continents and coordinate planning and execution of field trial plans to support regulatory, formulation, marketing, business development and R&D initiatives. Functioned as product lead on several technology development projects and was a significant contributor and influencer on many product development projects.

    • Senior Field Technology Development Scientist
      • Jul 1998 - Sep 2013

      *Project lead on fungicide and insecticide product development projects.*Assisted in development of field trial program in Asia from 2006-2007.*Developed field trial program in Europe 2008-9.*Managed field trial program in US looking at seed innoculants in the northern plains and midwest and vegetable insect and disease control in California and Florida.

  • Joseph W. Jones Ecological Research Center
    • Research Technician
      • Jan 1995 - Jan 1996

      Worked on nutrient dynamic studies in longleaf pine stands in southern Georgia. Assessed N-mineralization , throughfall and fire ecology in greenhouse and field studies. Worked on nutrient dynamic studies in longleaf pine stands in southern Georgia. Assessed N-mineralization , throughfall and fire ecology in greenhouse and field studies.

Education

  • Virginia Tech
    MS, Plant Ecophysiology
    1996 - 1998
  • Northwestern University
    Executive Education Certificate, Product Strategy
    2019 - 2020
  • Ferrum College
    Bachelor of Science - BS, Environmental Science

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