What Happened?
Saint Louis, MO-based Monsanto has Appointed Robert T. Fraley as Chief Technology Officer
About the Company
Monsanto is a sustainable agriculture company. We deliver agricultural products that support farmers all around the world. We are focused on empowering farmers—large and small—to produce more from their land while conserving more of our world`s natural resources such as water and energy. We do this with our leading seed brands in crops like corn, cotton, oilseeds and fruits and vegetables. We also produce leading in-the-seed trait technologies for farmers, which are aimed at protecting their yield, supporting their on-farm efficiency and reducing their on-farm costs. We strive to make our products available to farmers throughout the world by broadly licensing our seed and trait technologies to other companies. In addition to our seeds and traits business, we also manufacture Roundup® and other herbicides used by farmers, consumers and lawn-and-garden professionals. Monsanto could not exist without farmers. They are our customers--the lifeblood of our company. More important, they are the support system of the world`s economy, working day in and day out to feed, clothe and provide energy for our world.
About the Person
Robert T. Fraley, also known as Robb, Ph.D. has been the Chief Technology Officer and Executive Vice President of Monsanto Company since August 2000. Mr. Fraley serves as Chief Technology Officer and Executive Vice President at Monsanto UK Ltd. He oversees Monsanto's integrated crop and seed agribusiness technology and research with facilities in most every world area. He has been Co-President of Agricultural Sector of Pharmacia Corporation (formerly, Monsanto Company) since March 1997. He has been President of Monsanto's Ceregen of Pharmacia Corporation (merger of Pharmacia & Upjohn and Mosanto Company) since 1995, with responsibilities for the discovery, development and commercialization of new crop chemical and biotechnology products. He served as Group Vice President and General Manager, New Products Division of Pharmacia Corporation from 1993 to January 1995; Vice President of Technology for crop chemical and plant biotechnology R&D; Senior Research Specialist, Monsanto Biological Sciences Program and Director, Monsanto's Plant Science Research Group. From 1990 to 1993, he served as Vice President of Research and Development - New Products Division at the Monsanto Agricultural Products Group. Mr. Fraley has been Director of DEKALB Genetics Corporation since April 16, 1996. He served as Director of Calgene, Inc. since 1996. He was a Member of the Agriculture Biotechnology Research Advisory Committee and the National Institutes of Health Molecular Cytology Study Section; Technical advisor to numerous government and public agencies, including the U.S. Department of Agriculture, National Science Foundation, Office of Technology Assessment, CAST, Agency for International Development, the National Academy of Science and the International Service for the Acquisition of Agri-Biotech Applications and Editorial boards of several scientific journals. He is an Authored more than 100 publications and patent applications relating to technical advances in agricultural biotechnology. He received the National Medal of Technology from President Clinton in 1999. He was named 2013 World Food Prize Laureate. He is a National Award for Agricultural Excellence in Science by National Agri-Marketing Association in 1995. He is a Fellow of American Association for the Advancement of Science. Mr. Fraley received Fellowship from University of California, San Francisco; Ph.D in microbiology/biochemistry from University of Illinois and Bachelor of Science from University of Illinois.
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