From: Don Armstrong <don@donarmstrong.com>
Date: Sun, 16 Mar 2025 04:53:15 +0000 (-0700)
Subject: Tweak ginkgo experience slightly
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Tweak ginkgo experience slightly
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 * Experience
 ** Director of Data Science and Analytics at Ginkgo Bioworks \hfill 2022--Present 
-+ Directed a team of managers who lead teams of data engineers, system
-  administrators, statisticians, bioinformaticians, and scientists at
-  the PhD level working within the Ag business unit of [[https://www.ginkgobioworks.com][Ginkgo Bioworks]].
++ Directed a geographically distributed team of managers who lead
+  teams of data engineers, system administrators, statisticians,
+  bioinformaticians, and scientists at the PhD level working within
+  the Ag business unit of [[https://www.ginkgobioworks.com][Ginkgo Bioworks]].
 + Accountable for cost centers totalling $10 M annually, including
   budgeting, procurement, vendor relationships, and policy compliance.
 + Hired and developed team members in data science, bioinformatics,
   data engineering, and statistics using coaching, mentorship, and
   teaching approaches.
 + Accountable (and frequently responsible) for all R&D IT applications
-  in the Ag BU, including vendor selection, architectural decisions,
-  deployment, and development where appropriate.
-+ Championed the adoption of data governance and data stewardship
-  principles, including new tools and ways of working.
+  in a business unit, including vendor selection, architectural
+  decisions, deployment, and development where appropriate.
++ Championed modern approaches to data governance and data stewardship
+  principles across multiple life-science and business functions.
 + Lead the development of multiple cloud-based serverless and
-  container-based applications with multiple API and UI interfaces,
-  including project management as well as contractor and vendor
-  oversight.
+  container-based applications with multiple API and UI interfaces to
+  enable the management of business critical data.
 + Key leadership role in multiple mergers and acquisitions,
   specializing in R&D business applications and data-adjacent systems.
 ** Team Lead Data Engineering at Bayer Crop Science \hfill 2018--2022
@@ -98,6 +98,11 @@
   their potential and thrive.
 + Chair or lead of multiple initiatives and committees, including
   aligning highly cross-functional and diverse stakeholders.
+** Data Governance/Management
++ Leadership and implementation of data governance and management
+  programs across multiple functions within Ginkgo and Bayer.
++ Establishment of Metadata and master data management standards and
+  frameworks in life science and business domains.
 ** Bioinformatics, Genomics, and Epigenomics
 + NGS and array-based Genomics and Epigenomics of complex human
   diseases using RNA-seq, targeted DNA sequencing, RRBS, Illumina
@@ -151,7 +156,9 @@
 + MacOS
 ** Communication
 + Strong written communication skills as evidenced by publication
-  record
+  record.
++ Proven experience communicating with cross-functional and diverse
+  teams and stakeholders at all organizational levels.
 + Strong verbal and presentation skills as evidenced by presentation,
   leadership, and teaching record
 * Authored Open Source Software