Ricardo Miranda

Head of Development - Global

2022 - Current

Private Investor

2020

AgTech Leader

2020

As part of AgTech Team at Bossa Nova Investment, evaluating Start-ups to invest

Strategy Director

2021 - 2022

Responsible for the AgIn Strategy area, where I’m supporting customers to connect their products to the market, considering the entire process: market assessment, strategic planning, technical product positioning, launching plan, market and organizational development.

Mentor

2019 - 2021

Mentoring Ag.In, considering current and future perspectives.

Country Head - Brazil & Argentine

2019 - 2021

Responsible for developing Provivi business in Brazil and Argentine since the beginning. I was responsible to establish the bases to move the company forward and be prepared to the launching of liquid formulation. Very proud to pave the road of a successful start

Global Head of Product Development

2016 - 2019

Responsible for Product Development team, profiling crop protection product & biologic, support registration process & knowledge transfer to commercial & other areas of the company as Formulation and Environmental Science.

Head of Development - Latin America

2014 - 2016

Responsible for Product Development LatAm Team, profiling crop protection product & biologic, support registration process & knowledge transfer to commercial & other areas of the company. Including Brazil & Latin America teams: Agronomic Development, Product Safety & Regulatory Affair.

President of Prohuma

2015 - 2016

Prohuma is a Non-Profit Institution (NGO), Consortium of 16 Agrochemicals companies in Brazil, with the main objective of developing a database representative of the Brazilian scenarios for the exposure of workers handling pesticides in Brazil by Mixing, Loading and/or applications, and seed treatments to support the occupational risk assessment. See less

Director of Production Technology Latin America

2012 - 2014

Responsible for developing and adapting technologies for Production perspectives, including areas as: Seeds, Sugarcane (Plene Platform), Chemistry Formulation and Packaging. Also responsible to align Production Technology teams in Latin America including Seeds, Sugarcane & Agrochemicals (Formulation, Process and Packaging).

Soybean & Chemistry Technology Lead - Brazil

2010 - 2012

Responsible for coordinating and bringing alignment Technology functions (Biotechnology, Regulatory, Breeding, Technology Development and Chemistry) to develop future Soybean pipeline traits. In addition, assure alignment of technical teams, developing tecnical strategies for weed control system solutions across crops. In both cases, in charge of providing seamless coordination with both Headquarter and Brazil Technology groups (Soybean and Chemistry).

Technology Development Director - Brazil

2009 - 2010

- Responsible for developing technologies (Biotech, Germplasm & Agrochemicals) and positioning them for Soybean, Corn and Cotton crops. Leading Technology Development Team to support technically Sales, Marketing and Strategy teams.

Technology Development Lead for Corn Biotechnology (USA) & International Corn Biotechnology Lead

2006 - 2009

- Responsible for leading technical development of 2nd generation of Corn biotechnology product for USA market and also led worldwide Corn biotechnology products development, improving process tool to support future product launching plans.

Product Development Director

2001 - 2006

- In charge of leading significant improvements to the Technology Development team in different areas: Planning, Data Management, Information availability, Sales support, Training and People Management. Also led and promoted significant improvements on the corn advancement genetic process.

Sales Regional Manager - Paraná & Mato Grosso do Sul

1999 - 2001

- Responsible for consolidating different Sales teams (Corn Seed Companies aquired - Agroceres, Cargil and Braskalb and Agrochemical - Roundup and Herbicides) in just one team. In charge of implementing a new sales structure and developing Market & Distribution analysis.

Product Development Manager

1996 - 1999

- Responsible to create the first "Product Development" team, which develope the first soybean biotechnology data in Brazil, supporting deregulation and technical positioning. I also participated actively of deploying new Roundup formulations (Monsanto herbicide), adding value to the products.

Salesman & Marketing Supervisor

1993 - 1996

- Innitially worked as a salesman in São Paulo State for the dairy segment, selling the first biotechnology veterinary product launched in Brazil, I developed a database that created the opportunity to double the number of sales in the region with high accuracy in forecasting. It also boosted my promotion to supervisor, where the main objective was the implementation of the same information system for all Brazil regions.