XIV INTERNATIONAL CONFERENCE OF RICE FOR LATIN AMERICA AND THE CARIBBEAN & 9th International Rice and Wheat Blast Conference

Co-founder and CEO of DELTAGee, a software and services company focused on the optimization of breeding processes and decision support. One of DELTAGee’s objectives is to contribute to solving some of the challenges in agriculture through relevant, fast and efficient cultivar development processes.

Michel’s relationship with plant breeding dates back to his undergraduate degree at AgroParisTech in Paris (France). He was later introduced to molecular breeding during his PhD at North Carolina State University (USA), which led him to spend most of his career at the interface between breeding and technologies, constantly focusing on breeding efficiency.

Michel has worked with many crops, from barely domesticated to widespread, from field to active greenhouse, from commodities to vertically integrated. His experience also spans the public and private sectors, from large multinational groups to small local organizations, all over the world.

He is very interested in the transfer of skills and knowledge, of which DELTAGee is a materialization.