Manuel E. Rivas

Regulatory Affairs Manager at Verdesian Life Sciences

Manuel E. Rivas serves as the Regulatory Affairs Manager at Verdesian Life Sciences since September 2023, following a tenure as Global Regulatory Manager for Fungicides at UPL from July 2022 to September 2023 and Manager of Global Regulatory Affairs at Syngenta between May 2020 and July 2022. Prior experience includes roles such as Regulatory Affairs Manager at Bayer and Regional Regulatory Affairs Lead at Monsanto Company, where responsibilities involved developing regulatory strategies for major biotech and conventional crops, overseeing applications for crop protection products, and providing regulatory guidance to cross-functional teams. Rivas also held positions that focused on technology development, product development, and sales management, leading initiatives that increased market share and loyalty among significant accounts in Central America. Rivas holds a Master of Science in Agricultural Economics from Michigan State University and a Bachelor of Science in Agronomy and Crop Science from Pontificia Universidad Católica Madre y Maestra.

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The Nutrient Use Efficiency People. Our Mission At Verdesian Life Sciences, we enable a sustainable future for farmers through nutrient use efficiency. Our Story We firmly believe that sustainability and profitability are not mutually exclusive. Built from the ground up in 2012, Verdesian Life Sciences offers farmers and growers the biological, nutritional, seed treatment and inoculant technologies that maximize performance on high-value row crops and specialty crops, as well as turf and ornamental plants. At Verdesian Life Sciences, we live and breathe by one goal: to enable a sustainable future for farmers through nutrient use efficiency. We do this by developing products and technologies that help farmers grow more with less. Our solutions help plants reach their full potential. Sustainably. With its headquarters in Cary, North Carolina, Verdesian has production and manufacturing facilities strategically located in Pasco, Washington; Kentland, Indiana; Cape Girardeau, Missouri; South Salt Lake, Utah; and North Lima, Ohio that produce and custom blend large-scale or small volume runs of liquid and dry formulations. As a 4R Nutrient Stewardship Partner, Verdesian is committed to researching and developing environmentally and financially sustainable products. As a 4R Nutrient Stewardship Partner, Verdesian is committed to researching and developing environmentally and financially sustainable products. Visit www.vlsci.com for more information.