Fresh off being named the Global Recipient of the 2024 St. Louis CIO ORBIE Award, Amanda McClerren joins the podcast to share her insights on leading digital transformation at Bayer Crop Science. As CIO, Amanda drives innovation that empowers farmers and supports Bayer’s mission of "health for all, hunger for none." In this episode, she reflects on her journey, from pioneering digital platforms to building sustainable solutions and her passion for leadership and community impact. Tune in to hear from a visionary leader shaping a better future.
Bio:
Amanda McClerren is CIO & Head of Digital Transformation and Information Technology for the Crop Science Division of Bayer. She is a member of the Crop Science Executive Leadership Team, and responsible for the digital transformation of all major functions within the Crop Science organization to enable business and digital strategy objectives.
In her previous role as Head of Crop Science R&D Digital Transformation & Information Technology, Amanda focused on the development and execution of IT strategy across the R&D pipeline including software solutions, infrastructure solutions, data, and analytics. She also partnered with stakeholders in IT and R&D to ensure orchestrated delivery of IT solutions to enable pipeline growth and on the development of new data-driven solutions to advance the R&D pipeline and shape the Crop Science digital strategy.
Prior to this, Amanda served as Head of Trait and Pipeline Delivery in R&D, where she partnered to deliver the global breeding pipeline, develop the best-in-class global planning and logistics capabilities for breeding operations, and develop the global protected culture facilities to accelerate delivery of new corn and soybean seed and trait products. In addition, throughout her tenure, Amanda has played critical roles in Biotech and Breeding, developing the Genotyping by Sequencing (GBS) platform to enable GWS at-scale, developing trait product concepts and strategies to support deregulation.
Amanda has a bachelor’s degree from the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign and a Ph.D. in Biochemistry from Duke University. She is actively involved in the St. Louis community as a board member in the Guardian Angel Settlement Association and is also active in the Greater Missouri Leadership Foundation and Women in Science Exchange.
Amanda’s Something Extra: "The thing that's most top of mind for me these days is vulnerability. It's part of authenticity. It's how part of how you show up in an authentic way."
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