Russ H. Read

Biosciences Talent RequiredNorthwest Piedmont Workforce Development Board

CEO

Scientist

Retraining Can Happen for Anyone!

Biotechnology Industry

Biotechnology’s Potential

Food & agricultureIndustrialMedicineEnvironmentInformationFuels

““Vast and Imaginative”Vast and Imaginative”

It’s a Bladder!

Made in Forsyth County

Our BT Graduates Helped!

Building the Future

Traditional Segments- Agricultural, Industrial, Environmental Medical and Health

New Interface bio/nonbio segments- overlapping spheres of emerging technologies

Academic & Medical Research infrastructures- magnets for bioscience companies

Home grown industry needs- capital, educated manpower & an efficient, effective business environment

BIOTECH EXPANSION

Green Energy Health Food

Water purification

Bioenergy Molecular design Natural products

Airpurification

Biodiesel Nanomedicine Biotics

RecycledBio mass

Cellulosic ethanol

Regenerative Anti-oxidants

Hydrogen Personalized medicine

Agricultural bioprocessing

Heal, Fuel, Feed the World!

Market Factors

Bioscience Segments

Sector 2006 100 %

Agriculture 8

Pharma 24

Med. Device 33

Res. & Testing 35

Research & Testing Leading Segment

Global Biotechnology $ Market Billions Past, Present & Future

2006 2009 2010

73.5

79.7

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Market Grew +8%

Size of US Biosciences Industry

Year 2004 2008 Diff %

Companies 40,454 42,910

Employees 1,243,000 1,420,000 +14%

Growth in Talent and Companies

1.42 M BT Jobs = 6.5 M Support Jobs

Geography

Employment occurs in all 50 States

BUT North Carolina ranks 3rd in BT employment

AND we have PLAN in place to GROW

Market Issues

Technology- Invent, Research & Develop

Capital- Invest, Divest & Reinvest

Talent- Recruit, Transform & Groom

Technology Invent, Research & Develop

R&D investment of $65.2B in new medicines

2,900 medicines in development- examples

Cancer Heart & Stroke HIV/AIDS Alzheimer’s

750 215 109 91

Pipeline of Hope & Opportunity

Capital

Invest, Divest & Reinvest

356 companies are public

44 companies have a market cap over a $1B

Capital is tight

Companies are conserving cash, hibernating “B” projects

Excerpts from Burrill

Well capitalized Companies are on the Hunt for Products and Talent

Recruit, Transform & Groom

Companies:

Workers 55+ growing 4X faster than the labor force as a whole

76 million Americans will retire between 2010-2015

The economy will recover, retirements will outpace job postings !

Community:

Unemployment rate is at a high- education enrollment is high

People are working longer

Talent is career changing or rearranging or realigning(life-style)

North Carolina works together to recruit, train and groom

Talent Required

Scientists, clinicians, technicians, chemists, biologists, pharmacologists, toxicologists, research associates, regulatory experts, manufacturing & production teams, packaging, ancillary support teams etc.,

Mature People Who are Willing to Adapt to Highly Skilled Technical Work

Workforce Segments

North Carolina growth has outpaced ROA by factor of 3 X

Bioscience jobs on average out pay private sector jobs by 1.7 X

Biosciences Jobs Wages

Systems Approach Summer enrichment programs for middle and high school students

Articulations from high school to 2 year colleges

Community College Regional Partnerships 1+1

Internships for all levels ( H.S., college/4 year and post. grad.)

US DOL approved Biotechnology Apprenticeships

Seamless articulations from 2 year schools to 4 year schools 2+2

Reverse articulations

Distance learning hybrids- More Simulations & Gaming

Short(120 hours) non-credit programs for technical operators

Demand-Driven Process

opportunity

implementation

results

sustainability

needs

Know Local Resources

21 initiatives strategic plan21 initiatives strategic plan www.triadbiotech.comwww.triadbiotech.com

Partnerships are Essential

Education/College

Workforce Development

Industry

Collaboration

CASE - Piedmont Triad Region

Population 1,517,790

Health Care- Largest employers

130 Total Bioscience/ Support Co.s •

4 Research Universities • NC A&T State, Greensboro• UNC Greensboro• Wake Forest University & Medical School• Winston Salem State

9 Regional Community Colleges

$300 M/year in extramural research funding 350 Life Science Graduates per year

$87 million, 242,000-Square-Foot “Wake Forest BioTech Place” Will be Occupied in 2012

Published: June 10, 2010

GREENSBORO -- Ameritox Ltd. said yesterday that it has opened its plant in a former RF Micro Devices Inc. testing center off Gallimore Dairy Road. It is Ameritox's second laboratory in the Triad.

A mayor’s vision:Identify an economic driver that could create 30,000 new jobs in Winston-Salem.

Friday, February 26, 2010

Targacept plans to add 30 workers, ponders expansion.

Careers –Possibilities & Preparation Find Creative Ways to Partner

Assure Job Skills & Job Seeking Skills are Ready

Start Up Co. Private/Public Not- for- Profit

Internship Secondement Job share

Hard Skills Soft Skills Job Prep Skills

Technical competence

Teamwork and communication

Resume writing, interviewing

Tracking Survey-Flowchart(TRIAD BT graduates from 1999-2008)

Distribution is Related to Place of Work

Generally Satisfied

Mica Welsh, AAS 07

Jim Crawford, BS, AAS 06

Graduate’s Survey 2009

What is your job title?

Sampling technicianMfg. lead techLab techWater treatment techMicrobiology techResearch techQuality Control techResearch AssociateCore lab technician

Success Comes in Many Forms

Jim Crawford BS, AAS ‘06

Margie Parker AAS ‘08

Mica Welsh AAS ‘07, BS ‘10

THANK YOU! www.biotechworkforce.org