Amanda McClerren

Amanda McClerren is the CIO and Head of Digital Transformation & Information Technology at Bayer Crop Science. She is a member of the Crop Science Executive Leadership and Global Information Technology Leadership teams, and responsible for the digital transformation of all major functions within the Crop Science organization to enable business and digital strategy objectives. In her last role as Head of Crop Science R&D Digital Transformation & Information Technology, Amanda was responsible for driving the digital road map across multiple technical teams to deliver business outcomes and an industry leading field-testing platform across Crop Science. Previously, Amanda served as Head of Trait and Pipeline Delivery in R&D, where she delivered the global breeding pipeline and developed the global protected culture strategy to build fully automated and digital greenhouse facilities. She also played critical roles in Biotech and Breeding, developing the Genotyping by Sequencing (GBS) platform to enable Genome wide selection 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 GROW, Bayer’s Business Resource Group for women’s advancement.