Meet the team - The Enterprise Breeding System

The Enterprise Breeding System, or simply EBS, a digital product hosted and provided by Breeding & Research Services (BRS), has been developed by a distributed team combining talents from several CG Centers and partners.

Digital Solutions (DS), a BRS organization, is responsible for the maintenance and continuous evolution of EBS, thanks to the co-participation of our current and future users, who contribute in the definition of the requirements, development, and adoption of this revolutionary digital solution for breeding data management, ensuring that the needs of breeders and other BRS stakeholders are met – or exceeded!

Breeding & Research Services Leadership

At the helm of EBS development is the Breeding & Research Services (BRS) Leadership Team. Their mission is to provide CGIAR and National Agricultural Research and Extension Systems (NARES) with premier breeding services, practices, and technologies. By integrating services within a robust business-model framework, they ensure seamless operation within breeding programs. To know more about BRS, please visit our CGIAR page.

Sharifah Syed Alwee

Breeding & Research Services Senior Director

Gustavo Teixeira

BRS Global Shared Services Lead

Eng Hwa Ng

Head, BRS Platform

Bert De Boeck

BRS Breeding Analytics Coordinator

Andre Moretto Embersics

Lead, BRS Digital Solutions

Amer Najm

BRS Business Process Management Coordinator

With the purpose of delivering “[…] digital solutions that enhance efficiency in research data management, knowledge sharing, and decision-making by the CGIAR community“, the BRS Digital Solutions Team is serious about making CGIAR and their partners’ success its own.

To meet our purpose, the DS Leadership Team ensures that the excellence achieved by our team with our flagship digital product, EBS, is scaled up across the CGIAR Centers and their NARES partners through three main pillars:

Fast response to maintain existing operations.
Expansion of the reach of the value delivered.
Transformation of the business environment.

Digital Solutions Leadership Team

Andre Moretto Embersics

Lead, BRS Digital Solutions

Jack Lagare

Lead, Solutions Enablement (SE)

James Clevenger

Lead, Solutions Engineering & Innovation (SE&I)

Marko Kärkkäinen

Lead, Solutions Operations (SO)

Digital Solutions Extended Leadership

Bridging between DS strategy and execution, the Digital Solutions Extended Leadership Team (DS XTL) comprises team leaders who play pivotal roles in aligning digital strategies with on-the-ground implementation.

Ernesto Briones Peyreyra

SE&I Lead - CIMMYT

Jahzeel Ramos Calosa

SE&I Lead - IRRI

Kate Dreher

GUS-General Support Lead

May Sallan

GUS-Adoption Lead

Ruth Carpio

GUS-Documentation and Communications Lead

Simon Imoro

GUS-Training Lead

Digital Solutions Technical Team

Our technical team brings together years of expertise and a track record of delivering value through international, multicultural collaboration. Their dedication ensures that EBS remains a robust and user-friendly platform.

Argem Flores

SE&I Engineering Team IRRI- Breeding Analytics Lead

Dinia Gepte

SE&I Engineering Team IRRI - Breeding Analytics Software Project Manager

Jared Muñoz

SE&I Engineering Team IRRI - Breeding Analytics Software Engineer

Jiyo Pagtananan

SE&I Engineering Team IRRI - Breeding Analytics Software Engineer

Larise Gallardo

SE&I Engineering Team IRRI- Core Breeding Lead

Eugene Sumague

SE&I Engineering Team IRRI- Core Breeding Software Engineer

Karen de la Rosa

SE&I Engineering Team IRRI- Core Breeding Software Project Manager

Maria Relliza Pasang

SE&I Engineering Team IRRI- Core Breeding Software Project Management

Jaymar Bantay

SE&I Engineering Team IRRI- Core Breeding Software Project Manager