2/2/05 BioNetwork: Preparing North Carolina’s World Class Biotechnology Workforce Susan Seymour BioNetwork Director

2/2/05 www.ncbionetwork.org

BioNetwork: Preparing

North Carolina’s World Class

Biotechnology Workforce

Susan Seymour

BioNetwork Director


NC Biotechnology Facts• NC Ranks Third in Biotechnology in the US

• NC Has About 150 Biotechnology Companies and 75 Contract Research Organizations

– Generate About $8 Billion in Annual Revenue – 34,500 Employees

• NC - Worldwide BioAg Leader, Ranked Second in US


Challenge: Meeting the Workforce Needs

of the Biomanufacturing Industry in NC

In Next 3 Years, > 6,000 Employees With < a BS Degree Needed by North Carolina’s Biomanufacturing Firms

More Workers Needed for the Rest of the Biotech Cluster

“Access to a Skilled and Well-trained Workforce Is the Number One Factor That Companies Use in Location Selection”

Study by Deloitte & Touche Fantus, Published in the Wall Street Journal


Post High School50%

Certif icate10%

AAS7%

BS24%

BS Eng.3%

MS3%

PhD3%

The Biomanufacturing Workforce

67% of Biomanufacturing and

Pharmaceutical Employees Employees Have < Baccalaureate

Degree

Appropriately Trained at the Community

College Level


BioNetwork Makes a Difference for Companies, for Workers

Develops Continuous Pipeline of New Trained Workers

2000 Workers Needed Per Year for the Next 3 Years

Retrains Dislocated Workers

Upgrades Skills of

Incumbent Workers


BioNetwork• Cost-efficient, Effective Design

• Sharing Information, Innovations and Resources.

• Community Colleges Serve– Biotechnology Cluster– Biomanufacturing Companies – North Carolinians


BioNetwork Management Team Provides Leadership, Expertise And Coordination Across Program BoundariesCoordination For External Partners

Capstone Center Clean Room/Aseptic Suite Students, Incumbent Workers, And Faculty Machinery And Facilities Too Expensive To Replicate Locally

Mobile Biotechnology Laboratory Outfitted With Faculty And Specialized Equipment Incumbent Worker TrainingLab Courses In Remote AreasSent To Company Sites

Centers BioprocessingPharmaceutical Manufacturing Agricultural BiotechContinuing EducationBiotechnology Enterprise

Innovation Funds Updating Or New CurriculaFaculty DevelopmentAccess To Historically Under-Served Populations And Access To Rural Areas

Equipment and Facility Enhancement Funds Purchase Of New Or Used Laboratory EquipmentRetrofitting Existing Community College Space For New Equipment

BioNetwork

Validation Academy Trained Validation WorkersIncreased Company Profitability


RecruitmentTo Grow Enrollments of Future Workers

Statewide AdvertisingAll Directed to Website Resources

Print - Glossy and Newsprint

Radio and Television

Displays


BioNetwork: Annual Grants Support Local Community Colleges

Funded:

– Equipment Necessary for Training and Education– Related Facility Enhancements– Educational Curriculum Innovation Initiatives– Six Centers Mentoring Local College Faculty

Encouraged Support of New/Expanding Industry

Spread Biotechnology Student/worker Training Across NC


AlamanceAlexander

Alleghany

Anson

Ashe

Avery

Beaufort

Bertie

Bladen

Brunswick

BuncombeBurke

Cabarrus

Caldwell

Camden

Carteret

Caswell

Catawba

Chatham

Chowan

Cleveland

Columbus

Craven

Cumberland

Currituck

Dare

Davidson

Davie

Duplin

DurhamEdgecombe

Forsyth Franklin

Gaston

Gates

Graham

Granville

Greene

Guilford

Halifax

HarnettHaywood

Henderson

Hertford

Hoke

HydeIredell

Jackson

Johnston

Jones

Lee

LenoirLincoln

McDowell

Macon

Madison

Martin

Mecklenburg

Mitchell

MontgomeryMoore

Nash

NewHanover

Northampton

Onslow

Orange

Pamlico

Pasquotank

Pender

PerquimansPerson

Pitt

Polk

Randolph

Richmond

Robeson

Rockingham

Rowan

Rutherford

Sampson

Scotland

Stanly

StokesSurry

Swain

Transylvania

Tyrrell

Vance

Wake

Warren

Washington

Watauga

Wayne

Wilkes

Wilson

Yadkin

Yancey

NC Counties Served by BioNetwork Awards

and Partnership Colleges (1 + 1)

30 Colleges Served Directly, 14 Additional (1+1) Partnership Colleges Total Colleges Served = 44

48 Counties Served Directly, 32 Additional Counties served by (1+1) Partnership Colleges Total Counties Served = 80

ClayCherokee

Union


BioNetwork Recent Accomplishments

• New Courses Developed/Offered• Faculty Enhancements Offered• Local Colleges Leveraged Funding >$12 Million

Additional Funding• Increased Enrollment in Specialized Training for

Workers and Students• Supported Economic Development Prospects• New Community Colleges Approved for

Biotechnology-related Programs (Six Colleges to 17)• New Colleges Offering BioWork (Six Colleges to 13)


Summary: BioNetwork

• Has State Recurring Appropriations

• Is Positively Impacting Site Selection Decisions

• Helps Attract, Expand, and Retain NC Biotechnology Business

• Reacts Swiftly to Market Demands by Deploying Directly to Local Colleges the Expertise, Curricula, and Equipment/facility Enhancement Resources Necessary for Workforce Education and Training.


Susan SeymourBioNetwork Director

(919) 807-7155

[email protected]

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2/2/05 BioNetwork: Preparing North Carolina’s World Class Biotechnology Workforce Susan Seymour BioNetwork Director