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BioNetwork: Preparing
North Carolina’s World Class
Biotechnology Workforce
2/2/05
Susan Seymour
BioNetwork Director
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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
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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
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The Biomanufacturing Workforce
MS
BS Eng. 3%
3%
PhD
3%
BS
24%
Post High School
50%
AAS
7%
Certificate
10%
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67% of
Biomanufacturing and
Pharmaceutical
Employees Employees
Have < Baccalaureate
Degree
Appropriately Trained
at the Community
College Level
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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
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Upgrades
Skills of
Incumbent
Workers
Retrains
Dislocated
Workers
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BioNetwork
• Cost-efficient, Effective Design
• Sharing Information, Innovations and
Resources.
• Community Colleges Serve
– Biotechnology Cluster
– Biomanufacturing Companies
– North Carolinians
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BioNetwork
Management Team
Provides Leadership,
Expertise And Coordination
Across Program Boundaries
Coordination For External
Partners
Capstone Center
Clean Room/Aseptic Suite
Students, Incumbent
Workers, And Faculty
Machinery And Facilities
Too Expensive To Replicate
Locally
Centers
Bioprocessing
Pharmaceutical
Manufacturing
Agricultural Biotech
Continuing Education
Biotechnology
Enterprise
Mobile Biotechnology
Laboratory
Outfitted With Faculty And
Specialized Equipment
Incumbent Worker Training
Lab Courses In Remote
Areas
Sent To Company Sites
Validation Academy
BioNetwork
Innovation Funds
Updating Or New Curricula
Faculty Development
Access To Historically Under-Served
Populations And Access To Rural Areas
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Trained Validation
Workers
Increased Company
Profitability
Equipment and Facility
Enhancement Funds
Purchase Of New Or Used
Laboratory Equipment
Retrofitting Existing Community
College Space For New Equipment
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Recruitment
To Grow Enrollments of Future Workers
Statewide Advertising
All Directed to Website Resources
Print - Glossy and Newsprint
Radio and Television
Displays
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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
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NC Counties Served by BioNetwork Awards
and Partnership Colleges (1 + 1)
Gates Camden
Northampton
Currituck
Warren
Hertford
Pasquotank
Person
Rockingham
Surry Stokes
Vance
Caswell
Perquimans
Halifax
Granville
Bertie Chowan
Watauga Wilkes
Franklin Nash
Yadkin Forsyth
Orange
Guilford
Avery
Durham
Tyrrell Dare
Edgecombe Martin
Alamance
Mitchell
Washington
Davie
Caldwell Alexander
Wake
Madison Yancey
Iredell
Wilson
Davidson
Chatham
Beaufort
Pitt
Randolph
Burke
Hyde
Catawba
Rowan
Greene
Buncombe McDowell
Johnston
Lee
Haywood
Lincoln
Moore
Swain
Wayne Lenoir
Harnett
Rutherford
Craven
Cabarrus Montgomery
Graham
Henderson
Pamlico
Jackson
Gaston
Stanly
Cleveland
Polk
Jones
Mecklenburg
Cumberland
Transylvania
Macon
Cherokee
Sampson
Richmond Hoke
Clay
Duplin
Onslow Carteret
Anson
Union
Scotland
Alleghany
Ashe
Robeson
Bladen
Pender
New
Hanover
Columbus
Brunswick
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
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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)
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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.
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Susan Seymour
BioNetwork Director
(919) 807-7155
[email protected]
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