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About Us
About BioTech Productions
We are a production company
specializing in broadcast quality biotechnology teaching and training
videos/DVDs. Our productions are geared to deliver economically important
technical and procedural information to the viewers. The information contained
in the productions is pertinent, very detailed and clear, not vague. Our
authors and presenters are widely recognized in the scientific community and
animal industry as world-renowned experts in their respective fields. Our
executive producer, Dr. Brad Stroud, a veterinary specialist in the field of
Assisted Reproductive Technologies (ART), selects topics for production
consideration. The need to disseminate critical information to target audiences
is the key to initiating a production title.
Why BioTech Productions
Research in the biotechnology
sector creates commercial opportunities for the animal and medical industries.
Progressive and forward thinking industry professionals are the first to have
hands-on experience with new technological breakthroughs. They, via years of
experience, become extremely knowledgeable in the details that lead to the
successful implementation of those technologies in the field. Unfortunately,
many end-users of biotech services and products, including budding
professionals and graduating students about to enter the marketplace, have few
meaningful real-life experiences. Only a few can “rub shoulders” with the
worlds top producers, doctors, and researchers and gain that knowledge first
hand.
Our Objectives
The objective at BioTech
Productions is to use the power of video and DVD to bridge the gap between
green horns and the world’s leading professionals in the areas of research and
applied biotech sciences. Absorbing knowledge and experience that has taken
years, and in some cases decades, to acquire is an invaluable asset to anyone
entering the field of biotechnology, whether as a producer or a service
professional. In about an hour, a viewer will gain an immense amount of
knowledge and detail about a specific topic in the field of biotechnology.
That’s called adding value to one’s resume. Be it for an end user of
biotechnology, such as an animal breeder, or for one entering one of the many
service areas of the emerging Biotechnology Revolution, viewers will be
enriched by the productions.
Meet Our Staff
Owner and Executive
Producer – Brad Stroud, DVM
Dr. Stroud is a twenty-five year
veteran in the applied field of animal Assisted Reproductive Technologies. He
is a practicing veterinary cattle embryologist and is considered a visionary in
his profession. Dr. Stroud has performed over 65,000 embryo transfers in his
distinguished career. Additionally, he has transferred over 1000 cloned cattle
embryos. He has spoken at numerous veterinary and embryo industry related
conferences all over the world. He was one of the pioneers in the area of
bovine reproductive ultrasound (see video titles). He performed the first
Gamete Intrafallopian Transfers (GIFT) in the bovine to produce healthy
commercially viable calves. His clinic also produced the first commercial In
Vitro Fertilized (IVF) calves in the world. Dr. Stroud has served on the boards
of the Texas Veterinary Medical Association, the American Embryo Transfer
Association, and the International Embryo Transfer Society, having served as
president of the latter two organizations. Dr. Stroud is the managing partner
for Encore Genetics who is the exclusive marketing agency for equine clones
world wide for ViaGen located in Austin, Texas. See
www.encoregenetics.com When asked about his strength as a professional,
Dr. Stroud responded, “Taking scientifically complicated topics and explaining
them so that the average person has a full and comprehensive understanding of
the underlying science and its relevance to society.”
Stand Up Talent – Mr. Bob
Tallman
This is not Bob’s first time on
the tube. BTP didn’t discover this major talent. You have likely seen him on
television before. You have likely heard his deep, smooth voice. Where, you
ask? He is the voice of professional rodeo. If you’ve ever been to a major
rodeo like Dallas, Fort Worth, Houston, Denver, and many others, you’ve heard
this entertainer so eloquently tell the tale of cowboy and animal. He is the
king of the rodeo arena, but that’s not all. Tallman does numerous radio and
television commercials for big named sponsors. There are many talents on the
tube, but Bob is the best fit for BTP. He is a big time cattle
breeder/producer. Bob utilizes the biosciences everyday in his plight to
produce the next world champion bucking bull or horse. Artificial insemination,
embryo transfer, and test tube babies are nothing new to him. As a consequence,
Bob knows well the goals of BTP. He had to learn some of these very lessons the
hard way – by trial and error! Bob is firmly on-board with BTP.
Section Talent – Tammy
Garner
Tammy has a B.Sc. degree in
exercise physiology from Texas A&M University. Although new to the screen,
Tammy’s interest in science, along with her energy and enthusiasm, makes her a
natural fit for BioTech Productions. Look for her to play bigger roles in the
future.
Consultant – Dr. Stanley
Leibo
Dr. Stanley Leibo received
his Ph.D. from Princeton University in 1963. He is currently a professor at the
University of New Orleans and does research for the Audubon Nature Institute.
Dr. Leibo is world renowned for his efforts and successes as a pioneer in the
field of low temperature biology (cryobiology). He was part of a team of three
cryobiologists that produced the first live offspring ever born from frozen
thawed embryos. The subject was a mouse and its birth in 1972 was a landmark
event in the annals of biotechnology. About a decade later, Dr. Leibo moved to
San Antonio, Texas where he put his efforts towards commercializing frozen
cattle embryos for a company called Rio Vista Genetics. His success was
heralded world wide and today Dr. Leibo is arguably the most sought after
speaker world wide in the field of applied cryobiology for both animals and
humans. He was recently named a Fellow of the Society for Cryobiology in
recognition of his contributions to the discipline of cryobiology and to the
Society itself. He will be delivering the Spallanzani Lecture in Madrid, Spain
at the quadrennial International Spermatology meeting later this year. Dr.
Leibo is a true icon in the biotechnology industry.
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