Richard Ruiz

I'll never forget the look on my 9th grade science teacher's face when she asked me what I wanted to be when I got older. She could of never imagined that I would say a genetic engineer ( in broken English), most people didn't know what that was in 1993, and I probably didn't either. All I remember was being enthralled with the chapter on genetics, I read the whole thing before I went home that day. As it so happened I never did study Biology when I got to college. I became more interested in change, the social not the chemical kind.Being a Latino immigrant in Connecticut at that time was a bag of mixed blessings, but I knew still that my life's calling had something to do with changing a society; I just didn't know which one or how it would develop. So I set off to study Political Science in hopes that I could change the world through politics and activism. for years I worked in the non-profit sector serving as advocate for economic justice, urban development and affordable housing reforms, and even immigration law; however no matter how many people I helped something inside me told me I was not happy. So in 2005 I decided to listen to my inner voice and I enrolled in a 2nd BS degree program at the University of Connecticut for the love of science. After returning to school from an 8 month co-op with McNeil Consumer Pharmaceuticals I found out I was a way better businessman than a chemist, and even though I gave the MBA thing a try I still knew that biotechnology was calling me. In 2008 I dropped out of the MBA program and decided to move to the Dominican Republic and start my own Biotech company. In 2009 Ambrosia Labs was founded, as a Biotechnology company focused on fusing Information Technology and science. We focus on R&D for the Marine, Agricultural and Pharmaceutical industries. We develop globally in-demand products using models that take advantage of one of the world's most bio diverse environments in a responsible way. "Our limit is our Imagination"

October 2013