Mike Ruizzo Named National Account Manager for Bayer

RESEARCH TRIANGLE PARK, N.C. – Mike Ruizzo has been named national account manager for the Chipco Professional Products group of Bayer Environmental Science, the company recently announced. Ruizzo will be responsible for several national accounts in the golf, lawn care and formulator business segments. He joins national account manager Rich Burns in handling specific national accounts for Bayer Environmental Science.

Previously, Ruizzo was business manager for imidacloprid and CNI chemistry at Bayer for almost three years. He has worked with Bayer and its predecessor companies for more than 15 years. Past positions include regional sales manager, research product manager, field development specialist and field sales representative.

Bryan Gooch will assume Ruizzo’s previous position as business manager for imidacloprid and CNI chemistry. Gooch has been insecticide business manager for the past two years. A graduate of Virginia Tech, Gooch has worked for Bayer for seven years.

Ruizzo holds several advanced degrees, including both a master’s degree and a Ph.D. in horticulture from The Ohio State University, Columbus, Ohio. He received his bachelor’s degree in agriculture from Cook College, Rutgers University, New Brunswick, N.J., in 1980. He was also a post-doctoral fellow in plant molecular biology at Cook College, Rutgers University.

A native of Providence, R.I., Ruizzo recently relocated to North Carolina with his wife Sharron and their son Steven. Gooch also recently relocated to North Carolina with his wife Mandy and their three daughters.