Title: Marc Trigilio
Class Yr: 1996
Title: Head, Authorized Crop Safety North America
Group Title: Syngenta Crop Safety, LLC
1. In a single sentence, what does your job entail?
I lead the Authorized division for our US and Canada crop safety enterprise, which requires me to develop and drive authorized and enterprise technique, handle advanced litigation and regulatory points, shield our mental property, and allow our enterprise to ship options to assist farmers produce meals for folks in an environment friendly and sustainable method.
2. What deliberate and unplanned occasions linked you to your trade and your first employer after Holy Cross? How did you be taught/determine it was a very good match for you?
I definitely by no means deliberate on being an lawyer. I used to be within the pre-med program, so clearly planning out my profession was not a powerful go well with. The unplanned occasion that had probably the most impression on my profession (and life) was, on the suggestion of a number of mates, finishing the Religious Workout routines of St. Ignatius of Loyola my senior 12 months. It was throughout that week of self-reflection and prayer that I made the pivot in my profession path. It led me to legislation faculty (the place I met my spouse) and to my first employer after Holy Cross. I really feel extremely blessed as a result of I can at all times look again at my journal from that week and see the day/time entry once I made that call.
3. What have been you concerned in if you have been on campus?
I did quite a lot of actions at Holy Cross – intramural sports activities (soccer and soccer), S.P.U.D. packages with children at native elementary colleges and Catholic church buildings, and numerous internships.
4. What was your main and the way did it have an effect on your profession selections?
I used to be a Psychology main and within the pre-med program at Holy Cross. I additionally thought of a minor in Spanish, however I made a decision in opposition to it (which was a mistake). I finally selected legislation for a profession and Psychology has been extremely useful working in a big, various multinational group. With so many theories in Psychology about what drives habits, I realized to at all times preserve an open thoughts to understanding others’ potential motivations and considerations, even after they differed from mine. That has allowed me to work with various groups and folks all through the enterprise globally and to handle the wants and considerations of the people on my crew.
5. What are one or two abilities that you just developed at Holy Cross that you just use in your work?
The Jesuit precept of being women and men for others is one thing I consider daily – I view my position as serving to others and serving to my firm within the vital work of serving to to feed the planet.
6. What recommendation do you might have for college students on campus at this time?
Have enjoyable, work exhausting, make mates, and be open to new experiences and concepts – you by no means know what you could find yourself liking. Take pleasure in all of it as a result of it passes actually rapidly. Whenever you graduate, keep linked – Holy Cross has an amazing alumni group, we need to assist, and we’re right here for you.
