Transforming from scientist to entrepreneur was a family affair for 2024 CALS Distinguished Alumni Award winner Giles Shih. For the founder and strategic advisor of Big Ripple Innovations and co-founder of BioResource International Inc. (BRI), curiosity, ingenuity, family and science came together at NC State University to launch his successful international business career.

“It took a couple decades from incubating those early laboratory concepts at NC State’s Centennial Campus into ultimately developing a very good business that was able to bring innovation to the animal health and nutrition space,” Shih says.