Ahmed Gomaa Email & Phone Number

Raleigh, Nc, Us

Specialized in company-wide critical, high-impact/high-complexity, cross-functional projects. Successfully delivered multi-million-dollar initiatives driving operational efficiency and strategic growth.Global Enterprise Sales Planning Program: $10MM initiative to improve user experience and transition to data-driven planning across multiple software platforms, enhancing decision-making and sales planning accuracy across 5,000 global representatives in 40+ countries. Reported directly to the company CFO.Agile Partner Experience: $4MM program to redesign and streamline the marketing programs and partners' experience. Impacted over 1,000 stakeholders, and delivered a 30% ROI increase through strategic realignment and enhanced collaboration between internal and external stakeholders.Accounting Software Migration: $1.4MM project to migrate the primary accounting software while addressing pain points, resulting in 400+ monthly FTE hour savings and reducing manual input errors.Laptop Hub Automation: $500K cross-border initiative to automate the EMEA region laptop hubs serving 24 countries, significantly improving operational efficiency, reducing turnaround time, and ensuring compliance with tax laws.Mentorship: Mentored junior PMs within the CFO PMO, providing structure, tools, and professional development to support individual and team growth.

Responsible for driving operational excellence through enterprise lean transformation, strategic enterprise programs, and customized training programs for global pharmaceutical clients.- Novo Nordisk, Clayton, NC. Fermentation Plant Commissioning, Qualification, and Validation Project: Managed a $300MM+ laboratory qualification project leading a team of 30+ engineers. Initial assessments indicated compounded delays along the critical path amounting to a 12-month delay in the scheduled go-live dates. Championed counter-measures with leadership, and worked with the team to resolve critical equipment bottlenecks successfully reducing the delay to 5 months. As a senior project leader, championed alignment with the global leadership and developed and tracked new KPIs to ensure progress visibility and overall success. Included 40+ internal improvement projects. Reported directly to C-suite leadership.- Novo Nordisk, Clayton, NC. Project Prioritization Framework: Designed and implemented a comprehensive project prioritization process to ensure efficient allocation of resources and alignment to executive leadership’s 5-year Strategic Plan. This plan included an aggressive zero-emissions target and the validation and launch of new production facilities for Semaglutide. My framework combined a bottom-up approach gathering ideas from the shopfloor of 6 departments which were then filtered with newly developed prioritization criteria and facilitated a workshop with site leadership to align department-level targets and resource commitments to the long-term strategic initiatives.Lean Training Program, Xellia Pharmaceuticals, Cleveland, OH: Led the development of a lean training initiative tailored for the facility, improving operational efficiency and engagement among 250 employees that resulted in significant increases in productivity at a critical time as the facility was being assessed to produce the COVID-19 antiviral treatment Remdesivir.

Consulted on high-stakes shutdown projects and led improvement initiatives to optimize operations for the Xellia/Sagent pharmaceutical plant in Raleigh, NC.- Shutdown Project Leadership and lean production initiatives: Managed shutdown projects worth $1-2M. Drove production process optimization through risk management and lean methodologies ultimately improving plant yield by 30%.- Operational Troubleshooting: Employed Lean techniques to address technical challenges and streamline maintenance processes, reducing equipment breakdowns and unplanned maintenance.- Strategic Advisory: Provided advisory support to senior leadership on process improvement and resource allocation, driving operational excellence across the site.

Raleigh, North Carolina, Us

Lead a team of graduate and graduate researchers to develop a delivery vehicle for CRISPR-Cas antimicrobials as a follow-up on PhD research.

Raleigh, North Carolina, Us

Beisel research group (https://beisel.wordpress.ncsu.edu/), Chemical and Biomolecular Engineering Department.- Invented a platform technology for treating multidrug-resistant infections using the CRISPR-Cas3 system- Demonstrated selective and titratable elimination of bacterial strains based on sequence information using CRISPR-Cas systems, featured in Nature, New York Times, Science News, Wired, and Faculty of 1000- Published Four research articles with 900+ citations as of July 2021- Led a team of graduate engineering and business students to develop a business case for the CRISPR-Cas3 antimicrobials leading to the foundation of Locus Biosciences- Identified essential modules in the single guide RNAs (sgRNAs) responsible for Cas9 orthogonality- Assisted in developing and teaching genome-engineering in mammalian and bacterial cells using CRISPR-Cas technologies, the first of its kind nationwide. Served as a teaching assistant for four chemical engineering courses- Delivered talks at 3 national conferences- Awarded 2 student scholarship awards to present at 2 national conferences- Won 4 poster awards and 1 oral presentation award demonstrating excellent communication and presentation skills.Experienced in Genome editing using CRISPR-Cas, Cas9 guide RNA design, recombination, bacterial and mammalian cell culture, cloning, PCR, gel electrophoresis, nucleic acid isolation, protein purification, flow cytometry, RT-PCR, site-directed mutagenesis, recombinant DNA techniques, bacteriophage engineering, plaque assays.

- Advised the board of directors on CRISPR antimicrobial research directions- Invented the CRISPR antimicrobial platform and its drug delivery vehicle- Performed market analysis, product value propositions and prepared the company’s business plan through the Hi-TEC certificate program at POOLE’s college of management, North Carolina State University

Part-time environmental analyst.- Prepared Environmental Impact Assessments for new and running industrial plants.- Prepared Life Cycle Analysis for new products.

- Conducted a case study to apply Internal Heat Integration Columns Propane/Propylene Splitters.- Taught Chemical Engineering classes and problem solving sessions including Petroleum Engineering, and Process Control.

Doctor Of Philosophy (Phd), Chemical And Biomolecular Engineering

Graduate Technology Entrepreneurship And Commercialization Certificate Program (Hi-Tec), Entrepreneurship/Entrepreneurial Studies

Master'S Degree, Chemical And Biomolecular Engineering

Master'S Degree, Chemical Engineering

Bachelor Of Science (Bsc), Chemical Engineering