Started GMPKit, a turn-key GMP Operations Management framework. Equip your team with the tools and training that they need to start and scale the right way so that your operations are safe, compliant and on schedule.

Hired to support Seattle site LEAN transformation and stabilize manufacturing operations. Increased batch success rate year over year from 75% in 2021 to 93% in 2022 and to 100% in Q1 of 2023. Partnered and collaborated with site leaders to develop and deploy strategy that increased retention and improved batch disposition throughput.

Hired by JUNO Therapeutics (subsequently acquired by Celgene) to support the start up and scale up of cell therapy manufacturing from clinical operations to high throughput commercial GMP operations. Responsible for building and leading an operations team of appx. 150 FTE and executing cell therapy unit operations including selection (separation), activation, transduction and harvest operations. Actively prepared the team and directly participated in PPQ through FDA PLI Inspection.Associate Director, Manufacturing Operations: October 2019 – Mar 2021Head of Manufacturing (Interim): June 2019-Feb 2020Interim Head of Supply Chain (Interim): August 2019 – October 2019Manager/Sr. Manager, Manufacturing Operations: June 2017 – October 2019

Hired as a process transfer manager supporting the startup of a new facility in Berkeley CA. Upon successful launch, reassigned to finish the startup of a high capacity single use production line. In March of 2016 was assigned responsibility of upstream production operations at the Seattle WA site.Technology Transfer Manager, Bioprocess Sciences (2015-2016)Upstream Manufacturing Operations Manager (2016-2017)

Hired to help large scale commercial product launch. Serving on the sites production leadership team to deploy the Production Unit's strategic plan for multiproduct manufacturing with a specific focus on improved quality performance, safety, and batch release cycle times. Production operations included Upstream (Yeast and E. Coli Cell Culture) and Downstream (Purification) production operations.

Responsible for building, developing and leading a team that will deploy QA systems (batch review and deviation assessment) in Genentech's new CCP2 production facility.

Responsible for providing quality assurance user requirements as a team member on Genentech's CCP2 client team.

Responsible for Leading a Quality Assurance team at the Genentech's Vacaville CA production facility that provided quality oversight of manufacturing operations:Batch Record ReviewDeviation ManagementEngineering Change Control ApprovalDocument Change Control ApprovalManufacturing Support (Compliance guidance)

Member of quality start up team that built paper and electronic batch record review and product release systems in preparation for Herceptin, Rituxan, and Xolair product launch and PAI activities.

Responsible for cGMP Upstream activities in clinical and commercial manufacturing. Start up team member for Genentech's CCP1 facility including the start-up/valdation of fully automated CIP systems and bioreactors.

1st Battalion, 161st Infantry Division, Spokane WA.