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South San Francisco, California, Us

• Spearheaded MES Core Product vision and execution, managing $7-14MM annual budgets, and led cross-functional teams to integrate AWS-enabled data solutions, saving $1MM in project costs. • Directed technical strategy, system integration, and product lifecycle for global Pharma manufacturing operations, ensuring compliance with GxP standards and FDA guidelines. • Championed and built the Operational Support Team, governance, metrics, service levels, and validation strategy for Core and site rollouts, saving $1MM in project costs.

Basel, Baselstadt, Ch

• Led engagement of Novartis IT and Product Owners into Gene Therapy MES operations, ensuring seamless integration and compliance with GxP standards. • Negotiated $400K+ direct cost savings for MES, leveraging specialized knowledge of downstream contract implications to achieve high TCO impact. • Drove significant operational improvements to validation, QA, and IT processes, focusing on Lean principles and vendor engagement, enhancing team productivity and professional growth.

New Brunswick, Nj, Us

• Strategically managed TCO and MES Lifecycle Roadmap across 16 sites globally, driving enterprise standards and agile development, saving $5MM over five years. • Led successful deployment of Global PAS-X 3.1.8, reducing 96% of previous customizations, and implemented a 0 downtime strategy for MES system replacement. • Drove improvement in vendor engagement, achieving $300k annual savings, and created a cross-project resource prioritization process, saving $400k annually.

Cambridge, Cambridgeshire, Gb

• Led a successful 10-month site transformation from Syncade MES to Pas-X MES and new SAP environment, achieving seamless integration and hardware refresh. • Implemented new packaging lines with EBR under budget, ensuring no downtime and maintaining optimal performance. • Oversaw process changes and stakeholder engagement in MES, reducing compliance burden and increasing team efficiency by 40%.

Lawrence Township, Nj, Us

• Led yellow belt projects to reduce waste in regulatory documentation for technical systems, enhancing compliance and efficiency. • Successfully took over recipe design against an aggressive timeline, saving $30K+ and maintaining project schedule. • Delivered process changes, reducing downtime by 180% year over year through aggressive recipe releases and EBR recipe turnover.

Lawrence Township, Nj, Us

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Artificial Intelligence In Pharma And Biotech, Ai

Master Of Business Administration (Mba)

Certificate - Operations Management

Certificate - Process Improvement

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