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Boston, MA, US

• An advisory services firm that partners with private equity sponsors in evaluating life science targets, driving operational excellence in portfolio companies, and serving as a trusted Board Member.

East Rutherford, New Jersey, US

• Led growth of largest business, DS CDMO, including seven operating facilities in support of innovator process development, and chemical and analytical development, as well clinical and commercial API manufacturing.
• Served as a P&L leader, with direct commercial responsibility inclusive of business development, strategic account management, and proposals generation, as well as R&D, program management, and manufacturing operations.
• Implemented standard work across operations and commercial processes, leading to an FY revenue and EBITDA increase, as well as a significant step-up in bookings.
• Directed the organization’s business expansion, including deployment of $100 million in CapEx for new manufacturing capacity across five sites, as well as R&D infrastructure to support growth, including small-molecule.
• Acquired and led the integration of Snap Dragon Chemistry, a specialty flow chemistry process development organization.

Princeton, New Jersey, US

• Turned around a scientific and regulatory group, including six operating companies in biostatistics, expert committees, safety technologies, imaging, and pharmacovigilance.
• Held full P&L responsibility of business, including commercial sales and marketing, finance, and operational delivery of services across operating companies.
• Rebuilt operating companies into three key business units and a new commercial team, leading to a Q2 bookings increase of 28% over the prior year, 19% revenue year over year, and a 7% higher EBIDTA.
• Led due diligence, acquisition, and integration of Intrinsic Imaging.

Waltham, MA, US

• Developed and led a $10 billion operating life sciences segment advanced engineering and manufacturing organization, including advanced engineering, global PMO, operations strategy, and supply chain development.
• Managed an operations and footprint strategy across a 100-site network. Led footprint and growth of a CapEx investment strategic plan of cell culture, purification resins, and single-use technology products.
• Developed engineering technologies and automation platforms to drive quality, cost, and delivery improvement across the group.
• Modeled capacity and supply chain constraints across the network and drove standard work through the program management team.

Waltham, MA, US

• Spearheaded a turnaround of a 400-person global business unit that provided biorepository, pharmacy, laboratory services and clinical trial logistics support serving the pharmaceutical, academic and government end.
• Held full P&L responsibility for leading the BioServices business unit.
• Initiated commercial standard work by refocusing on building base business, leading to a sequential quarter-over-quarter improvement to a 10% organic growth rate while improving EBITDA expansion.
• Provided leadership to energize the team, as well as create the right organization design and business strategy for growth.
• Transformed business and grew EBITDA by 1000 basis points in 3.5 years through a standard work and operating discipline, as well as customer intimacy through product management.

Waltham, MA, US

• Led the development and deployment of ThermoFisher Scientific continuous improvement business system across the 70,000 person enterprise, focused on productivity, quality, and customer allegiance.
• Created the strategy and roadmap of the Practical Process Improvement business system which lead to annualized savings of over $175 million.
• Led foundational educational programs to develop capability with executive leadership teams, as well as divisional, functional, and site operating teams.
• Deployed the strategy in how to apply continuous improvement tools in the non-manufacturing areas of the business including areas of SG&A (Human Resources, R&D, Supplier Development, and Customer improvement programs)
• Focused on the broader adoption of the continuous improvement approach to include working with suppliers and customers, as well as non-operations employees.

Waltham, MA, US

• Led the global supply chain & order fulfillment of a $900 million equipment operating unit which included transportation, supply chain planning, distribution, inventory management and customer service.
• Developed programs for optimization of the supply chain which resulted in a $30 million reduction in working capital while improving the supply chain cost structure.
• Global distribution and customer service leadership of a 300-person supply chain organization starting from Order Entry through Delivery & cash collection.

Waltham, MA, US

• Responsible for the growth & success of a $26 million dollar product line of environmental air quality instrumentation including new product introduction, marketing, and strategic portfolio management.
• Integrated a new & competing technology from an acquisition into the portfolio and developed a growth strategy.
• Created a sustainable portfolio that resulted in a 15% CAGR in the resulting years.

Waltham, MA, US

• Led a $350 million dollar division through the lean transformation of its 10 manufacturing sites and business process improvement.

Cincinnati, Ohio, US

• Developed and integrated the lean manufacturing strategy of the Gillette Business Unit into the P&G business system including direct coaching of key manufacturing sites.

Port Washington, New York, US

• Initiated the lean conversion activity at key operational sites including being the change agent for Pall European Operations.

Gillingham, United Kingdom, GB

• Instrumental in leveling and balancing the factory's material & information flow to support our customers in automotive battery products for the OEM and aftermarket.

Gillingham, United Kingdom, GB

• Key team member in the acquisition of a $1 billion dollar business by leading the lean conversion and business system integration to achieve synergy savings across key European operating sites.

Gillingham, United Kingdom, GB

• Captured and shared the learnings of the Toyota Production System through PDCA kaizen implementation throughout a $10 billion dollar business unit, Delphi's Energy and Chassis division.

Gillingham, United Kingdom, GB

• Responsible for process improvement activities of a 500-person manufacturing department in the areas of injection molding, stamping and assembly & test.

M.S., Industrial Engineering

B.S., Industrial Engineering

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