Economic empowerment and improvement of Orange County and Irvine ecosystem; served on Foreign Direct Investment mission (FDI) to bring UK based life sciences startups to OC

Member of Site Management Team; Site employee engagement activities; Lead external community engagement with local business leaders, local and state Legislators, City of Irvine and the Chamber of Commerce to promote Allergan’s business interests.

Strategic R&D Leadership of global functions to develop all Small Molecule and Biologics products in the Allergan Portfolio across all Therapeutic areas, from early Research through commercialization. Lead over 300 colleagues at multiple locations and manage a project and operating budget of over $100MM

Lead R&D Drug Product Development functions of over 130 staff, for both Small Molecules and Biologics from Discovery thru Commercialization including Discovery Pharmaceutics, Biologics Drug Substance Development, Formulation Development, Analytical and Microbiological Sciences, Process Development, Biomaterials Research, Drug Delivery Sciences, Device Engineering and Package Engineering.Develop all drug products including Topical Ophthalmic preparations, Intraocular sustained release injectables, Dermal products, Drug-Device combination products, Oral And Inhalation products, and Parenteral products for small molecules and Biologics.

Lead Early stage development - Discovery Pharmaceutics, preformulation & solid state characterization, Oral and Parenteral formulation Development (small molecules and peptides)Global Project Team Lead for Early Development Projects (small molecules and peptides)

Topical Product Development and Transdermal Drug Delivery