Leadership
Our team is comprised of experienced leaders who have successfully built and
managed growing, global businesses. From early-stage private to Fortune 500 listed companies,
our team has exceptional depth of leadership experience in pharmaceutical development,
manufacturing, and commercialization.
- Healthcare Executive with extensive experience providing strategic and operational leadership for both large public corporations and private growth-stage companies
- Deep domain expertise in sterile injectable pharmaceutical development, manufacturing, and commercialization
- Expert at building high performing teams; advocate for patient safety, scientific discovery, and healthcare innovation
- Accomplished leader with over 25 years of experience driving profitable growth through process transformation and strategic planning
- Expert in M&A integration, risk management, financial controls, financial restructuring, and infrastructure/manufacturing process implementation
- Skilled in leading all finance functions for both private growth-stage companies as well as multi-level, matrixed organizations
- Experienced Quality executive skilled in Pharmaceutical Development, Quality Management Systems, Validation, Quality Control and Regulatory Affairs
- Extensive experience leading teams to successfully develop regulatory submissions for Medical Devices, Drug Products, Biologics, and Combination Products
- Certified Quality Engineer, Regulatory Affairs Certification, Master of Business Administration
- Executive leader with over 30 years in the CDMO space for aseptic manufacturing of sterile injectable products for global markets
- Extensive experience in aseptic manufacturing, including process development/optimization, small-scale clinical trial material, scale up, and large-scale commercial supply
- Specific expertise in microbiology, validation, process design, technical transfer, form/fill/finish, and global strategy, all related to aseptic manufacturing of liquid and lyophilized parenteral drug products
- Operations leader with extensive experience in manufacturing operations, engineering, and facilities management in the CDMO market segment
- Specific expertise in building, staffing, and managing multiple cGMP manufacturing facilities across the United States
- Trained as a mechanical engineer and earned an advanced degree in management of technology
- Transformational leader with over 30 years’ experience driving Supply Chain excellence across all global supply chain functions. 20+ years specifically supporting Pharmaceutical, Biotechnology, and Healthcare industries
- Extensive experience executing strategic initiatives from inception to conclusion, leveraging customer insights and broad Supply Chain expertise to unlock both customer and shareholder value
- Specific expertise in Sales and Operation Planning, Distribution and Logistics, Global Trade Compliance, Controlled Substance Compliance, and Production Planning and Inventory Control
- People and Talent expert with experience across companies of various industries, sizes, and stages
- Extensive experience hiring and developing high-performing and engaged teams
- Specific expertise in talent acquisition, performance management, compensation and benefits, learning and development, organizational design, and employee relations
- Exemplary track record in project management with expertise in executing complex projects
- Foundational scientist, passionate about solving complex problems and leading cross-functional teams
- Collaborative leader, highly skilled at managing change and creating innovative solutions for clients
- Innovator and Generic drug launch experience
- Trained bench chemist, experienced leader in Quality/Operations, guiding clients from development to market
- Unique customer-centric perspective having worked on both sides (as innovator and CDMO)
- Experienced operations leader with expansive background focused on sterile injectable manufacturing
- Extensive knowledge of operational excellence principles, including organizational learning, operational efficiency and performance management
- Skilled in general and organic chemistry, operations management, team leadership, quality control, and lean manufacturing
- Extensive experience in large and small volume parenteral manufacturing facility startup, commissioning, qualification activities, process optimization, and quality compliance
- Skilled in the design, development, and validation of cleaning, sterilization, and aseptic process simulation programs
- Expertise in microbiology, validation, aseptic manufacturing process, and six sigma process improvements
- Over 30 years of pharmaceutical experience with multiple leadership roles spanning Research and Development, Quality and Operations disciplines
- Technical expertise in Analytical Development, Quality Control, Microbiology and Advanced Characterization Methods
- Experienced in the clinical and commercial development of drug products, medical devices and combination products
- Engineering leader responsible for all aspects of engineering life cycle including equipment procurement through large-scale facility scale-ups
- Responsible for 31 high volume and specialty product medical device manufacturing lines focused on capital investments and continuous improvements
- Reliability centered facility optimization expertise based around TPM and loss elimination with a background in project / resource management and mechanical engineering
- Expert counsel with extensive experience handling all legal functions for start-up and early-stage pharmaceutical companies
- Skilled litigator, negotiator, and manager of contracts, licenses, non-disclosure, and commercial agreements, including intellectual property
- Licensed in Tennessee and California