Dean Watson

About Dean Watson

Experienced leader with over seventeen years of managing operations in the pharmaceutical, diagnostic and animal health industries. Seasoned director of projects and programs aimed at increasing efficiencies, lean manufacturing and compliance. Excellent problem analysis and problem solving abilities. Demonstrated stamina, commitment, integrity, and a sense of urgency for the success of the business. Proven and true leader.

Experience

1. Associate Director, Operations

   Merck

   May 2009 — Present · Raleigh-Durham, NC, US

   Responsible for upstream and downstream live viral vaccine drug substance manufacture including mammalian cell culture proliferation, attenuated viral propagation and final drug substance homogenization/recovery.• Operations representative for drug substance facility start-up through design, construction, qualification, Process Performance Qualification (PPQ), Pre-Approval Inspection (PAI) and manufacturing ramp up.• Capital project representative for ft2 viral vaccine manufacturing facility.• Equipment Commissioning, Qualification and Factory Acceptance Testing business owner and approver.• Initial Operations employee. Grew department to approximately 200.• Provided guidance, cross-functional development and technical expertise to an end to end processing management team.• Process Lead for PPQ campaign to support FDA license submission.• Business owner and approver for Change Requests (CRs), Master Batch Records (MBRs), escalated deviations/Quality Notifications (QNs) and Technology Engineering test and validation protocols.• Preparation and management of departmental budget.

Education

• North Carolina State University

  Bachelor of Science (BS), Pre-Medicine/Pre-Medical Studies

  1991 — 1995