Drake S.
Automation Engineering - LIMS Developer
- Role
- Lims Developer - Automation Engineering at Cellares
- Location
- South San Francisco, CA, US
- LinkedIn followers
- 500 followers
About Drake S.
Building clinical-grade LIMS infrastructure for cell therapy manufacturing at scale. Sole LIMS developer and technical lead at a pre-IPO IDMO — architecting QC workflows, CellQ systems integration, and digital quality infrastructure across global manufacturing sites.Previously at Moderna as a LIMS Consultant (LabVantage 8.4→8.7), developing QC methods, ELN/LES worksheets, reagent and instrument management across high-throughput production environments.BS Bioinformatics, University of Arizona · MS Pharmacogenomics, University of Cincinnati. Background spans biorepository, biobanking, and clinical informatics before moving fully into LIMS engineering.
Experience
Lims Developer - Automation Engineering
Jul 2025 — Present · South San Francisco, CA, US
Serving as the sole LIMS developer and technical lead for a pre-IPO cell therapy IDMO scaling toward global manufacturing. Responsible for end-to-end architecture and delivery of LabVantage across QC, manufacturing, and automation engineering functions.Architected digital QC infrastructure including role-based sample management, QC batching workflows, and separation-of-duties enforcement aligned to GAMP5 and 21 CFR Part 11Leading CellQ systems integration strategy, defining the API pattern for instrument-to-LIMS data flow across automated manufacturing platformsDriving Phase 1 CSV execution across reagents, instruments, and sample management modulesDeploying Tulip MES - LabVantage LIMS connector across Sandbox, DEV, and UAT environments as a manufacturing execution layer integrated with LIMS sample metadataCollaborating cross-functionally with QC, CSV, automation engineering, and IT to align LIMS architecture with site readiness and regulatory timelines
Education
Georgia Institute of Technology
Master's Degree, Computer Science
2026 — 2028
Beloit College
Biochemistry
University of Cincinnati
Master of Science - MSPS, Pharmacogenomics
2025
University of Arizona
Bachelor of Science - BS, Bioinformatics
2020
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