Gururaj Joshi

Sr Manager, Biomanufacturing @Aldevron

Madison, WI, US

Providing leadership towards Manufacturing operation, client communication and support, solving technical problem, and be involved in strategic manufacturing decisions.• Develop, implement and monitor departmental goals and objectives and production schedules including setting priorities and performance expectations while ensuring alignment with expected deliverables, site KPI metrics and corporate goals.• Provide support to construction groups and facilities team toward space planning during facility expansion projects. Routinely engaging in future expansion plans and projects.• Optimize department resources; ensure productive value-added safe working environment.• Identified and drive process improvement objectives and continuous improvement activities.• Launched fully automated and semi-automated new technologies and processes towards increasing efficiencies in manufacturing operations.• Collaborated with Quality assurance towards successful implementation of ISO 13485 certification.• Led the ISO 13485 and research grade protein manufacturing team, with a special emphasis on recruiting, developing and retaining talent. • Maximizing the success rate and throughput for the manufacturing operation by instituting programs towards minimizing human error, mechanical failure, contaminations and procedural error. • Providing strategic plans for process, OpEX, CapEx and facility improvements in order to increase efficiency and manage costs. • Functional coordinator for manufacturing towards implementation of ERP system D365.

University of Kentucky

Doctor of Philosophy (Ph.D.), Biochemistry

Savitribai Phule Pune University

Master’s Degree, Chemistry

Osmania University

Bachelor’s Degree, Chemistry, Biology