Iliana Perez-Rivera
Senior Director, Head of GMP Operations at Arranta Bio
- Role
- Senior Director of Drug Substance Manufacturing at Recipharm Advanced Bio
- Location
- Hudson, MA, US
- LinkedIn followers
- 500 followers
About Iliana Perez-Rivera
Hands-on Sr. Manufacturing Director with more than twenty years of experience working in FDA-regulated industries, ranging from chemical API plants, solids and semi-solids formulation/final packaging, nanoliposomes, cell culture, aerobic and anaerobic fermentation, LNP, plasmids and microbiome manufacturing. Experience includes product formulation and development, technical transfers, new plant and product start-ups and day-to-day operations with established products, as well as decommissioning activities. Unique breadth and depth of skills with excellent Root Cause Analysis and the ability to identify areas of improvement for streamlining and increasing productivity. Excellent ability to motivate and develop team members, as evidenced by morale improvement and increased productivity. Highly regarded by managers and peers for integrity. Identifies creative solutions and draws from previous experience to improve operations.
Experience
Senior Director of Drug Substance Manufacturing
Feb 2021 — Present · Watertown, MA, US
Continued building Manufacturing team in Watertown FacilityCompleted first GMP batch within 2 quarters of facility mechanical completionDirected the Supply Chain team in the absence of a Supply Chain head for 7 monthsCompleted GMP Warehouse setup successfullyAuthored several Warehouse/Supply Chain SOPs in readiness for GMP productionRelocated to Gainesville facility to rebuild Manufacturing DepartmentStarted up new addition of the Gainesville FacilityDesigned personnel/material flow, as well as GMP cleaning for the new facility, and authored SOPsSuccessfully completed EMPQ within 2 months of mechanical completionCreated solution and media Master Batch Record templates, reducing processing time by more than 70%, and reducing rework from 72% to less than 5%Built high performing manufacturing teamCompleted 6S with a score above 92%Directed the revision of all equipment SOPs, as well as the creation of non-existing SOPs
Education
University of Puerto Rico-Mayaguez
Bachelor of Applied Science (B.A.Sc.), Chemical Engineering
1993 — 2003
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