John Thorup
Sr Director, Head of Engineering at Lonza
- Role
- Sr Director - Head of Engineering at Lonza
- Location
- Fairfield, CA, US
- LinkedIn followers
- 500 followers
About John Thorup
Producing life changing medicines, serving people, leading teams, driving continuous improvement. I offer 32 years of process development, engineering, and leadership experience in the small and large molecule drug substance manufacturing industries. I have been a Plant Manager, Engineering Manager and Process Development Engineer responsible for major facilities, large teams, capital projects, and high-risk turnarounds. I am known for managing and developing people, leading high-performing teams, delivering high-impact results, improving processes and systems, preventing incidents, changing safety cultures, and managing risk. I have always worked in dynamic, high-stakes situations with business critical, aggressive timelines.
Experience
Sr Director - Head of Engineering
Jan 2025 — Present · Vacaville, CA, US
Leader of the Equipment and Cleaning Validation, Automation, Project Delivery, and Frontline Manufacturing Support Teams at Lonza’s Biopharmaceutical Manufacturing Site
Education
Brigham Young University
Bachelor of Science - BS, Chemical Engineering
University of California, Davis
Master of Science, Chemical Engineering
1990 — 1992
Skills
- Manufacturing
- Protein Chemistry
- Process Simulation
- Cell Culture
- Purification
- Distillation
- Pilot Plant
- Process Safety
- Crystallization
- Leadership
- Aseptic Processing
- Pharmaceutical Industry
- Chemistry
- Fermentation
- Biopharmaceuticals
- Biotechnology
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