Katie Jorgensen

About Katie Jorgensen

I LIVE outside the box. Strategic, dedicated, and mission driven, I enjoy igniting a thought process about how to do things innovatively and thrive when I’m challenged to raise the bar. Full of optimism, and original ideas, I am a valued, productive, and highly motivated change agent.Offering experience across development, manufacturing, maintenance, capital planning, project management, continuous improvement, engineering and business strategy. Direct experience within the biologics/large molecule drug substance, antibody drug conjugate, and cell & gene therapy spaces supporting a variety of clinical, commercial and third party programs. Highly skilled operating in a CDMO and client facing environment. Recently launched operations specific program management and commercial operations function at ElevateBio in support of our strategic contracts and valued partnerships bringing innovative cell and gene therapies to patients.Currently serving as Site Head at our flagship Waltham facility responsible for supply chain, facilities, technical operations, operational excellence, engineering, manufacturing, and program management. We are a best-in-class service provider for genomic medicines with expert talent in development and manufacturing delivering autologous & allogeneic cell therapies, mRNA, and viral vectors.

Experience

1. Site Head, Basecamp Waltham (Cell & Gene Therapy)

   ElevateBio

   Oct 2023 — Present

Education

• University of Connecticut

  Bachelor of Science, Biomedical Engineering, Concentration: Fluid Dynamics

• Women Unlimited, Inc. The Women's Organization for Mentoring, Education and Networking

  TEAM Participant

• Tufts University

  Master of Science, Engineering Management