Francis Ko
Technical & Operations Strategic Leader in Life Sciences | Building, Developing, Optimizing, & Scaling processes and organizations within the Diagnostics, CDMO, and Services space
- Role
- Director, Technical Sourcing Engineering (Bio Chem), Global Business Services at Thermo Fisher Scientific
- Location
- Carlsbad, CA, US
- LinkedIn followers
- 500 followers
About Francis Ko
Proven leader with 20 years of progressive leadership within diagnostics and life sciences. Demonstrated cross-functional operational and technical expertise in manufacturing, procurement, technical operations, quality, supply chain, and quality systems regulations. Positively influences organizations on operational excellence, strategic sourcing, continuous improvement, lean manufacturing, and change management with a keen focus on quality while reducing waste, improving yields, and driving down costs. Areas of expertise include:• Versatile Leadership • Operational Excellence • Change Management • Strategic Sourcing• Talent Development • Lean Six Sigma • Strategic Roadmaps• cGMP / ISO / FDA • Multi-Site Management
Experience
Director, Technical Sourcing Engineering (Bio Chem), Global Business Services
May 2025 — Present · Carlsbad, CA, US
Technical leader within the Cost Value Engineering Center of Excellence developing, consulting, and implementing global sourcing strategies to drive new value engineering projects, scale-up manufacturing, and resolution of supplier quality issues while mitigating sole/single-region sourcing. Works closely with R&D, Quality, Procurement, and Commodity managers. Primary focus on chemical, biochemicals, and biologicals categories.
Education
UCLA
Ph.D., Biomedical Engineering
2000 — 2005
University of Michigan
B.S.E., Chemical Engineering
1996 — 2000
Skills
- Chemical Engineering
- Six Sigma
- Project Management
- Technical Writing
- Analytical Method Validation
- Cross-Functional Team Leadership
- U.s. Food and Drug Administration (Fda)
- Quality System
- V&V
- Green Belt
- Medical Devices
- Validation
- Capa
- Quality Control
- Gmp
- Process Improvement
- Manufacturing Operations
- Process Validation
- Biomedical Engineering
- Corrective and Preventive Action (Capa)
- Biotechnology
- Technology Transfer
- Statistics
- Verification and Validation (V&V)
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