Michelle Lafond

Experience

1. Executive Director, Bioreactor Scale-up and Process Data Enablement

   Regeneron

   Jan 2021 — Present

   I manage two teams within Preclinical Manufacturing and Process Development (PMPD) responsible for development and scale-up of bioreactor processes for our many development and preclinical programs and data enablement and analytics for the department. Bioreactor Scale-Up and Development provides toxicology material for preclinical and speed to clinic programs, performs scale-up and confirmation of late-stage clinical processes according to principles of quality by design, provide various research materials for company, development of viral barriers for upstream processes, process transfer and input for regulatory documents. Data Enablement and Analytics provides oversight of PMPD IT and OT systems for collection, visualization and analysis of process data, custom applications and integration, and oversight for data science efforts. Responsible for equipment specification for upstream scale-up activities including stainless steel, SIP bioreactors, single use bioreactors, and associated equipment. Provide oversight for department\'s infrastructure expansion and updates, having completed three successful, on time projects to expand production capacity to support our biotherapeutic pipeline.

Education

• University of Connecticut

  BS, Chemical Engineering

  1994 — 1998

Skills

• Single Use Bioreactors
• Pi Historian
• Western Blotting
• Mammalian Cell Culture
• Gmp
• Chromatography
• Validation
• Technology Transfer
• Fermentation
• Pharmaceutical Industry
• Cell Culture
• Purification
• Clinical Development
• Bioreactors
• Process Simulation
• Life Sciences
• Biopharmaceuticals
• Biotechnology
• Bioreactor
• Monoclonal Antibodies