Mike Watkins
Executive Director - Lilly ExploR&D Strategy & Operations | Lilly Catalyze360
- Role
- Executive Director - Lilly Explor & d Strategy & Operations Lilly Catalyze360 at Eli Lilly and Company
- Location
- Indianapolis, IN, US
- LinkedIn followers
- 500 followers
Experience
Executive Director - Lilly Explor & d Strategy & Operations Lilly Catalyze360
Nov 2024 — Present · Indianapolis, IN, US
At Lilly, we are taking a comprehensive approach to enabling the biotech ecosystem through Lilly Catalyze360. This initiative provides critical resources to accelerate biotech development. Catalyze360 is built on three pillars: Lilly Ventures, which offers capital; Lilly Gateway Labs, which provides world-class lab space; and Lilly ExploR & D, which delivers top-tier research and development capabilities from discovery to clinical proof of concept. I lead strategy and operations for ExploR & D, where I am responsible for developing and driving strategic initiatives, growing our portfolio, and ensuring operational excellence.We’re a dedicated team that brings Lilly’s R&D capabilities to you. Let’s work together. To learn more please visit: https://explornd.com/about
Education
Purdue University
PhD, Physical-Organic Chemistry/Analytical Chemistry
2000 — 2005
Harvard Business School
HBX CORe Certificate, Business Analytics, Economics, Financial Accounting
2016 — 2017
Skills
- Gmp
- Critical Chain Project Management
- Project Management
- R&D
- Drug Development
- Chromatography
- Pharmaceutical Industry
- Technology Transfer
- Analytical Chemistry
- Lc-Ms
- Formulation
- Dissolution
- Validation
- Mass Spectrometry
- Hplc
- Molecular Modeling
- Physical Organic Chemistry
- Chemistry
- Pharmaceutics
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