Sudarshan Ganesh
Digitizing Biotech Commercial Mfg. & Tech Ops | PhD ChemE | Lean Six Sigma Green Belt | Portfolio Mgmt
- Role
- Automation Engineering at Vertex Pharmaceuticals
- Location
- Hillsboro, OR, US
- LinkedIn followers
- 500 followers
About Sudarshan Ganesh
I am a Ph.D. Chemical Engineer with 10+ years of cross-functional experience at the intersection of process systems engineering, IT/OT integrations roadmapping, Lean Six Sigma, and commercial manufacturing business processes in the pharmaceutical industry. Passionate about advancing Pharma 4.0, portfolio management, and manufacturing intelligence, I am driven to deliver scalable systems that transform biopharma operations and accelerate patient access. Certified as a Lean Six Sigma Green Belt, I bridge technical depth with business acumen to enable data-driven decision-making and sustainable growth.My expertise spans:• Operational Excellence & Digital Transformation: Implementing program–portfolio management frameworks, design thinking, and value realization to drive cost avoidance and compliance in MSAT deliverables.• Smart Factory & Pharma 4.0: Delivered strategic roadmaps, UX design, and go-lives for first-in-kind manufacturing data warehouse and automated process trending systems.• Process Systems & Analytics: Built digital twins, advanced process control, and data-driven insights to improve yield, quality, and compliance across modalities.
Experience
Automation Engineering
Jan 2022 — Present · Boston, MA, US
Manager (Jan 2022)-> Senior Manager (Aug 2024) Digitize business processes in technical operations for manufacturing data analysis and reporting- internal/external manufacturing and testing sites- pipeline and commercialized products- small molecule and cell & gene therapy modalitiesSetup business processes & tools for portfolio management in systems teams - configure tools such as Jira & PowerBI for product owner responsibilities - design capability mapping, maturity roadmaps, value management & realization frameworks- design presentations for cross-functional management reporting & change management
Education
Purdue University
Doctor of Philosophy (Ph.D.), Chemical Engineering
2014 — 2020
Institute Of Chemical Technology
B. Chem. Engg., Chemical Engineering
2010 — 2014
Skills
- Pharmaceutical Manufacturing
- Research
- Dreamweaver
- Teaching
- Roller Compaction
- Isa-95
- Quality by Design
- Pharmaceutical Engineering
- Tour Guide
- Chemical Engineering
- Microsoft Office
- Travel Planning
- Emerson Deltav
- Matlab
- Kepware
- Gproms
- R&D
- Process Engineering
- Mentoring
- Data Analysis
- Photography
- Teamwork
- Microsoft Word
- Reaction Engineering
- Tablet Compression
- Powerpoint
- Microsoft Excel
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