Matthew Young

About Matthew Young

Highly accomplished senior executive, with deep experience across R&D, Manufacturing and Supply Chain functions. Expertise in executing product launches including Strategic Planning, Product & Process Design, Process Improvement, Lean Six Sigma, Manufacturing Automation Design, IT Business Systems, and Quality. Leading effectively through cross functional teams to improve processes, expand capacity, and improve organizational efficiencies. Demonstrated competencies across a wide range of industries, ranging from Pharma, Med-Tech to Consumer products. Demonstrated passion for leading mid to late-stage R&D products through to commercialization and stabilization. Available for select Board engagements.At Glaukos Corporation, built the operations team from the ground up to meet rapid growth. Established a pilot manufacturing team to accelerate product commercialization while developing a flexible manufacturing organization. Led the operational transformation from medical device manufacturing to pharmaceutical manufacturing by creating an independent pharmaceutical manufacturing team to insource drug production, execute registration and stability batches, and de-risk new pharma programs.INDEPENDENT DIRECTOR | GLOBAL OPERATIONS | COO• Experienced at leading Operations at multiple locations with significant multi-plant supply chain network experience at Kimberly-Clark. • Passion for leading mid to late-stage R&D product through to commercialization• Leader in Lean, Six Sigma, DFM, and Manufacturing Automation Design• Reputation for navigating the inherent tension between R&D (moving products quickly through the pipeline) and manufacturing and quality (ensuring the product is manufacturable and that development has been robust).BUSINESS TRANSORMATION• Successfully collaborated with cross-functional teams to build and streamline infrastructure• Guided all teams with a hand in Supply Chain to support new business strategies and R&D programs, leading to highest volume capacity, and productivity• Track record of overhauling operations to full automation and electronic ERPOUTSIDE DIRECTOR• Brings strategic planning experience to the Board table• Reported to Board on key metrics; report to Audit Committee• Experienced in technology and organization competency evaluations to strategically drive outsource insource and outsource decisions• Constantly thinking about capacity, appropriate facility footprint and c••••••••@yahoo.com | 94••••••52 |

Experience

1. SVP Global Operations

   Glaukos Corporation

   Sep 2016 — Present · San Clemente, CA, US

   Innovative Strategy and Operations: Developed organizational, manufacturing, supply chain, and product life cycle strategies to manage growth from $80M to $300M over a 5 year time frame. Lead operational transformation from medical device manufacturing to pharmaceutical manufacturing. Created an independent pharma manufacturing team to insource drug production and execute registration and stability batches. De-risk programs by developing novel technologies and internal expertise Built a flexible manufacturing organization to scale capacity with internal and external sourcing mix strategies to launch 5 new products over a 5 year period. Organizational and Process Improvement: Grew facilities by 280k ft2 and implement Lean principles to improve productivity, create a higher quality product, and increase compliance. Developed an operational stage/gate framework and created a new functional Pilot Manufacturing group to lead new product / process implementation into manufacturing Built a pilot organization to staff manufacturing personnel during late stage R&D to maintain an ongoing framework for due diligence activities and improve design for manufacturability (DFM) designs in R&D Transformational Leadership: Hired key leaders and collaborated with cross-functional leaders to ensure transformational growth while increasing compliance Expanded key roles including hiring pharma internal and external manufacturing leaders, Facility Engineering & Program Management managers, a Supply Chain Director, and MSAT Engineering Leader Collaborated with multiple cross-functional teams to implement new programs, strategies, and processes to address risks, increase productivity, and improve efficiency Employed Facility & Tech Services teams to increase facility and infrastructure capacity in advance of realized sales growth and expanded R&D pipeline Board Member - Glaukos Charitable Foundation

Education

• University of Arizona

  MBA, Business

• University of Florida

  BS, Material Science & Engineering