Zack McGahey
Advisory Board Member @California Biomanufacturing Center
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WORK HISTORY
Advisory Board Member @California Biomanufacturing Center
EDUCATION
University of California, Berkeley
BS, Bioengineering
The Wharton School
Master of Business Administration (M.B.A.), Management
SKILLS
ABOUT ZACK MCGAHEY
I am a leading executive in operations management, specializing in bioprocess engineering and manufacturing management. I have over 20 years of experience leading manufacturing functions for companies across the pharmaceutical, synthetic biology, diagnostics and automotive industries. I\'ve been a part of multiple operational start-ups at both previous and current employment, and have developed commercial-ready manufacturing operations and staffs at multiple sites.I am currently the Chief Operating Officer for Antheia, Inc, in Menlo Park. In this role, I am responsible for all global manufacturing and quality, as well as regulatory affairs, supply chain, project management, facilities, EH & S and IT. I am responsible for taking Antheia\'s ground-breaking synthetic biology technology into commercial scale and changing the way essential medicines are made, globally.Before my current role, I oversaw various responsibilities at Zymergen as Vice President of Site Operations and later as Vice President of Manufacturing and Capex Engineering. Before joining Zymergen, I was the Director of Manufacturing Facilities at Tesla, helping accelerate the worlds transition to sustainable energy by building and maintaining the manufacturing facilities for the company out of Fremont. Zack oversaw all design, construction, and facilities operations for 10 Million square feet of factory, warehouse, lab and office.Previously, I was the Head of Manufacturing at Grifols Diagnostic Solutions, responsible for all manufacturing and support operations for the Emeryville (Immunodiagnostics) and San Diego (Nucleic Acids Testing) campuses (~240 people). In this role, I was responsible for all commercial production activities for Grifols’ diagnostic portfolio, as well as warehouse operations, tech transfer, validation, and maintenance/calibration. Before assuming this role, I oversaw Project Horizon, a $100M project to develop a modern, consolidated manufacturing facility in Emeryville for production of all immunodiagnostic products.I have a BS in Bioengineering from UC Berkeley and an MBA from the Wharton School of Business, University of Pennsylvania.
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