Pranav Desai

Senior Program Manager- US CAN & LATAM at Cytiva

Speaker

MS with 26+ years of global biotech program management -- process development, technology transfer and Manufacturing Technology experience. Program Management expertise to oversee and coordinate the various projects and other strategic initiatives for Enterprise Solution project execution portfolio. Coordinate and lead team of Project Managers in execution of projects from conceptual design of biopharmaceutical manufacturing operations through delivery and start-up in North America, Europe as well as South American countries. Lead project delivery by collaboratively managing global team resources to turnkey solutions like FlexFactory. Successfully mitigate and resolve issues, establish project momentum throughout all stakeholder tiers including end users, cross-functional team members, subject matter experts as well as management in both business and/or operations. Lead Business and Scientific interactions with global pharmaceutical and biotech manufacturing companies. Lead tech transfer of vaccine and biotherapeutic products from lab through Pilot and up to 5,000L scale mfg. runs.