Operations, technology, quality, and digital transformation across biotechnology organizations.

Chief Technology Officer

Cell Culture Company (formerly Biovest International) | Minneapolis, MN

Lead enterprise technology strategy and digital transformation for a biotechnology CDMO, translating business priorities into practical systems that improve how quality, operations, customer support, commercial activities, and administrative functions work together.

• Develop technology roadmap across quality, operations, customer support, commercial workflows, and administrative systems.
• Lead practical AI and automation initiatives that convert institutional knowledge and recurring workflows into more scalable business processes.
• Establish governance for AI adoption, data use, vendor selection, implementation risk, and sustainable system ownership.
• Partner with executive leadership and the Board of Directors on technology investments, operating priorities, and long-term organizational strategy.

Chief Executive Officer

Cell Culture Company (formerly Biovest International) | Minneapolis, MN

Led corporate strategy, operations, quality, manufacturing, commercial activities, customer relationships, and financial performance for a biotechnology CDMO supporting therapeutic and diagnostic manufacturing.

• Directed enterprise priorities across quality, manufacturing, process development, customer relationships, commercial activities, and administrative operations.
• Led relocation of headquarters and GMP manufacturing facilities while maintaining continuity of customer work.
• Maintained business continuity and regulatory compliance through pandemic disruption and subsequent shifts in customer demand.
• Partnered with the Board of Directors and ownership on strategic planning, business risk, resource allocation, capital priorities, and long-term operating decisions.
• Reshaped organizational structure, leadership responsibilities, and operating processes to improve accountability, decision-making, and cross-functional execution.
• Maintained executive oversight of cGMP and ISO 9001 quality-system effectiveness, audit readiness, management review, and customer/regulatory expectations.

Operations, Quality, and Scientific Leadership

Cell Culture Company / Biovest International | Pharmasan Labs | University of Toledo Health Science Campus

Built the cross-functional foundation that later informed executive leadership, including CDMO operations, ISO 9001 certification, cGMP quality systems, regulated laboratory operations, clinical laboratory work, immunological assay development, and translational immunology research.