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Brian Carothers

Vice President and General Manager, Advanced Manufacturing Partnerships Division, Agilent
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Heather Delage

Chief Commercial Officer
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Marc Sauer

Chief Science Officer
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Peter Ercoli

Chief Operating Officer
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Scott Doncaster

Vice President, Strategic Projects
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Operations Leadership Team

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Bryan Lowery

Vice President & General Manager, mRNA Vaccine and pDNA Operations (Interim)

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Mark Wellman

Vice President and General Manager, Complex Chemistry Operations

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Peter Phillips

Vice President, Quality Operations

 
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Sean McCluskey

Vice President IT
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Brian Carothers - Vice President and General Manager, Nucleic Acid Solutions Division, Agilent

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Heather Delage - Chief Commercial Officer

  • B.B.A., University of Prince Edward Island (1990).
  • Continued Education: McGill Mini-MBA program, York School of Business concentrated courses (Key Account Management, Project Management).
  • 1990-2000: Diagnostic Chemicals Limited – Various roles in sales and marketing management, International distribution and project operations for development and commercialization of clinical diagnostic products for hospital and laboratory markets.
  • 2000-2014: BIOVECTRA – Increasing leadership roles in commercial functions, building a business development team and client base as a specialized global CDMO.
  • Appointed to Vice President, Business Development for BIOVECTRA in 2014.
  • Promoted to Chief Commercial Officer in 2021.

Marc Sauer - Vice President & GM, Process Science & Development Services

  • B.Sc. in Organic Chemistry and M.Sc. in Physical Chemistry from the University of Oldenburg, Germany.
  • Worked as a Scientist at Beiersdorf AG, Hamburg, Germany in developing and analyzing Pegylated medical devices.
  • Ph.D. in Physical Chemistry from the University of Basel, Switzerland.
  • Postdoctoral Research (NATO and Swiss National Science Foundation Postdoctoral Fellowship) at the University of British Columbia, Vancouver.
  • Lecturer at the University of British Columbia.
  • Joined BIOVECTRA in 2006 as an Analytical Research Chemist.
  • Took the position of Analytical Research Group Leader in 2007 and Analytical Services Group Leader in 2008 to oversee the Analytical Research and Quality Control groups.
  • Assumed the Manager as Analytical Services in 2010.
  • Promoted to Director of Analytical Services in 2013.
  • Appointed to Vice President, Research & Development in 2014.
  • Appointed Vice President & General Manager, Process Science & Development Services in 2020.

Peter Ercoli - Chief Operating Officer, Biologics

  • Bachelor of Science in Engineering, US Military Academy at West Point.
  • Captain, US Army (Artillery): Six years active duty in Germany, Oklahoma & Hawaii.
  • Thirty years of progressive responsibility in regulated industry, including: Large Molecule Manufacturing; API Manufacturing; Drug Product, Cosmetics, Nutraceuticals; Pharmaceutical Manufacturing; Diagnostic Lab Operations; Medical Devices; and, Nuclear Power Piping.
  • Executive level experience in Manufacturing Operations, Quality Operations, Supply Chain, Engineering, Finance, and Strategy.
  • Fifteen years of experience as Vice President / General Manager across four companies and six sites.

Scott Doncaster - Vice President, Manufacturing, Technology & Engineering

  • B.Sc. in Biochemistry from Mount Allison University in 1990.
  • Worked towards a Masters program in Biochemistry at Queens University from 1991-1994.
  • Worked for the Hunter Group in Aurora, Ontario from 1994-1995 in developing and supervising high purity solvent distillation processes.
  • Joined BIOVECTRA in 1995, supervising the enzyme and natural products bioextraction processes.
  • Promoted to Operations Manager in 2000 and served in that position until 2003.
  • Served as capital project manager for the BIOVECTRA API facility in 2001-2002.
  • Took the position as Director of Operations for Atlantis BioActives in 2003 to oversee the capital installation, start-up and commercial extraction process for natural taxanes.
  • Promoted to Director of Manufacturing for BIOVECTRA in 2005.
  • Appointed to Vice President, Manufacturing Technologies & Engineering in 2014.

Bryan Lowery - Vice President & General Manager, mRNA Vaccine and pDNA Operations (Interim)

  • BSc in Nuclear Engineering Technology (Thomas Edison College), MSQA (California State University), and MBA (Webster University).
  • Seventeen years of experience in pharmaceutical / biopharmaceuticals sector, including CDMO Manufacturing
  • Twelve years operational leadership experience in manufacturing and CDMO operations
  • Specialization in Change Management and Operations transformational leadership with focus on Lean/Six Sigma
  • Nuclear Engineering Lead Petty Officer and Nuclear Operations Instructor with the US Navy

Mark Wellman - Vice President and General Manager, Complex Chemistry Operations

  • M.Sc. Degree from Memorial University of Newfoundland in 1996.
  • Over 20 years experience with BIOVECTRA over which time he has contributed as a team member towards the development of fine chemicals, advanced intermediates, and active pharmaceutical ingredients.
  • Held the positions of Research Scientist (1996), Product Manager (2001), Custom Synthesis Project Manager (2003) and Manufacturing Manager, Special Projects (2005). He has participated or successfully led several API manufacturing projects to completion.
  • Promoted to Director of Biotech Operations in 2009.
  • Appointed to Vice President, Manufacturing in 2014.
  • Appointed to Vice President & General Manager, Complex Chemistry in 2020.

Peter Phillips - Vice President, Quality Operations

  • Bachelor of Science, Chemistry from the University of Calgary.
  • More than 25 years pharmaceutical experience in QC, QA, and R&D.
  • More than 20 years experience in leading QC and QA teams.
  • In 1997 was appointed Director of QC at Taro Pharmaceuticals, in 2005 was appointed Director QA at Taro Pharmaceuticals and in 2007 was appointed Director Quality (QA/QC) at Ranbaxy Pharmaceuticals.
  • Joined BIOVECTRA in January 2016 as Vice President, Quality Operations

Sean McCluskey - Vice President IT & Digitization

  • Electronics Engineering (Yorkville University)
  • Over 30 years of Experience in IT and Digital Product Development and Digital Platform Operations with Leading Canadian Media Brands
  • Over Twenty Years of Leadership Experience in IT Systems Development & Adoption
  • Specialization in Operational and Organizational Transformation and Digital Platform Development
  • SME Entrepreneur

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  • 20+ years at GSK, leading R&D activities on multiple vaccine programs
  • Recently held positions in industry include: Senior Director (Function Head), Protein Biochemistry; Director, Antigen Design & Prototype Production; and, Associate Director, Antigen Design and Protein Characterization.
  • Key areas of expertise are:
    • Process development of protein Biologics/Recombinant Antigens
    • Recombinant protein expression (mammalian, insect, yeast, bacterial)
    • Production/design of Viral Vectors, mRNA vaccines, Bacterial outer membrane vesicles
    • Protein Engineering and Structural Biology
    • Defining quality attributes, biophysical characterization of proteins, and analytical strategy
  • Post graduate degrees in Functional Genomics (Université Laval) and Bioinformatics (MIT); M. Sc. Microbiology and Immunology (Laval).
  • 25+ Patent & 5 Scientific Publications

Normand Blais – Senior Director Development & Innovation, Biologics

  • 20+ years at GSK, leading R&D activities on multiple vaccine programs
  • Recently held positions in industry include: Senior Director (Function Head), Protein Biochemistry; Director, Antigen Design & Prototype Production; and, Associate Director, Antigen Design and Protein Characterization.
  • Key areas of expertise are:
    • Process development of protein Biologics/Recombinant Antigens
    • Recombinant protein expression (mammalian, insect, yeast, bacterial)
    • Production/design of Viral Vectors, mRNA vaccines, Bacterial outer membrane vesicles
    • Protein Engineering and Structural Biology
    • Defining quality attributes, biophysical characterization of proteins, and analytical strategy
  • Post graduate degrees in Functional Genomics (Université Laval) and Bioinformatics (MIT); M. Sc. Microbiology and Immunology (Laval).
  • 25+ Patent & 5 Scientific Publications

Oliver Technow - Chief Executive Officer

  • Industry Master Degree from Frankfurt Chamber of Commerce, Frankfurt Germany.
  • More than 20 years of global pharmaceutical industry experience.
  • Held numerous leadership positions in commercial development, marketing and brand management, and lifecycle management and has extensive product launch and market access expertise in Europe and North America.
  • In 1997, joined Eisai GmbH in Frankfurt, Germany and in 2002, was appointed Director, CNS Business Unit; in 2006, was appointed Vice President, Head of Global Marketing for Eisai Inc. in Woodcliff Lake, NJ;  in 2011, was appointed Vice President, Established Products Business Unit; in 2013, was appointed President & General Manager for Eisai Limited in Mississauga, ON.
  • Appointed President of BIOVECTRA Inc., December 10, 2015.
  • Board Director for BIOTECanada
  • Member of the Steering Council of Innovative Medicines Canada (IMC)
  • In 2017, appointed to the Government of Canada’s Health/Bio-sciences Strategic Economic Table
  • In November 2019, promoted to Chief Executive Officer at BIOVECTRA
  • In June 2020, named new Chair of PEI BioAlliance Board of Directors