IlluminaGlobal Lead, Factory of the Future
Feb. 2017 - Mar. 2022Greater San Diego AreaAccountable for the definition and delivery of the Illumina Operations automation roadmap including the design, development, implementation, and monitoring of consumables manufacturing process equipment.
• Provide strategy and leadership to determine equipment automation needs from pilot plant through scaled production.
• Develop and institutionalize global technology standards to enable effective product and process transfer between Product Development and Manufacturing.
• Define and balance a portfolio of automation investments across sustaining, improvement and transformational initiatives, ensuring returns against quality, cost and capacity goals.
• Develop internal processes to enable aligned approaches to systems acquisition, vendor management and internal solution development.
• Provide vision and thought leadership to transformational initiatives, enabling value-add utilization of Industry 4.0 technologies (IoT, process simulation, collaborative robotics) while enabling a best-in-class operator experience.