Michael O’Mara
Chief Operating Officer
Mike is an accomplished Biopharmaceutical/CDMO Executive with 30 years’ experience leading large groups including manufacturing, supply-chain, quality assurance, quality control, operational excellence, MSAT, Facilities and Engineering. He is well known for leading organizations through the transition and growth of early phase operations through commercialization. Mike has been through many regulatory agency audits from general to Pre-Approval Inspections.
Mike’s prior roles include VP of BioIndustry of North America for Miltenyi Biotec’s CDMO business unit that specialized in Lenti Viral Vector and Cell Therapy manufacturing. Prior to this, he was Sr VP of Manufacturing Operations for Cytovance. He also had several leadership positions at Lonza in Manufacturing, MSAT and Operations. Mike has spent a majority of his career working for and with CDMO’s in the biopharmaceutical industry.
Mike holds a bachelor’s of science in Microbiology from the University of Maryland.