Jeremy Cress, Director of Operations of Fibrocell Science, has 15 years of experience in the biotech/pharmaceutical industry developing and leading solutions-based strategies across all phases of drug development through commercialization, including global manufacturing and distribution. His management experience at Fibrocell is highlighted with the manufacture and commercial scale-up of the first approved cell therapy for aesthetics, LAVIV® azficel-T.
Today, Mr. Cress and his team are working in collaboration with Precigen, Inc., a wholly owned subsidiary of Intrexon Corporation, to advance development of Fibrocell’s gene therapy candidates for the treatment of rare diseases affecting the skin and connective tissue. Currently, the team is focused on FCX-007, the Company’s lead candidate for the treatment of recessive dystrophic epidermolysis bullosa (RDEB)—a devastating, congenital, blistering skin disease with high mortality.
Prior to joining Fibrocell in 2011, Mr. Cress was Director of Operations for Fisher Clinical Services where he had responsibility for manufacturing, domestic and international logistics, and distribution and supply chain activities for >30 pharmaceutical companies and >100 clinical trials.
Rebecca is a Project Leader responsible for all North America regional product serialization and traceability projects focused on expanding our product identification, serialization and traceability capabilities to meet regulatory requirements. Rebecca is also a Leader of the Value Beyond Compliance initiative aimed at delivering value back to our business and to our patients utilizing serialization capabilities. Facilitated the ideation workshop with global and cross-functional leaders, conducted executive reviews, and developing the ongoing project management structure to deliver the top initiatives identified at the workshop.
A real project/program manager with a wide experience in general management (incl strategic thinking), data/process analyze, purchasing/sales and coaching. This expertise allows me to act in a broad variety of functions within the Supply Chain Management and be a motivator/coach for others.
In the past years, I’ve developed a lot of interest and expertise in Supply Chain within pharmaceutical environments. Especially interested in the IoT, seamless monitoring development and the way this can be used within the inductry. Also a in-depth knowledge of all regulations, like GxP / Gamp 5 and all modes of Transport.
Experienced Director Of Logistics with a demonstrated history of working in the medical device industry. Skilled in Warehouse Operations, Continuous Improvement, Freight Forwarding, Warehouse Management Systems, and Logistics Management. Strong operations professional graduated from Montclair State University.
A dynamic supply chain consultant and author. My professional experience includes transportation mode optimization(truckload, LTL and small parcel), warehouse design(automation), process mapping, port to door optimization, freight consolidation, dynamic routing, llamasoft, carrier bid management, TMS/WMS bid management, MercuryGate and business development.
Significant pharmaceutical technical operations management and strategic sourcing experience highlighted by 20 plus years of increasing responsibility in supply chain, technical operations and strategic sourcing. Extensive sourcing experience includes leadership of domestic and international teams responsible for purchasing contract services, direct materials and numerous indirect categories. Recognized as a strong negotiator with a focus on bottom line results. Viewed as a developer of high performance work teams. Capable of providing and establishing both the mission and vision for large sections of an operation. A leader capable of driving change in organizations through the use of motivation and personal integrity.
