John is currently the Associate Director of Laboratory Information Systems at Gilead Sciences. He has experience spanning 30 years overseeing validation and manufacturing for commercial and clinical pharma and biopharma operations. Unique to his experience is leading global groups across all the technical disciplines of CMC development, as well as regulatory, quality, clinical supply, commercial manufacture, CI, statistics, environmental impact and economic analysis. For his leadership approach, John brings a strong focus beyond the necessary technical disciplines and regulations, looking at the interplay of culture, teamwork and behavior for successfully advancing programs in an effective and efficient manner. John has a MBA from Johns Hopkins and a BA in business communications.

In 2012, he authored the book, “LiNK: The Fascinating Ways Our Minds Connect,” a book about improving organizational collaboration and it garnered multiple five-star reviews from Amazon.com readers.