United States
Andy Rayner is a graduate Chemical Engineer with over 30 years process design experience, principally in the pharmaceutical industry. He has been the PM Group leading pharma technical specialist over the last 20+ years and has overall responsibility for the pharma sector business and in his role as chief technical officer technology groupwide across all business sectors. He has extensive experience form a wide range of industries, most notably in the biopharmaceutical industry he has principally worked on cell/gene therapy, vaccine, cell culture and fill finish projects for companies such as Pfizer (formerly Wyeth), Genentech (Roche), Alexion, Genzyme (Sanofi) and Jannsen Biologics (Centocor, part of J&J). Andy also has significant Medical Technology experience in lean manufacturing operations for companies such as Cordis (J&J), Ortho Clinical Diagnostics (J&J) and Abbott. Andy formerly chaired the European Batch Forum, developing the S88.01 batch control system guidelines in conjunction with the ISA. Specialties: Biopharmaceuticals, Medical Technologies, Fine Chemicals, Food and Beverage Industry, Project Management, Process Design, Process Control, Sustainability, Technology and Innovation
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