Massimiliano Barberis

Chief Operating Officer

Latina, Latium, Italy

About

Specialties: General Management P&L responsibility Manufacturing of oral and sterile pruducts Biologic products manufacturing FDA and Health Authorities relationship Lean Six Sigma experience Engineering Restructuring and plant reorganization Maintenance and Capital management

Experience

  • Chief Operating Officer at Kedrion Biopharma
    Nov 2022 - Present · 3 yrs 8 mos

    Reporting to the CEO, I have responsibility for the Company Operations, including Manufacturing, Quality, Engineering, EHS, Manufacturing Science and Development, Supply Chain and Logistics for almost 3,000 employees. Manufacturing network consists of 7 sites across United States, Canada and Europe, with direct responsibility of end-to-end production of +20 products authorized and distributed to over 70 countries, including US and China. In this role I have managed the merger of two large companies part now of Kedrion, delivering significant synergies and creating new operating and governance mechanisms, to drive alignment and improvements in complex and challenging multinational environments. In the meanwhile, I have managed significant capital investments aimed to increase capacity, compliance and sustainability.

  • Site Head at Takeda
    Jan 2019 - Oct 2022 · 3 yrs 10 mos

    Responsibility of the Italian Takeda plants, located in Rieti and Pisa (more than 500 employees). Both plants are involved in the production of plasma-derived drugs: Rieti plant is dedicated to the production of intermediates, such as albumin, gammaglobulin and coagulation factors and it is also an FDA approved site; while Pisa plant is a finishing site for production of sterile albumin.

  • Site Head Italy Operations at Shire
    Jul 2016 - Dec 2018 · 2 yrs 6 mos

    Responsibility of the Italian Shire plants, located in Rieti and Pisa (more than 500 employees). Both plants are involved in the production of plasma-derived drugs: Rieti plant is dedicated to the production of intermediates, such as albumin, gammaglobulin and coagulation factors and it is also an FDA approved site; while Pisa plant is a finishing site for production of sterile albumin. Recently I also led ad interim another large facility located in Atlanta area (Georgia), during the qualification, conformance lots production and FDA approval period.

  • Plant director Bioscience Italy at Baxter Healthcare
    Apr 2011 - Jun 2016 · 5 yrs 3 mos

    Responsibility of the Italian bioscience plants, located in Rieti and Pisa (about 450 employees). Both plants are involved in the production of plasma derivatives: Rieti plant is dedicated to the production of intermediates, such as albumin, gammaglobulin and coagulation factors and it is also an FDA approved site; while Pisa plant is a finishing site for production of sterile albumin.

  • Drug Product Business Unit Director at Corden Pharma - A Full-Service CDMO
    Jun 2010 - Apr 2011 · 11 mos

    I have full responsibility of the Business Unit (300 employees) dedicated to the production of finished drugs, mainly penicillin, cephalosporin and oncological products (sterile and oral) exported to 70 countries, including USA and Japan. Responsibilities entail: P&L, manufacturing, maintenance, capital projects, products and process improvements and development, product transfer, environment, heath and safety.