Leadership
Officers
Olivier Loeillot
President and Chief Executive Officer
Olivier Loeillot, President and Chief Executive Officer (“CEO”) of Repligen as of September 1, 2024, previously served as Chief Commercial Officer (“CCO”). He joined Repligen in October 2023, and as CCO held responsibility for driving the Company’s commercial strategy and expanding the market impact Repligen’s business units. Prior to joining Repligen, Mr. Loeillot was Chief Executive Officer (“CEO”) at Ascensus Specialties, a manufacturer of specialty chemicals for use in the life sciences and pharmaceutical markets. Mr Loeillot previously served a combined 12 years with Cytiva (a Danaher company and previously GE Healthcare Life Sciences). While at Cytiva, he served as Bioprocess President from 2018 to 2022, overseeing the overall bioprocess portfolio from cell culture media to purification resins and including process equipment, single-use technologies and enterprise solutions. Mr. Loeillot was also instrumental in building and leading the Enterprise Solutions business, managing the Bioprocess Asia business in Singapore, and directing the Genomics and Cellular Research division. Prior to Cytiva, Mr. Loeillot served a combined 12 years with Lonza, advancing to Vice President Sales, Lonza Custom Manufacturing. He also acted as Vice President of Sales for Lonza AG’s custom manufacturing business and led the Microbial Biopharmaceuticals group. Mr. Loeillot earned his M.S. in Chemistry in 1993 from the European High Institute of Chemistry of Strasbourg, France, and later completed a M.B.A. program at CESMA Business School of EM Lyon.
Jason K. Garland
Chief Financial Officer
Jason K. Garland joined Repligen in September 2023 as Chief Financial Officer (“CFO”), where he oversees financial operations for the Company. In this position, he holds responsibility for all corporate finance and audit functions, capital markets and M&A transactions, financial planning and analysis, budgeting and risk management, information technology and investor relations. Before joining Repligen, Mr. Garland was with Integer Holdings Corporation (“Integer”), a medical device outsource manufacturer, where he served for nearly five years as Executive Vice President and CFO, and assumed executive sponsorship of the company’s business process excellence initiative focused on standardizing and optimizing all non-manufacturing processes. Prior to his role with Integer, Mr. Garland spent three years as Vice President and CFO for the global sales and supply divisions of Tiffany & Co., following nearly 20 years in various roles of increasing responsibility at General Electric Corporation (“GE”). His rotations and achievements at GE culminated in several leadership positions including his role as CFO for GE Industrial Solutions, then a multi-billion dollar business with over 40 manufacturing sites. Mr. Garland serves on the board of directors at Acutus Medical, a publicly traded medical device company. He holds a B.S. in Chemical Engineering from the University of New Hampshire and is Lean Six Sigma Black Belt certified.
jim bylund
Chief Operating Officer
James R. Bylund joined Repligen in March 2020 and currently serves as Chief Operating Officer (“COO”) and principal operating officer. Before being named COO in January 2022, Mr. Bylund acted as Senior Vice President, Global Operations and Information Technology. Before joining Repligen, Mr. Bylund worked in real estate at Inspire Development in Austin, Texas between March 2019 and March 2020. Prior to this, Mr. Bylund spent 10 years with Thermo Fisher Scientific in various leadership roles including Vice President and General Manager of the Single Use Technologies Business Unit, and Vice President of Global Operations for the Bioproduction Division. Mr. Bylund also worked for Fiserv (nine years) and Eli Lilly and Company (seven years) in a variety of leadership roles. He has significant experience in managing multiple operating sites across the globe and scaling operations to meet rapidly growing demand. Mr. Bylund is a passionate proponent of continuous improvement and has consistently demonstrated the ability to assemble and grow highly effective teams. He holds a B.S. in Accounting from Utah State University and earned his M.B.A. from Indiana University.
Ralf Kuriyel
Senior Vice President, Research and Development
Ralf Kuriyel joined Repligen in October 2016 and currently serves as Senior Vice President, R&D where he oversees the Company’s innovation programs, including the strategic integration of acquired technologies. Prior to joining Repligen, Mr. Kuriyel was Vice President of Applications for the single-use business unit within the Life Sciences division of Pall Corporation (“Pall”), whose acquisition by Danaher Corporation was completed in August 2015. At Pall, Mr. Kuriyel served as Vice President of R&D, Field Applications and Process Development Services from November 2014 to October 2016. In addition, Mr. Kuriyel served as Vice President, Applications R&D at Pall from November 2011 to November 2014. He is an inventor on multiple patents and has co-authored over 30 scientific publications on bioprocessing, including separations technologies, membrane separations methods, protein processing and enhanced microfiltration techniques. Mr. Kuriyel received a B.S. and an M.S. in Chemical Engineering from Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute and has completed coursework for the Tufts University Ph.D. program in Chemical Engineering.
Olivier Loeillot, President and Chief Executive Officer (“CEO”) of Repligen as of September 1, 2024, previously served as Chief Commercial Officer (“CCO”). He joined Repligen in October 2023, and as CCO held responsibility for driving the Company’s commercial strategy and expanding the market impact Repligen’s business units. Prior to joining Repligen, Mr. Loeillot was Chief Executive Officer (“CEO”) at Ascensus Specialties, a manufacturer of specialty chemicals for use in the life sciences and pharmaceutical markets. Mr Loeillot previously served a combined 12 years with Cytiva (a Danaher company and previously GE Healthcare Life Sciences). While at Cytiva, he served as Bioprocess President from 2018 to 2022, overseeing the overall bioprocess portfolio from cell culture media to purification resins and including process equipment, single-use technologies and enterprise solutions. Mr. Loeillot was also instrumental in building and leading the Enterprise Solutions business, managing the Bioprocess Asia business in Singapore, and directing the Genomics and Cellular Research division. Prior to Cytiva, Mr. Loeillot served a combined 12 years with Lonza, advancing to Vice President Sales, Lonza Custom Manufacturing. He also acted as Vice President of Sales for Lonza AG’s custom manufacturing business and led the Microbial Biopharmaceuticals group. Mr. Loeillot earned his M.S. in Chemistry in 1993 from the European High Institute of Chemistry of Strasbourg, France, and later completed a M.B.A. program at CESMA Business School of EM Lyon.
Jason K. Garland joined Repligen in September 2023 as Chief Financial Officer (“CFO”), where he oversees financial operations for the Company. In this position, he holds responsibility for all corporate finance and audit functions, capital markets and M&A transactions, financial planning and analysis, budgeting and risk management, information technology and investor relations. Before joining Repligen, Mr. Garland was with Integer Holdings Corporation (“Integer”), a medical device outsource manufacturer, where he served for nearly five years as Executive Vice President and CFO, and assumed executive sponsorship of the company’s business process excellence initiative focused on standardizing and optimizing all non-manufacturing processes. Prior to his role with Integer, Mr. Garland spent three years as Vice President and CFO for the global sales and supply divisions of Tiffany & Co., following nearly 20 years in various roles of increasing responsibility at General Electric Corporation (“GE”). His rotations and achievements at GE culminated in several leadership positions including his role as CFO for GE Industrial Solutions, then a multi-billion dollar business with over 40 manufacturing sites. Mr. Garland serves on the board of directors at Acutus Medical, a publicly traded medical device company. He holds a B.S. in Chemical Engineering from the University of New Hampshire and is Lean Six Sigma Black Belt certified.
James R. Bylund joined Repligen in March 2020 and currently serves as Chief Operating Officer (“COO”) and principal operating officer. Before being named COO in January 2022, Mr. Bylund acted as Senior Vice President, Global Operations and Information Technology. Before joining Repligen, Mr. Bylund worked in real estate at Inspire Development in Austin, Texas between March 2019 and March 2020. Prior to this, Mr. Bylund spent 10 years with Thermo Fisher Scientific in various leadership roles including Vice President and General Manager of the Single Use Technologies Business Unit, and Vice President of Global Operations for the Bioproduction Division. Mr. Bylund also worked for Fiserv (nine years) and Eli Lilly and Company (seven years) in a variety of leadership roles. He has significant experience in managing multiple operating sites across the globe and scaling operations to meet rapidly growing demand. Mr. Bylund is a passionate proponent of continuous improvement and has consistently demonstrated the ability to assemble and grow highly effective teams. He holds a B.S. in Accounting from Utah State University and earned his M.B.A. from Indiana University.
Ralf Kuriyel joined Repligen in October 2016 and currently serves as Senior Vice President, R&D where he oversees the Company’s innovation programs, including the strategic integration of acquired technologies. Prior to joining Repligen, Mr. Kuriyel was Vice President of Applications for the single-use business unit within the Life Sciences division of Pall Corporation (“Pall”), whose acquisition by Danaher Corporation was completed in August 2015. At Pall, Mr. Kuriyel served as Vice President of R&D, Field Applications and Process Development Services from November 2014 to October 2016. In addition, Mr. Kuriyel served as Vice President, Applications R&D at Pall from November 2011 to November 2014. He is an inventor on multiple patents and has co-authored over 30 scientific publications on bioprocessing, including separations technologies, membrane separations methods, protein processing and enhanced microfiltration techniques. Mr. Kuriyel received a B.S. and an M.S. in Chemical Engineering from Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute and has completed coursework for the Tufts University Ph.D. program in Chemical Engineering.
Functional Leaders
Surendra Balekai
Vice President, Systems
Surendra Balekai joined Repligen in January 2019 and was named Vice President, Fluid Management in January 2024. He previously served as Senior Director, Product Management, responsible for the Company’s tangential flow filtrations (TFF) and Chromatography Systems and related consumables. Prior to joining Repligen, Mr. Balekai was with Thermo Fisher Scientific for 12 years, most recently in global Product Management and Director roles focused on single-use bioprocessing equipment and consumables. While at Thermo Fisher Scientific, he successfully implemented regional growth strategies (Asia Pacific) and established field applications and services teams to support the bioproduction business. Earlier, Mr. Balekai was with Sartorius Stedim Biotech (eight years) as Business Manager, Purification and Single-Use Technologies, and with Millipore India (five years) as a Senior Process Specialist. Mr. Balekai earned a B.S. in Chemical Engineering from Ramaiah Institute of Technology, and a M.B.A. from Jack Welch Management Institute. He has also received a Certificate of Specialization in Strategy from Harvard Business School online.
Brian Douglass
Senior Vice President, Filtration and Chromatography
Brian Douglass joined Repligen in May of 2024 and currently serves as Senior Vice President, Filtration and Chromatography, responsible for driving the business strategy for several of the company’s flagship product lines, including XCell® ATF, KrosFlo® TFDF®, TangenX® flat sheet cassettes and OPUS® pre-packed columns. Mr. Douglass brings over 20 years of experience in the life sciences industry. Prior to joining Repligen, he served a short time as Vice President and General Manager, Cell Biology at Thermo Fisher Scientific. He previously served a combined eight years at Cytiva (a Danaher company, formerly known as GE Healthcare Life Sciences), holding the roles of Global Head of Product Management, and General Manager for the Cell Culture business. Included among his accomplishments at Cytiva were the launch of a state-of-the-art cell culture manufacturing facility in Pasching, Austria, and the creation of a global organization that advanced and commercialized new technology platforms, including those for the development of cell lines and custom cell culture media for industrial customers. In addition, Mr. Douglass built a best-in-class security of supply infrastructure, establishing large-scale media equivalence across three global manufacturing sites. Earlier in his career, he held roles of increasing responsibility at Corning Life Sciences, the American Type Culture Collection and Avantor (formerly known as Mallinckrodt Baker). Mr. Douglass earned a B.S. in Microbiology from Pennsylvania State University and an M.S. in Biotechnology from Johns Hopkins University.
Teresa Ferragamo
Senior Director, Marketing
Teresa Ferragamo joined Repligen in January of 2024, and currently serves as Senior Director, Marketing, responsible for shaping and executing the company’s global brand and marketing strategy. She plays a critical role in ensuring that the company’s marketing efforts reflect its vision of "Inspiring Advances in Bioprocessing" with a focus on driving marketing programs, thought leadership initiatives, and strategies that reinforce Repligen’s position as the innovation leader in bioprocessing. Ms. Ferragamo brings a diverse 30-year background that spans marketing, sales and product management. She adds a well-rounded customer perspective to her role, and deep expertise in demand generation, customer segmentation, product marketing and lifecycle management. Prior to joining Repligen Ms. Ferragamo spent 10 years with Cytiva (a Danaher company, formerly known as GE Healthcare Life Sciences) in a variety of field marketing management roles of increasing responsibility. While at Cytiva, she developed and led demand generation programs targeting key biopharma and CDMO market segments, in support of the company’s protein analysis and chromatography portfolios. Prior to her work with Cytiva, Ms. Ferragamo held sales specialist and marketing roles with a number of companies in the life sciences tools space. Ms. Ferragamo holds a B.S. in Science from the Philadelphia College of Pharmacy and Science (now named University of the Sciences) and completed a Marketing Week Mini MBA series.
Leslie Galvin
Vice President, Human Resources
Leslie Galvin joined Repligen in May 2022 and currently serves as Vice President, Global Head, Human Resources, supporting the global operations function. Her responsibilities include human capital strategy, global talent acquisition, employee development, diversity & inclusion, and human resources (“HR”) operations. Ms. Galvin has over 20 years of global HR leadership experience in the life sciences, healthcare, and high-tech manufacturing industries. She earned a B.S. in Human Resources and Industrial and Labor Relations from Bowling Green State University, and a M.S.A. in Human Resources from Central Michigan University. Ms. Galvin also holds a J.D. with a concentration in Employment Law from Capital University.
Kola Otitoju
Senior Vice President Strategy and Business Development and Global Head of Bioprocess Analytics
Kola Otitoju joined Repligen in 2020 and currently serves as Senior Vice President of Strategy and Business Development & Global Head of Bioprocess Analytics. Since 2020, he has been responsible for leading the development and execution of the Repligen growth strategy as related to key partnerships, licensing agreements, technology investments and mergers and acquisitions. By late 2022, Mr. Otitoju was also given the responsibility to lead the company’s Process Analytics Technology (“PAT”) business, where he oversees R&D, operations, quality and commercial activities, with a focus on expanding the PAT portfolio. Mr. Otitoju brings a wealth of experience in strategic planning and execution having over the course of 15-plus years been involved in private equity, investment banking and corporate deal-making. He led multiple transactions in excess of $100 billion through his tenures in Investment Banking M&A at Credit Suisse and Banc of America Securities, and through his experience at large publicly traded corporations including Baxter International and GE Healthcare (now Cytiva), as well as with private equity-backed companies including Candela Medical, while with Apax Partners. Earlier in his career, Mr. Otitoju was an electrical engineer. He holds a M.B.A. from Harvard Business School, a M.S. in Electrical Engineering from Cornell University, and a B.S. in Information Systems Engineering from Imperial College London.
Surendra Balekai joined Repligen in January 2019 and was named Vice President, Fluid Management in January 2024. He previously served as Senior Director, Product Management, responsible for the Company’s tangential flow filtrations (TFF) and Chromatography Systems and related consumables. Prior to joining Repligen, Mr. Balekai was with Thermo Fisher Scientific for 12 years, most recently in global Product Management and Director roles focused on single-use bioprocessing equipment and consumables. While at Thermo Fisher Scientific, he successfully implemented regional growth strategies (Asia Pacific) and established field applications and services teams to support the bioproduction business. Earlier, Mr. Balekai was with Sartorius Stedim Biotech (eight years) as Business Manager, Purification and Single-Use Technologies, and with Millipore India (five years) as a Senior Process Specialist. Mr. Balekai earned a B.S. in Chemical Engineering from Ramaiah Institute of Technology, and a M.B.A. from Jack Welch Management Institute. He has also received a Certificate of Specialization in Strategy from Harvard Business School online.
Brian Douglass joined Repligen in May of 2024 and currently serves as Senior Vice President, Filtration and Chromatography, responsible for driving the business strategy for several of the company’s flagship product lines, including XCell® ATF, KrosFlo® TFDF®, TangenX® flat sheet cassettes and OPUS® pre-packed columns. Mr. Douglass brings over 20 years of experience in the life sciences industry. Prior to joining Repligen, he served a short time as Vice President and General Manager, Cell Biology at Thermo Fisher Scientific. He previously served a combined eight years at Cytiva (a Danaher company, formerly known as GE Healthcare Life Sciences), holding the roles of Global Head of Product Management, and General Manager for the Cell Culture business. Included among his accomplishments at Cytiva were the launch of a state-of-the-art cell culture manufacturing facility in Pasching, Austria, and the creation of a global organization that advanced and commercialized new technology platforms, including those for the development of cell lines and custom cell culture media for industrial customers. In addition, Mr. Douglass built a best-in-class security of supply infrastructure, establishing large-scale media equivalence across three global manufacturing sites. Earlier in his career, he held roles of increasing responsibility at Corning Life Sciences, the American Type Culture Collection and Avantor (formerly known as Mallinckrodt Baker). Mr. Douglass earned a B.S. in Microbiology from Pennsylvania State University and an M.S. in Biotechnology from Johns Hopkins University.
Teresa Ferragamo joined Repligen in January of 2024, and currently serves as Senior Director, Marketing, responsible for shaping and executing the company’s global brand and marketing strategy. She plays a critical role in ensuring that the company’s marketing efforts reflect its vision of "Inspiring Advances in Bioprocessing" with a focus on driving marketing programs, thought leadership initiatives, and strategies that reinforce Repligen’s position as the innovation leader in bioprocessing. Ms. Ferragamo brings a diverse 30-year background that spans marketing, sales and product management. She adds a well-rounded customer perspective to her role, and deep expertise in demand generation, customer segmentation, product marketing and lifecycle management. Prior to joining Repligen Ms. Ferragamo spent 10 years with Cytiva (a Danaher company, formerly known as GE Healthcare Life Sciences) in a variety of field marketing management roles of increasing responsibility. While at Cytiva, she developed and led demand generation programs targeting key biopharma and CDMO market segments, in support of the company’s protein analysis and chromatography portfolios. Prior to her work with Cytiva, Ms. Ferragamo held sales specialist and marketing roles with a number of companies in the life sciences tools space. Ms. Ferragamo holds a B.S. in Science from the Philadelphia College of Pharmacy and Science (now named University of the Sciences) and completed a Marketing Week Mini MBA series.
Leslie Galvin joined Repligen in May 2022 and currently serves as Vice President, Global Head, Human Resources, supporting the global operations function. Her responsibilities include human capital strategy, global talent acquisition, employee development, diversity & inclusion, and human resources (“HR”) operations. Ms. Galvin has over 20 years of global HR leadership experience in the life sciences, healthcare, and high-tech manufacturing industries. She earned a B.S. in Human Resources and Industrial and Labor Relations from Bowling Green State University, and a M.S.A. in Human Resources from Central Michigan University. Ms. Galvin also holds a J.D. with a concentration in Employment Law from Capital University.
Kola Otitoju joined Repligen in 2020 and currently serves as Senior Vice President of Strategy and Business Development & Global Head of Bioprocess Analytics. Since 2020, he has been responsible for leading the development and execution of the Repligen growth strategy as related to key partnerships, licensing agreements, technology investments and mergers and acquisitions. By late 2022, Mr. Otitoju was also given the responsibility to lead the company’s Process Analytics Technology (“PAT”) business, where he oversees R&D, operations, quality and commercial activities, with a focus on expanding the PAT portfolio. Mr. Otitoju brings a wealth of experience in strategic planning and execution having over the course of 15-plus years been involved in private equity, investment banking and corporate deal-making. He led multiple transactions in excess of $100 billion through his tenures in Investment Banking M&A at Credit Suisse and Banc of America Securities, and through his experience at large publicly traded corporations including Baxter International and GE Healthcare (now Cytiva), as well as with private equity-backed companies including Candela Medical, while with Apax Partners. Earlier in his career, Mr. Otitoju was an electrical engineer. He holds a M.B.A. from Harvard Business School, a M.S. in Electrical Engineering from Cornell University, and a B.S. in Information Systems Engineering from Imperial College London.
Keith Lee Robinson
Chief Information Officer
Keith Lee Robinson joined Repligen in 2015 and currently serves as Chief Information Officer. He is responsible for enabling and optimizing business productivity, driving technological innovation, protecting the company’s digital assets and running an efficient IT organization. Prior to being named Chief Information officer, Mr. Robinson held numerous IT leadership roles at Repligen, building and leading the global IT organization; this includes the implementation worldwide of Enterprise Resource Planning, Customer Relationship Management, Quality Management, Business Intelligence solutions and cybersecurity processes and controls. A Jamaican native, he has accumulated over two decades of experience consulting on and managing information systems and information technology in multiple industries in the United States, Canada and the Caribbean. Mr. Robinson earned a M.S in Management Information Systems from the University of the West Indies, Jamaica.
Umay Saplakoğlu
Vice President, Proteins and Incubator
Umay Saplakoğlu joined Repligen in October 2024 as Vice President, Proteins and Incubator. In this role, she is responsible for the development and execution of a global business strategy to drive profitability and revenue growth for the Proteins portfolio of products including growth factors and chromatography resins. She will also lead the Incubator function, focused on commercializing differentiated new products that originate from Repligen’s R&D team. Ms. Saplakoğlu brings 20+ years of life science industry experience and expertise in facilitating change through redesign of internal technology processes. Most recently, she served as Vice President, Operational Excellence and Learning with Bristol Myers Squibb. Prior to this role, she held a variety of technical roles with Cytiva (a Danaher company, formerly known as GE Healthcare Life Sciences), including Chief Digital Officer, and Global General Manager for Fast Trak supporting biopharma customers’ development of upstream and downstream processes and training. Ms. Saplakoğlu holds a Ph.D. in Biology from Middle East Technical University and a Postdoc from the University of Medicine and Dentistry of New Jersey.
Greg Titus
Senior Vice President, Commercial Development
Greg Titus joined Repligen in March 2023 and currently serves as Senior Vice President Commercial Development. Mr. Titus is responsible for developing and implementing Repligen’s corporate commercial strategy, as well as developing and leading top-down sales initiatives across the global commercial organization. He brings over 30 years of life sciences industry experience to Repligen, including development and leadership of bioprocessing commercial strategies and teams within the US and globally. Prior to joining Repligen, Mr. Titus spent a combined 13 years with Cytiva (a Danaher company and previously GE Healthcare Life Sciences), including his most recent role of General Manager, Global Strategic Accounts and Advanced Therapies. Prior to this, he led Key Account Management programs and Business Development for EMD Millipore (now Millipore Sigma), where he served for 17 years. Mr. Titus began his career in various service engineering, technical specialist and sales roles that led to more strategic and operational opportunities. He was raised and currently lives in Napa Valley California, and is the founder & winemaker of Ominous Cellars. Mr. Titus holds a B.S. in Electrical & Computer Engineering from Heald Institute of Technology, and negotiation-focused certificates from Harvard Business and El Camino College.
Greg Verni
Vice President, Fluid Management
Greg Verni joined Repligen in June of 2024 as Vice President, Fluid Management. In this role, he is responsible for the development and execution of a global operations strategy to drive market growth of the company’s Fluid Management portfolio of products, which includes state-of-the-art single-use components and innovate mixing, storage and transfer solutions. Mr. Verni brings over 20 years of life science industry experience to Repligen, and key expertise in the areas of operational leadership, commercial management, quality, and large pharma bioprocess engineering. Prior to joining Repligen, Mr. Verni spent 18 years at MilliporeSigma where he held a number of positions including Senior Director/Head of Single Use & Integrated Systems, Vice President/Head of Quality Services, and Director of Sales for Global Strategic Accounts. He started his career as a process engineer for Biopharma Clinical Production at Centocor (now Janssen Biologics) and for large biopharma manufacturing at Diosynth RTP (now FUJIFILM Diosynth Biotechnologies. Mr. Verni holds a B.S. in Chemical Engineering from Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute of Technology.
Neil Whitfield
Vice President, Sales
Neil Whitfield joined Repligen in May 2020 and currently serves as Vice President, Global Sales & Support. Mr. Whitfield is responsible for building and developing a world class sales organization that executes effectively and delivers a positive customer experience. Prior to being named Vice President, Global Sales in October 2022, Mr. Whitfield served as Vice President, Commercial Development. Before joining Repligen, Mr. Whitfield was with Thermo Fisher Scientific where he led the commercial organization for the Bioproduction Division in EMEA for nine years and successfully integrated the commercial organizations of Life Technologies Inc. and Thermo Fisher Scientific into one cohesive team. Mr. Whitfield also spent 25 years at Applied Biosystems in various operational roles, before moving into the commercial organization to lead the Applied Markets Division in Europe and Middle East for Process Analytics, Food Pathogens and Animal Diagnostics. Mr. Whitfield holds a HNC. qualification in Chemistry from the University of Manchester, U.K. and a P.G.Dip. in Business Management from Liverpool University, U.K.
Keith Lee Robinson joined Repligen in 2015 and currently serves as Chief Information Officer. He is responsible for enabling and optimizing business productivity, driving technological innovation, protecting the company’s digital assets and running an efficient IT organization. Prior to being named Chief Information officer, Mr. Robinson held numerous IT leadership roles at Repligen, building and leading the global IT organization; this includes the implementation worldwide of Enterprise Resource Planning, Customer Relationship Management, Quality Management, Business Intelligence solutions and cybersecurity processes and controls. A Jamaican native, he has accumulated over two decades of experience consulting on and managing information systems and information technology in multiple industries in the United States, Canada and the Caribbean. Mr. Robinson earned a M.S in Management Information Systems from the University of the West Indies, Jamaica.
Umay Saplakoğlu joined Repligen in October 2024 as Vice President, Proteins and Incubator. In this role, she is responsible for the development and execution of a global business strategy to drive profitability and revenue growth for the Proteins portfolio of products including growth factors and chromatography resins. She will also lead the Incubator function, focused on commercializing differentiated new products that originate from Repligen’s R&D team. Ms. Saplakoğlu brings 20+ years of life science industry experience and expertise in facilitating change through redesign of internal technology processes. Most recently, she served as Vice President, Operational Excellence and Learning with Bristol Myers Squibb. Prior to this role, she held a variety of technical roles with Cytiva (a Danaher company, formerly known as GE Healthcare Life Sciences), including Chief Digital Officer, and Global General Manager for Fast Trak supporting biopharma customers’ development of upstream and downstream processes and training. Ms. Saplakoğlu holds a Ph.D. in Biology from Middle East Technical University and a Postdoc from the University of Medicine and Dentistry of New Jersey.
Greg Titus joined Repligen in March 2023 and currently serves as Senior Vice President Commercial Development. Mr. Titus is responsible for developing and implementing Repligen’s corporate commercial strategy, as well as developing and leading top-down sales initiatives across the global commercial organization. He brings over 30 years of life sciences industry experience to Repligen, including development and leadership of bioprocessing commercial strategies and teams within the US and globally. Prior to joining Repligen, Mr. Titus spent a combined 13 years with Cytiva (a Danaher company and previously GE Healthcare Life Sciences), including his most recent role of General Manager, Global Strategic Accounts and Advanced Therapies. Prior to this, he led Key Account Management programs and Business Development for EMD Millipore (now Millipore Sigma), where he served for 17 years. Mr. Titus began his career in various service engineering, technical specialist and sales roles that led to more strategic and operational opportunities. He was raised and currently lives in Napa Valley California, and is the founder & winemaker of Ominous Cellars. Mr. Titus holds a B.S. in Electrical & Computer Engineering from Heald Institute of Technology, and negotiation-focused certificates from Harvard Business and El Camino College.
Greg Verni joined Repligen in June of 2024 as Vice President, Fluid Management. In this role, he is responsible for the development and execution of a global operations strategy to drive market growth of the company’s Fluid Management portfolio of products, which includes state-of-the-art single-use components and innovate mixing, storage and transfer solutions. Mr. Verni brings over 20 years of life science industry experience to Repligen, and key expertise in the areas of operational leadership, commercial management, quality, and large pharma bioprocess engineering. Prior to joining Repligen, Mr. Verni spent 18 years at MilliporeSigma where he held a number of positions including Senior Director/Head of Single Use & Integrated Systems, Vice President/Head of Quality Services, and Director of Sales for Global Strategic Accounts. He started his career as a process engineer for Biopharma Clinical Production at Centocor (now Janssen Biologics) and for large biopharma manufacturing at Diosynth RTP (now FUJIFILM Diosynth Biotechnologies. Mr. Verni holds a B.S. in Chemical Engineering from Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute of Technology.
Neil Whitfield joined Repligen in May 2020 and currently serves as Vice President, Global Sales & Support. Mr. Whitfield is responsible for building and developing a world class sales organization that executes effectively and delivers a positive customer experience. Prior to being named Vice President, Global Sales in October 2022, Mr. Whitfield served as Vice President, Commercial Development. Before joining Repligen, Mr. Whitfield was with Thermo Fisher Scientific where he led the commercial organization for the Bioproduction Division in EMEA for nine years and successfully integrated the commercial organizations of Life Technologies Inc. and Thermo Fisher Scientific into one cohesive team. Mr. Whitfield also spent 25 years at Applied Biosystems in various operational roles, before moving into the commercial organization to lead the Applied Markets Division in Europe and Middle East for Process Analytics, Food Pathogens and Animal Diagnostics. Mr. Whitfield holds a HNC. qualification in Chemistry from the University of Manchester, U.K. and a P.G.Dip. in Business Management from Liverpool University, U.K.
Board of Directors
Executive Chairman
Tony J. Hunt, Executive Chairman of the Board as of September 1, 2024, previously served as Chief Executive Officer (“CEO”) of Repligen. Mr. Hunt joined Repligen in May 2014 as Chief Operating Officer (“COO”) and was named President and Chief Executive Officer (“CEO”) in May 2015. As CEO, Mr. Hunt successfully executed on his vision to establish Repligen as a technology leader in bioprocessing and deliver above-market revenue growth strategy through R&D and M&A. Prior to joining Repligen, Mr. Hunt was President of Bioproduction at Life Technologies, a global life sciences company which was acquired by Thermo Fisher Scientific in 2014. He joined Life Technologies in 2008, serving as General Manager of Bioproduction Chromatography and Pharma Analytics before being named President of Bioproduction in 2011. From 2000 to 2008, Mr. Hunt was with Applied Biosystems as Senior Director of Pharma Programs where he launched the Pharma Analytics business that in 2008 became a part of the Bioproduction platform at Life Technologies. Mr. Hunt also serves on the board of directors of one publicly traded company, 908 Devices Inc. Mr. Hunt received a B.S. in Microbiology and an M.S. in Biotechnology from University College in Galway, Ireland, and an M.B.A. from Boston University School of Management. Mr. Hunt brings to the Board his deep understanding of the bioprocessing market.
Lead Director
Karen A. Dawes, Lead Director of the Board as of September 1, 2024, previously served as Chairman of the Board. She has served as a director of Repligen since September 2005. Karen is the founder and President of Knowledgeable Decisions, LLC, a management consulting firm. Prior to establishing the firm, she served from 1999 to 2003 as Senior Vice President and U.S. Business Group Head for Bayer Corporation’s U.S. Pharmaceuticals Group. Prior to joining Bayer, she was Senior Vice President, Global Strategic Marketing, at Wyeth LLC (“Wyeth”), a pharmaceutical company (formerly known as American Home Products), where she held responsibility for worldwide strategic marketing. Ms. Dawes also served as Vice President, Commercial Operations for Genetics Institute, Inc., which was acquired by Wyeth in January 1997, designing and implementing that company’s initial commercialization strategy to launch BeneFIX® and Neumega®. Ms. Dawes began her pharmaceuticals industry career at Pfizer, Inc. where, from 1984 to 1994, she held a number of marketing positions, serving most recently as Vice President, Marketing of the Pratt Division. At Pfizer, she directed launches of Glucotrol®/Glucotrol XL®, Zoloft®, and Cardura®. Ms. Dawes also serves on the board of directors of two publicly traded companies: Vaccitech Limited and Medicenna Therapeutics Corp, one private company, JPA Health, and one not-for-profit company, Medicines 360. Ms. Dawes received a B.A. and M.A. in English from Simmons College and an M.B.A. from Harvard University Graduate School of Business. Ms. Dawes’ qualifications to sit on the Company’s Board include her extensive strategic experience in both a managerial and consulting capacity with pharmaceutical companies as well as her considerable commercial background.
Nicolas M. Barthelemy has served as a director of Repligen since June 2014. Mr. Barthelemy brings over 30 years of industry experience to the director role. Mr. Barthelemy served as President and CEO of bioTheranostics, a molecular diagnostics company, from September 2014 until February 2017. Prior to bioTheranostics, he served as President, Global Commercial Operations at Life Technologies, which was acquired by Thermo Fisher Scientific in February 2014. Prior to Life Technologies, Mr. Barthelemy was with Biogen Inc. (“Biogen”) for eight years, most recently as Vice President, Manufacturing and General Manager for the company’s manufacturing organization at Research Triangle Park. He began his career with Merck & Co., Inc. as a Senior Project Engineer, Vaccine Technology. Mr. Barthelemy also serves on the board of directors of three privately held companies: Biocare Medical LLC, NanoCellect Biomedical, and Slingshot Biosciences. He also serves as an advisor to Warburg Pincus, a private equity firm. Mr. Barthelemy previously served as a board member of Twist Bioscience, 908 Devices Inc. and Standard BioTools, Inc. (previously Fluidigm Corporation). Mr. Barthelemy received a M.S. in Chemical Engineering from the University of California, Berkeley, and an engineering degree from Ecole Supérieure de Physique et Chimie Industrielles, Paris. Mr. Barthelemy’s qualifications to sit on the Company’s Board include his extensive experience in the bioprocessing field, including large scale biologics manufacturing and commercialization of consumables used in bioprocessing.
Konstantin Konstantinov, Ph.D., has served as a director of Repligen since May 2022. He has also been a member of our Scientific Advisory Board since March 2016. Dr. Konstantinov is currently Chief Technology Officer at Codiak BioSciences (“Codiak”), where he previously served for six years as Executive Vice President, Manufacturing & Process Sciences. Before joining Codiak, Dr. Konstantinov was responsible for the late-stage bioprocess and technology development at Sanofi’s Boston Hub, including all functions, from cell banking to fill/finish/lyophilization. Prior to Sanofi, Dr. Konstantinov worked for Bayer in Berkeley, California for 14 years, advancing to the position of Head of Process Sciences. He has published 60 peer reviewed papers and has more than 15 patents and patent applications. During the last 23 years, Dr. Konstantinov has worked on the development and commercialization of various products, including monoclonal antibodies, blood factors and enzymes expressed in mammalian cells. Most recently, he has pioneered the development of an end-to-end integrated continuous biomanufacturing platform, which is becoming a strategic technological trend for the biomanufacturing industry worldwide. Dr. Konstantinov received his Ph.D. in Biochemical Engineering from Osaka University, Japan, which was followed by a post-doctoral assignment at DuPont and the University of Delaware.
Olivier Loeillot, President and Chief Executive Officer (“CEO”) of Repligen as of September 1, 2024, previously served as Chief Commercial Officer (“CCO”). He joined Repligen in October 2023, and as CCO held responsibility for driving the Company’s commercial strategy and expanding the market impact Repligen’s business units. Prior to joining Repligen, Mr. Loeillot was Chief Executive Officer (“CEO”) at Ascensus Specialties, a manufacturer of specialty chemicals for use in the life sciences and pharmaceutical markets. Mr Loeillot previously served a combined 12 years with Cytiva (a Danaher company and previously GE Healthcare Life Sciences). While at Cytiva, he served as Bioprocess President from 2018 to 2022, overseeing the overall bioprocess portfolio from cell culture media to purification resins and including process equipment, single-use technologies and enterprise solutions. Mr. Loeillot was also instrumental in building and leading the Enterprise Solutions business, managing the Bioprocess Asia business in Singapore, and directing the Genomics and Cellular Research division. Prior to Cytiva, Mr. Loeillot served a combined 12 years with Lonza, advancing to Vice President Sales, Lonza Custom Manufacturing. He also acted as Vice President of Sales for Lonza AG’s custom manufacturing business and led the Microbial Biopharmaceuticals group. Mr. Loeillot earned his M.S. in Chemistry in 1993 from the European High Institute of Chemistry of Strasbourg, France, and later completed a M.B.A. program at CESMA Business School of EM Lyon.
Martin D. Madaus, D.V.M., Ph.D., has served as a director of Repligen since February 2023. Dr. Madaus joins the Board with over 25 years of industry experience, including five years as Chairman, President and CEO of Millipore Corporation (“Millipore”), where he was integral to the company’s transformation into a life science leader, and its acquisition by Merck KGaA (“Merck”) in 2010. He is an active board leader, currently serving two other public companies: as Lead Director for precision health technology company Quanterix Corporation and as a board member for mass cytometry player Standard BioTools, Inc. (previously Fluidigm Corporation). He also serves on the boards of three private companies: Unchained Labs, Emulate Inc. and Ultivue Inc. Dr. Madaus is currently a senior operating executive at The Carlyle Group (since 2019), a multinational private equity and asset management services company. He previously served as Chairman and CEO at Ortho-Clinical Diagnostics from 2014 to 2019. His tenure with biopharmaceutical and diagnostic industry leader Roche Holding AG (“Roche”) from 1996 to 2004 included his position from 2000 to 2004 as President and CEO, N.A. of Roche Diagnostics Corp. Dr. Madaus began his career as a veterinarian, before joining global pharmaceutical and diagnostic company Boehringer Mannheim Corporation (“Boehringer”). While at Boehringer, he held sales, marketing and product management roles from 1989 to 1996, until his move into general management coincided with the company’s acquisition by Roche in 1996. He holds a D.V.M. from the University of Munich in Germany and a Ph.D. from the University of Veterinary Medicine of Hanover in Germany. Dr. Madaus’ qualifications to sit on the Company’s Board include his extensive bioprocessing and biopharmaceutical industry experience, especially in the areas of strategy, mergers and acquisitions, and commercial operations.
Carrie Eglinton Manner has served as a director of Repligen since June 2020. She brings to the director role over 25 years of leadership experience across multiple disciplines. Ms. Eglinton Manner currently serves as President and CEO of OraSure Technologies, Inc. (“OraSure”), which she joined in June 2022. OraSure is a leader in the development, manufacture and distribution of rapid diagnostic tests, sample collection and stabilization devices, and molecular service solutions designed to discover and detect critical medical conditions. Prior to OraSure, Ms. Eglinton Manner served as Senior Vice President, Advanced & General Diagnostics and Clinical Solutions at Quest Diagnostics (“Quest”), which she joined in 2017. In her role at Quest, Ms. Eglinton Manner was responsible for value creation across the company’s $10 billion clinical portfolio, driving innovation in R&D, along with partnerships and acquisitions. She helped accelerate growth in Quest’s $2 billion Advanced Diagnostics portfolio, which included its specialty molecular and genetic offerings, along with Quest’s global and pharmaceutical services businesses. Prior to Quest, Ms. Eglinton Manner held various roles of increasing scope and responsibility over a period of 20 years at GE Healthcare. From 2009 through 2016, she served as President & CEO of four distinct GE Healthcare global businesses in the areas of diagnostic imaging, lab services and medical devices, ranging in size from approximately $150 million to $3 billion in revenue. In addition to the Repligen Board, Ms. Eglinton Manner serves as board director for the not-for-profit Thrive Networks, focused on advancing women and building healthy, resilient communities. Ms. Eglinton Manner holds a B.S. in Mechanical Engineering from the University of Notre Dame. Ms. Eglinton Manner’s qualifications to sit on the Company’s Board include her track record of delivering business expansion and profitability for rapidly growing global businesses, including her experience with integrating acquisitions and building operations excellence, with a commitment to quality and process improvements.
Rohin Mhatre, Ph.D., was appointed to the Board in March 2020. Dr. Mhatre brings over 25 years of relevant experience to the director role, including his current position since January 2017, as Senior Vice President, Product and Technology Development at Biogen. He has held numerous other roles of increasing responsibility within Biogen, which he joined in 1996, including six years as Vice President of Biopharmaceutical Development, where he led a 300-member team responsible for cell line, cell culture, purification and device development. Earlier in Dr. Mhatre’s career at Biogen, he focused on building out analytical development and technical services. Prior to Biogen, Dr. Mhatre led the purification and applications group at Applied BioSystems (formerly Perspective Biosystems). Dr. Mhatre holds a Ph.D. in Chemistry from Northeastern University. Dr. Mhatre’s qualifications to sit on the Company’s Board include his extensive technical expertise, his leadership abilities and his deep understanding of the dependencies between biological drug development and efficient manufacturing workflows.
Glenn P. Muir has served as a director of Repligen since October 2015. Mr. Muir brings over 30 years of experience to the director role, including 26 years with Hologic, Inc. (“Hologic”), a large multi-national medical device and diagnostics company where he most recently served as Chief Financial Officer and Executive Vice President. Mr. Muir retired in May 2014 from Hologic, where he helped steer the company’s evolution from a venture-backed single product company to a publicly traded diversified organization with over 5,000 employees and $2.5 billion in revenue. He joined Hologic in 1988 and served as Chief Financial Officer since 1992 and Executive Vice President since 2000. Prior to Hologic, Mr. Muir was with Metallon Engineered Materials Co., a private company where from 1986-1988 he held the role of Vice President, Finance. Previously, from 1981-1984, he was a Senior Auditor with Arthur Andersen & Co. Mr. Muir also serves on the board of directors of two publicly traded companies: medical technology company, Neuronetics, Inc., and life science company G1 Therapeutics, Inc., and one privately held company: medical device company Impulse Dynamics Limited. Previously, Mr. Muir served on the board of directors of ReWalk Robotics Ltd. from July 2014 to December 2017. Mr. Muir is a Certified Public Accountant (inactive since 2022) with a Bachelors of Business Administration from the University of Massachusetts, Amherst. He also earned an M.S. from Bentley University and an M.B.A. from Harvard University. Mr. Muir’s qualifications to sit on Repligen’s Board include his extensive experience with integrating strategic acquisitions and leading the financial operations for a global manufacturing and commercial organization.
Maggie A. Pax has served as a director of Repligen since March 2024. Ms. Pax brings over 25 years of experience leading the development and execution of growth strategies for global companies. This includes eight years with Thermo Fisher, where, from 2016 to 2020, she served as Vice President, Strategy and Innovation for the clinical supply chain business. In this role, she led strategic planning, developed customer-facing innovation programs, and drove the business case for the company’s multi-billion acquisition of Patheon, a leading biopharmaceutical contract manufacturer. Ms. Pax’s background also includes her position as Senior Director, Corporate Development & Strategy at Thermo Fisher from 2013 to 2016, where she led post-merger commercial integration for the company’s acquisition of Life Technologies. Earlier in her career with Thermo Fisher, she was the Senior Director, Portable Analytical Instrumentation from 2012 to 2013. From 1989 to 2000, Ms. Pax was with Phillips Healthcare (“Phillips”), a leading medical device company, where she held senior leadership roles in Business Development, Marketing and Product Management. Between her Phillips and Thermo Fisher roles, Ms. Pax held several entrepreneurial leadership positions, including as Vice President, Business and Clinical Development for five years (2006 to 2011) with Microchips Biomedical, an MIT startup company that was acquired by Daré Bioscience. Ms. Pax is currently an independent board director Alimera Sciences, a Nasdaq-listed pharmaceutical company, and Jellagen, a privately-held UK company. She also sits on the board of the U.S. subsidiary of BioPorto A/S, a Danish-based kidney biomarker company. Ms. Pax advises a range of healthcare and life sciences companies on business strategy, commercial growth, and partnerships. She holds a B.A. from the College of Holy Cross, and an M.B.A. from Harvard Business School, where she currently serves as a board member of the Harvard Business School Healthcare Alumni Association.
Scientific Advisory Board
Richard D. Braatz is the Edwin R. Gilliland Professor at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) where he does research in process data analytics, design, and control of advanced manufacturing systems. He received MS and Ph.D. from the California Institute of Technology and was the Millennium Chair and Professor at the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign and a Visiting Scholar at Harvard University before moving to MIT. He has consulted and/or collaborated with more than 30 companies including Merck, Novartis, Pfizer, Amgen, Biogen, and Bristol-Myers Squibb. He is a member of the National Academy of Engineering.
Charles L. Cooney is the Robert T. Haslam (1911) Professor of Chemical and Biochemical Engineering, Emeritus in the Department of Chemical Engineering at MIT and founding Faculty Director, Emeritus of the Deshpande Center for Technological Innovation at MIT. With a BS in chemical engineering from the University of Pennsylvania and an SM and Ph.D. in Biochemical engineering from MIT, he has spent his professional career on the MIT faculty. He is an expert in process design, upstream and downstream bioprocess development, and manufacturing of pharmaceutical and biological products. Prof. Cooney has served as a consultant to or board member of multiple biotech and pharmaceutical companies and is chairman of Repligen’s Scientific Advisory Board.
Dr. Cramer is the William Weightman Walker Professor at Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute and is known for his contributions to the separation of complex biological products and the development of chromatographic materials, processes and predictive tools for enabling their biomanufacturing. In addition, he has made seminal contributions to the molecular understanding of the interactions that create unique selectivities in these separation systems. His lab is currently conducting research on several areas related to protein-surface interactions including prediction of protein binding affinity and multiscale modeling of chromatographic systems, development of efficient antibody and bispecific antibody separation systems, fundamental studies in multimodal chromatography, multilevel automated peptide synthesis/screening system for design of affinity peptides, smart biopolymer affinity precipitation systems, biophysics of protein interactions with surfaces, ligands and proteins, platformable strategies for effective removal of process HCPs and integrated semi-continuous biomanufacturing processes. He was the editor of Separation Science and Technology for 20 years and has been awarded the Alan S. Michaels Award for the Recovery of Biological Products (ACS Division of Biochemical Technology) and the ACS National Award in Separation Science and Technology. He was also awarded Rensselaer’s Distinguished Faculty Award as well as the School of Engineering Outstanding Professor and Research Excellence Awards. Dr. Cramer has been elected a fellow of the American Association for the Advancement of Science, American Institute of Chemical Engineers, the American Chemical Society and the American Institute for Medical and Biological Engineering.
Konstantin Konstantinov, Ph.D., has been a member of our Scientific Advisory Board since March 2016. He also serves as a director of Repligen since May 2022. Dr. Konstantinov is currently Chief Technology Officer at Codiak BioSciences, where he previously served for six years as Executive Vice President, Manufacturing & Process Sciences. Before joining Codiak, Konstantin Konstantinov was responsible for the late-stage bioprocess and technology development at Sanofi’s Boston Hub, including all functions, from cell banking to fill/finish/lyophilization. Prior to Sanofi, Dr. Konstantinov worked for Bayer in Berkeley, California for 14 years, advancing to the position of Head of Process Sciences. He has published 60 peer reviewed papers and has more than 15 patents and patent applications. During the last 23 years, Dr. Konstantinov has worked on the development and commercialization of various products, including monoclonal antibodies, blood factors and enzymes expressed in mammalian cells. Most recently, he has pioneered the development of an end-to-end integrated continuous biomanufacturing platform, which is becoming a strategic technological trend for the biomanufacturing industry worldwide. Dr. Konstantinov received his Ph.D. in Biochemical Engineering from Osaka University, Japan, which was followed by a post-doctoral assignment at DuPont and the University of Delaware.
J. Christopher Love is the Raymond A. (1921) and Helen E. St. Laurent Professor of Chemical Engineering and member of the Koch Institute for Integrative Cancer Research at MIT. In addition, he is an associate member at the Eli and Edythe L. Broad Institute, and at the Ragon Institute of MGH, MIT, and Harvard. Prof. Love received his Ph.D. in 2004 in physical chemistry at Harvard University. He extended his research into immunology at Harvard Medical School from 2004-2005, and at the Immune Disease Institute from 2005-2007. His research centers on using simple microsystems to monitor cells from clinical samples in chronic human diseases, and on developing new approaches to manufacturing biologic drugs and vaccines efficiently and affordably. Prof. Love was named a Dana Scholar for Human Immunology and a Keck Distinguished Young Scholar in Medical Research in 2009, one of Popular Science’s Brilliant 10 in 2010, and also a Camille Dreyfus Teacher-Scholar. At MIT, he is the Director of the Alternative Host Consortium, a unique MIT-Industry partnership advancing new manufacturing hosts for biopharmaceuticals and vaccines. He previously served as a Distinguished Engineer in Residence at Biogen (2015-2016), and also consults for several biotechnology and biopharmaceutical companies, including three current start-ups based on technologies from his lab at MIT (Honeycomb, OneCyte, and Sunflower).
Hubert Scoble’s, Ph.D., professional career spans four decades in the biotechnology and biopharmaceutical industry. The majority of his career has focused on drug substance and drug product biopharmaceutical development and clinical and commercial production operations with Genetics Institute, Wyeth, Pfizer and Sanofi. He has had responsibility for all aspects of pre- and post-approval CMC biopharma drug development, technical portfolio management and product and technical strategy development and deployment. Throughout his career he has been directly involved with the regulatory approval of 20+ commercial biopharma products.
Dr. Scoble received his Ph.D. in Analytical Chemistry from the University of Rhode Island which was followed by a Postdoctoral Fellowship in the Department of Chemistry at MIT (K. Biemann laboratory). He currently serves as a CMC, technical and operational strategy consultant to large and smaller biopharmaceutical companies and also serves on the Scientific/Technical Advisory Boards for several companies.