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Joydeep Ganguly
Agilent Technologies
Chief Manufacturing and Supply Chain Officer
Joydeep Ganguly serves as Chief Manufacturing and Supply Chain Officer at Agilent Technologies. As a member of Agilent's executive leadership team, he is responsible for all leading critical aspects of network strategy, global manufacturing, supply chain, product engineering, and operations technology for Agilent's worldwide operations. Prior to his current role, Joydeep served as SVP of Corporate Operations and Chief Sustainability Officer for Gilead Sciences - in that role, he was accountable for several strategic functions, including corporate engineering; capital and infrastructure strategy; corporate real estate; risk management; operations research and global procurement. Prior to Gilead, Joydeep spent 10 years at Biogen, in roles of increasing responsibility in the areas of technical operations, manufacturing and supply chain.
A transformational thought leader in the operations space, Joydeep has published extensively about operations transformation, supply chain evolution and innovation management within the Biotechnology and Life Sciences industry. The International Society of Pharmaceutical Engineering (ISPE) recognized Joydeep with the Roger Sherwood Journal Article of the Year for his publication about the application of innovative advanced process analytics within operations, an area in which he remains active and holds multiple patents.
Passionate about the role of industry in community engagement and philanthropy, he has served as the Board Chair of the Gilead Foundation, as well as being a past Board member of the Biogen Foundation. He currently serves on the Board of Directors of Bay Area Council, Biocom and is a trustee at Town School for Boys. He also serves on the Board of Advisors for Culture Biosciences, as well on the Advisory Council for NC State University’s Operations and Technology program. He earned an M.S. in Electrical Engineering from the University of Notre Dame, an M.B.A. from North Carolina State University, and an MHA from Cornell University where he received the prestigious Sloan award. Joydeep has been recognized as a Top 50 Diverse Leader in California, awarded the Leadership Excellence Award by the California Diversity Council, and was recently named as one of the Top 3 leaders in Climate Science within the Biotech industry.
A transformational thought leader in the operations space, Joydeep has published extensively about operations transformation, supply chain evolution and innovation management within the Biotechnology and Life Sciences industry. The International Society of Pharmaceutical Engineering (ISPE) recognized Joydeep with the Roger Sherwood Journal Article of the Year for his publication about the application of innovative advanced process analytics within operations, an area in which he remains active and holds multiple patents.
Passionate about the role of industry in community engagement and philanthropy, he has served as the Board Chair of the Gilead Foundation, as well as being a past Board member of the Biogen Foundation. He currently serves on the Board of Directors of Bay Area Council, Biocom and is a trustee at Town School for Boys. He also serves on the Board of Advisors for Culture Biosciences, as well on the Advisory Council for NC State University’s Operations and Technology program. He earned an M.S. in Electrical Engineering from the University of Notre Dame, an M.B.A. from North Carolina State University, and an MHA from Cornell University where he received the prestigious Sloan award. Joydeep has been recognized as a Top 50 Diverse Leader in California, awarded the Leadership Excellence Award by the California Diversity Council, and was recently named as one of the Top 3 leaders in Climate Science within the Biotech industry.
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