Soumitra Ghosh, 50100 Myrtle Ave, Stamford, CT 06902

Global Biotech Business Controller at Bayer HealthCare

Berlin Area, Germany

Biotechnology

Bayer HealthCare - Berkeley, California since Jun 2012
Global Biotech Business Controller Bayer Technology Services - Berkeley, CA Jun 2006 - May 2012
Project Manager / Principal Engineer Centocor Inc (Johnson & Johnson) Jun 2005 - Sep 2005
Summer Intern

University of California, Berkeley Extension 2008 - 2009
Certificate, Business Administration Carnegie Mellon University 2001 - 2006
PhD, Chemical Engineering Indian Institute of Technology, Kharagpur 1997 - 2001
BTech (Hons), Chemical Engineering

Manufacturing Strategy, Biotechnology, Process Simulation, Technology Transfer, Process Optimization, Process Engineering, Pharmaceutical Industry, Chemical Engineering, Cross-functional Team Leadership, Lifesciences, Six Sigma, Operational Excellence, GMP, Project Portfolio Management

Mentor of the Life Sciences Track of UC Berkeley Business Plan Competition (2009 – 2010) *Advised two biotech start-ups based out of University of California, San Francisco in preparing marketing, operations and financial strategies as part of the business plan competition. Both teams were semi-finalists (2009 & 2010). Core team member of the Pittsburgh Action Center of Child Rights and You (CRY) (US-based non-profit supporting the rights of underprivileged children in India) * Raised $25,000 in funds over a 2-year period through organizing concerts and social events.

Recent presentations: * “Production planning of batch and semi-continuous bioprocesses across multiple biopharmaceutical facilities”, to be presented at ESCAPE Conference (June 2012) * “Biotech Facility of the Future”, Invited Talk at the EPSRC Innovative Manufacturing Research Centre in Bioprocessing, University College London (July 2011). * Ghosh, S et al (2006) - Metabolic Engineering, Volume 8, Issue 5, September 2006, Pages 491-507 * Ghosh, S et al (2006) - Comput. Chem. Engg 29(3), pp. 459-466. – Specially invited publication to an Issue looking at innovative research in Systems Approaches to Biological Problem. * Zhu, T, Phalakornkule, C, Ghosh, S et al (2003) - Metabolic Engineering, Issue 5 pp. 74-85. * Ramanathan, SP, Mukherjee, S, Dahule, RK, Ghosh, S, et al (2001) - Chem. Engg. Res. & Des. 79(A3) pp. 310-322. * Nandi, S, Ghosh, S et al (2001) - AIChE J. 47(1) pp.126-141.

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United States

United States