Livia Artuso
Summary
Performance-driven Vice President with 23 years of experience aligning systems with business requirements, policies and regulatory requirements. Passionate about applying excellent organization and communication skills to manage and lead teams. Results-oriented individual well-versed in interfacing and consulting on business processes to drive results based on sound overall business judgment.
Overview
22
22
years of professional experience
Work History
Vice President, Site Leader and Managing Director
CSL Behring Bern
01.2022 - Current
- Site Head of CSL Behring Bern (1700+ employee)
- Assuming total PNL responsibility of End to End of the manufacturing site
- Manage site activities to produce planned output inline with supply expectation and in compliance with all applicable government regulations and internal company standards and values
- Aligned organizational objectives with company mission to increase business growth and integrate work strategies.
- Direct short- and long-term plan for the site.
- Enabler of a high degree of cross functional collaboration and communication across the site, across the entity, the community, and government.
- Performing activities creating a site-wide plan with goals/tactics, leading the Site Leadership Team, leading several site-based people processes, and enabling a high degree of employee engagement at the site.
- Represent the site to all internal and external stakeholders.
Site Head of Microbial Biopharma Operation site
LONZA
07.2017 - 12.2021
- Heading microbial operation at the Lonza Visp site (240 people)
- Operational lead of 4 manufacturing DS assets (70L, 1K, 2x 15K line), including process expert team (MSAT), engineering team and logistic support team
- Responsibility as site head to deliver timely product supply to customer, following high safety and high quality standards
- Accountability to set the budget of the business and fulfill the required KPI on safety, quality, delivery, costs, innovation and talent promotion
- Accountability together with the commercial department to set the strategy of the business short/midterm.
Head of Large Scale Manufacturing Site
LONZA
07.2016 - 06.2017
- Operational lead of large-scale manufacturing site (15m3 fermentation size), multiproduct set up (2 production lines)
- Planning of production schedule and team organization
- Ensure safety requirement
- Supervise execution of the sub teams, ensure production under cGMP guidelines
- Ensure adequate training and promotion of production staff
- Tracking of KPI and ensure safety/Quality (cGMP)/Regulatory standard on site
- Functional lead towards other crossfunction internal or external such as regulatories (FDA; Swissmedic)
- Develop strategy with corresponding investment and operational budget
- Lead the plants mid to long term capacity evaluation, and relevant transfer program
- Provides support in case of investments in the business area.
- Proved successful working within tight deadlines and a fast-paced environment.
- Managed time efficiently in order to complete all tasks within deadlines.
Senior Program Manager
LONZA
08.2014 - 06.2016
- Leadership of customer product/molecule development programs; primary contact to customer
- Lead of complex cross functional team (R&D/QC/QA /MSAT/Manufacturing)
- Management activities including contract negotiation, business analysis, risk and mitigation assessment, project planning and implementation plan
- Lead in budget and cost tracking of the respective programs.
Head Down Stream Biopharmaceutical Large Scale Plant and Small Scale Plant
LONZA
05.2007 - 07.2014
- Operational lead of the DSP part of two production plants, (a multipurpose and commercial product line); planning of production schedule and team organization
- Supervise execution of the sub teams, ensure production under cGMP guidelines
- Tracking of KPI and ensure safety/Quality (cGMP)/Regulatory standard on site
- Functional lead towards other cross function internal or external such as regulatories (FDA; Swissmedic)
- Plant manager deputy.
- Demonstrated leadership skills in managing projects from concept to completion.
Production Biotechnologist (MSAT)
LONZA
11.2005 - 04.2007
- Lead in planning and executing transfer of customer process in manufacturing site, USP and DSP part (Development processes or commercial processes); primary technical contact to customer
- Preparation of cGMP compliant batch records, supervision of cGMP and validation campaign, writing of deviations and change requests; implementation of appropriate CAPAs.
Practical Project Leader R&D and Production, Biotechnology Department
LONZA
06.2002 - 10.2005
- Lead in planning and executing transfer of customer process from R&D to manufacturing site, USP process part (development or commercial process); technical lead and contact to customer
- Execution of R&D work at lab scale, design of process for manufacturing (1000 L to 15000L scale)
- Technical evaluation for customer proposal.
Education
Executive MBA Management and Finance -
HEC University of Lausanne
Lausanne01.2012
Diploma in Biochemistry -
Swiss Federal Institute of Technology (ETHZ)
Zurich01.1998
Matura type C -
Lycée Collège Des Creusets Sion (VS)
Sion 01.1992
High school exchange year -
Wallnuthills High School (Cincinnati Ohio, USA)
Cincinnati01.1990
Skills
Executive Leadership
Budget Oversight
Employee Motivation and Performance
Transformative leadership
Succession Planning
Strategic business planning
Technical Experience
Strong experience in several CAPEX project/investments, through process development and facility design, evaluation and feasibility of project and including cost calculation, asset strategy setting., Performance and lead of several tech transfer of protein process (recombinant), from lab scale to production scale up up to 15m3 in USP and DSP. Including new technologies such as anit drug conjugates, pDNA, mRNA, new type of vaccines and protein recovery from plasma., Strong experience in Fermentation and Harvest process up to 15m3 scale. In Batch or Fed batch mode, protein as intracellular or extracellular product., Strong experience in Purification techniques involving, column purification of various types (IEX, Hydrophobic HIC) up to 200 cm diameter, ultrafiltration, pegylation, oxidation, final fill of bulk., Strong Experience in validation and regulation activities, cleaning procedures, cleaning validation and equipment Qualification., Experience in automation (delta V,Syncade); MES (Electronic Master Batch).
Regulatory Experience
Strong experience and knowledge of cGMP and regulatory guidelines. Strong experience in process and cleaning validation. Strong experience and direct participation in Audits (FDA, Swiss Medic).
Leadership Experience
Proven record in senior leadership function, several positions as senior operational lead and personal lead (>1800 people) Lead and work in cross-functional teams internal and external (QA, QC, Engineering, Authorities, Commercial strategy). Lead in setting KPIs according company strategy within safety, quality, delivery, costs, innovation, lean management and talent/people. Program Management; management of supply chain of several product/molecule programs from clinical to commercial stages including financial accountability; lead and coordination of complex cross functional team; principle interface to customer within CDMO Business.
Further Education
- Operational excellence Six sigma Green Belt (Lonza)
- Advance course in DSP (TU Delft,NL)
- Advanced course on Fermentation (TU Delft,NL)
- Leadership training (Lonza)
- AI
Personal Information
Date of Birth: 05/23/72
Languages
French
Bilingual or Proficient (C2)
German
Bilingual or Proficient (C2)
English
Bilingual or Proficient (C2)
Italian
Bilingual or Proficient (C2)
Additional Information
Board Member City of Bern Chamber of Commerce
Board Member Bern Chamber of Commerce
Timeline
Vice President, Site Leader and Managing Director
CSL Behring Bern
01.2022 - Current
Site Head of Microbial Biopharma Operation site
LONZA
07.2017 - 12.2021
Head of Large Scale Manufacturing Site
LONZA
07.2016 - 06.2017
Senior Program Manager
LONZA
08.2014 - 06.2016
Head Down Stream Biopharmaceutical Large Scale Plant and Small Scale Plant
LONZA
05.2007 - 07.2014
Production Biotechnologist (MSAT)
LONZA
11.2005 - 04.2007
Practical Project Leader R&D and Production, Biotechnology Department
LONZA
06.2002 - 10.2005
Executive MBA Management and Finance -
HEC University of Lausanne
Diploma in Biochemistry -
Swiss Federal Institute of Technology (ETHZ)
Matura type C -
Lycée Collège Des Creusets Sion (VS)
High school exchange year -
Wallnuthills High School (Cincinnati Ohio, USA)
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