Manufacturing execution systems have been indispensable in the pharmaceutical and biopharmaceutical industries to orchestrate manufacturing operations among the various enterprise and plant control and analytical systems.

As the industry rapidly changes and needs to provide more personalized medicines and therapies, simpler, lighter-weight recipe creation and workflow management applications are required.

In this Emerson Automation Experts podcast, Melissa Lee and Kebra Tynan join me to discuss how Emerson is helping these manufacturers address these challenges with a software-as-a-service (SaaS) based workflow management solution.

Give the podcast a listen and visit the DeltaV Workflow Management section on Emerson.com to learn more about optimizing the lifecycle development of your novel medicines and therapies.


Transcript
Jim: Hi, everyone. I'm Jim Cahill, and this is another "Emerson Automation Experts" podcast. Traditional MES solutions often come with significant challenges, including lengthy implementation times, the need for specialized technical expertise, and extensive IT infrastructure requirements. These hurdles can be particularly burdensome for the advanced therapy medicinal products, or ATMP market, especially in the process development and pre-commercial manufacturing phases, where agility and efficiency are crucial. To overcome these obstacles, Emerson recently launched DeltaV Workflow Management, an exciting new software as a service, or SaaS product, that directly addresses these challenges. Joining us in today's podcast are Melissa Lee, the Life Sciences Recipe Solution Manager, and Kebra Tynan, the Life Sciences Product Manager, to tell us more about this exciting new product. Welcome, ladies!

Melissa: Hi, Jim!

Kebra: Thank you!

Jim: Hey, it's great having you both here, spending a little bit of time with us, to share your expertise with our listeners. Would you both mind sharing a bit about your background, and what led you into your current roles with us at Emerson?

Melissa: Sure, happy to kick us off here, Jim, and I'll go ahead with quick introduction and background, and how I got to become, to be the Life Sciences Recipe Solution Manager. So, to begin my story, I graduated from UC Berkeley, with a degree in chemical engineering, and began my career as a process engineer in the semiconductor industry. And over the span of, I think, six and a half, seven years, I took on increasing responsibilities within that industry, progressing from being an engineer to roles such as lab scientist, and then eventually moving to the business side of things, and becoming a proposal manager. And that's really how I joined Emerson. I started in the North America Proposals Group, and then later transitioned to the role of operational readiness manager within our PSS [Process Systems & Solutions] Global Lifecycle Services Organization, where I provided support to our local field service offices, worldwide.

And prior to this role that I have now, I spent two years leading strategic accounts in our Life Sciences North America sales team, working closely with our North America sales channel, which is also known here as our Emerson Impact Partners, and also key industry players such as BMS, Amgen, and Pfizer, while at the same time pursuing my MBA degree, through UT Austin's executive MBA program.