Patrick Gavit MS Takeda

Patrick Gavit has over 35 years of experience in the biotech arena encompassing roles in both the biologics and plasma industries. In his most recent role, he is the Head of Manufacturing Sciences at Takeda’s Los Angeles manufacturing facility. In this role he manages a technical team of 50 people who are responsible for ensuring the manufacturing processes run smoothly and for making improvements to the processes. Patrick has experience in process development, technology transfer, and continuous improvement principles. He is Six Sigma Blackbelt certified. Patrick has worked with several community colleges to develop a Biotech curriculum that includes a certification process. He promotes careers in Biotech by speaking at local universities and colleges.