Owen Griffin

Owen has 12+ years of experience working in and leading laboratories for pharmaceutical companies, contract development and manufacturing organizations (CDMO), and contract research organizations (CRO). During his career he has worked in both sterile and non-sterile GMP facilities leading teams that support API, excipient, and drug product manufacturing activities. Over his career he has developed environmental monitoring programs, implemented contamination control strategies, designed microbial method validations, and led global initiatives as a Microbiology subject matter expert (SME). Owen earned a B.S. in Microbiology and Laboratory Technology from Auburn University. Owen is currently the Director, R&D Microbiology at Rapid Micro Biosystems. In this role his team is responsible for new product development activities and customer applications support.