Michael Trocchia

Mike started his career with Novartis in 1984 as a process engineer at the then Ciba-Geigy facility in Summit NJ.  Mike steadily progressed to senior Process engineer in the Chemical Development group,  overseeing the manufacture of  Drug Substance used in clinical testing.
 
Mike then went on to manage the Commercial Drug Substance operations at the Summit site.  His next assignment was to direct all Commercial Manufacturing operations at the Summit site before the site was closed and operations moved to alternate Novartis facilities.

Mike then moved to the Suffern, NY site as head of Quality Management and Training where he laid the groundwork for the very successful LEAN manufacturing implementation at the plant.  In 2001, Mike moved to the Supply Chain Management organization at the East Hanover, NJ site.
 
Mike managed the  Project management group in Supply Chain for all new Product launches, Production transfers, and Life cycle management changes for the Novartis US pharmaceutical business.

Mike’s latest role is Global Pharma Supply Chain lead for Cell Therapies. Mike has a BE degree in Chemical Engineering from Stevens Institute of Technology, a Master’s certificate in Project Management from The George Washington University,  holds the APIC’s CPIM certification and is a licensed professional engineer in the state of NJ.