Ben Olson
MES Engineer at Iovance Biotherapeutics, Inc.
Bothell, Washington, United States
Summary
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Top SchoolBen Olson is an MES engineer with eight years of experience building and validating manufacturing execution solutions for cell and gene therapy across Emerson Syncade and Werum PAS|X environments. He blends a strong biomedical laboratory background and hands-on leadership in biotech operations with software-focused skills—VBScript, MES-ERP integrations (SAP/Oracle), and automated reconciliation—to deliver auditable, production-ready workflows. Ben is comfortable in ambiguity and excels at translating complex, cross-functional requirements into validated recipes, protocols, and system administration best practices. He has repeatedly supported real-time manufacturing operations, on-call troubleshooting, and validation using tools like Kneat and ValGenesis. Based in Bothell, WA, he’s committed to deepening individual-contributor technical expertise while maintaining a practitioner’s sensitivity to clinical and regulatory constraints. Off the resume, he brings a facilitator’s mindset to teams—balancing creative leadership priorities with pragmatic, safety-focused engineering.
8 years of coding experience
3 years of employment as a software developer
Certificate, Java Programming, Computer Science, Certificate, Java Programming, Computer Science at University of WashingtonMaster’s Degree, Biomedical Sciences, Master’s Degree, Biomedical Sciences at Regis UniversityGraduate Certificate, Software Design and Development, Graduate Certificate, Software Design and Development at University of Washington Bothell
French
Github Skills (45)
typescript10
react10
ui-components9
react-components9
elastic8
gatsbyjs8
backgrounds8
language-design8
kibana8
css-in-js8
ui-design8
reactive8
antd8
fireworks7
javascript7
Programming languages (2)
Github contributions (5)
BenAOlson/gatsby-plugin-firebase-messaging
Mar 2020 - Nov 2020
Contributions:19 commits, 3 PRs, 26 pushes in 8 months
BenAOlson/gatsby-source-firestore-easy
Aug 2020 - Dec 2021
Fastest way to bring firestore data into Gatsby
Contributions:29 commits, 23 pushes, 8 branches in 1 year 4 months
gatsbyreactfirestorefirebasefastest
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