Michael Salvatore
Manager Pilot Plant at Amgen
Cambridge, Massachusetts, United States
Summary
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Top SchoolMichael Salvatore is a pilot plant manager and bioengineering specialist with 11+ years translating bench-scale bioprocess science into scalable manufacturing at Amgen and prior roles in biotech startups and academic research. He combines hands-on pilot-scale cell culture and purification expertise with tech transfer, GMP readiness, and cross-functional leadership to advance preclinical through commercial drug substance development. His background spans chemical engineering, tissue engineering research, and device development—he’s co-authored publications in cardiac repair and has led IND CMC contributions and cleanroom builds. Known for pragmatic problem-solving and innovation, he thrives in fast-paced development environments where operational data and practical process design speed transfer to manufacturing.
11 years of coding experience
15 years of employment as a software developer
Master's degree, Chemical Engineering, Master's degree, Chemical Engineering at University of Southern CaliforniaUniversity of California, San DiegoBiotechnology, Biotechnology at MiraCosta CollegeTook leave of absence to start Ventrix, Took leave of absence to start Ventrix at David Geffen School of Medicine at UCLA
English
Github Skills (12)
rna-seq10
bioinformatics10
genome-analysis10
chip-seq9
genomics9
encode9
genome9
bash8
r8
data-science8
visualization2
dart1
Programming languages (1)
Github contributions (5)
boulderrinnlab/CLASS_2020
Jan 2020 - Mar 2021
A pre-cooked version of our course
Contributions:174 commits, 40 PRs, 151 pushes in 1 year 2 months
teachingchipseqdata-sciencebioinformaticsencode
msmallegan/rmghc-workshop-19
Jun 2019 - Jun 2019
Contributions:43 pushes, 1 branch in 5 days
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