Patrick Yang

Biography

  Pat Yang has been an independent consultant for the biopharmaceutical industry since 2013. Previously, from 2010 to 2013, Pat served as Executive Vice President and Global Head of Technical Operations for F. Hoffmann-La Roche Ltd., where he was responsible for Roche's pharmaceutical and biotech manufacturing operations, process development, quality, regulatory, supply management, distribution, and engineering functions. Before joining Roche, Pat worked for Genentech Inc., where he most recently served as Executive Vice President of Product Operations, and was responsible for Genentech's manufacturing, engineering, process development, quality, regulatory affairs and supply chain management functions. Prior to joining Genentech, Pat worked for Merck & Co., where he held several leadership roles including Vice President of Asia/Pacific Manufacturing Operations and Vice President of Global Supply Chain Management. He also previously worked at General Electric Co. and Life Systems, Inc. in various research, development, engineering, and manufacturing roles. Pat currently serves on the board of directors of Tesoro Corporation, a public independent refining and marketing company, since 2010; Codexis, Inc., a public company that develops biocatalysts for the pharmaceutical and fine chemicals markets, since 2014; PharmaEssentia Corporation, a clinical-stage biotechnology company, since 2014; and Amyris, Inc., a public synthetic biology company, since 2014. He also serves on the board of several private biotech companies. Pat earned a Bachelor of Science in electronic engineering from the National Chiaotung University in Taiwan, a Master of Science in Electrical Engineering from University of Cincinnati and a Ph.D. in engineering from the Ohio State University.

Research Interest

 Pharmaceutical