Garo Mikaelian

Garo Mikaelian's work experience includes a position as the VP of Manufacturing and Technical Operations at Akouos starting in May 2022. Prior to that, they worked at Thermo Fisher Scientific as the General Manager and Site Head of Lexington Operations from June 2019 to May 2022. Garo also held roles at Brammer Bio as the Site Head/VP of Lexington Operations from March 2019 to June 2019, and as the Head of Manufacturing - Lexington from May 2018 to March 2019. Before that, they worked at Sanofi in various positions including Sr. Director of External Supply from September 2017 to May 2018, Sr. Director of Manufacturing from June 2016 to October 2017, Director of Manufacturing from March 2015 to June 2016, Associate Director of Downstream Operations from August 2013 to March 2015, Associate Director of Upstream Operations from November 2012 to August 2013, Senior Manager of Upstream Operations from October 2011 to November 2012, Manufacturing Supervisor of Upstream Operations from April 2010 to October 2011, Process Engineer from October 2006 to April 2010, and Senior Research Associate from October 2002 to October 2006. In their role as Senior Research Associate, they supported the design and development of protein purification processes through bench scale experimentation and methods development.

Garo Mikaelian has a Bachelor of Science (BS) in Chemical Engineering from the University of Wisconsin-Madison. Garo also holds another Bachelor of Science (BS) degree in Molecular Biology from the same university. Additionally, Garo has obtained a Master of Business Administration (MBA) with a concentration in Health Sector Management from the Questrom School of Business at Boston University. The specific start and end years for each degree are not provided.