Jim Robinson

James Robinson has 35 years of experience in biological manufacturing, late-stage development and quality. He has held executive level positions with Sanofi Pasteur, Merck and Novavax. His most recent role was Vice President of Technical and Product Operations for Merck Vaccines, Biologics, and Sterile Manufacturing network from 2010–2015. Collectively, Jim has managed the production of nearly 2 billion doses of nearly every vaccine, including influenza, tetanus, meningitis, chicken pox and shingles, rotavirus, MMR, human papilloma virus, hepatitis A and B, and developmental recombinant protein vaccines, spending much of that time “industrializing” vaccine and therapeutic protein manufacturing technologies, expanding capacity, improving reliability and reducing costs. In December 2012, he was featured in Life Science Leader Magazine for transforming Merck’s approach to vaccine manufacture. Jim has a BS and MS in Chemical Engineering from Lehigh University and is a licensed Professional Engineer.