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10 AstraZeneca engineering leaders
These ten AstraZeneca engineering leaders currently hold director-level or more senior engineering roles at AstraZeneca, from directors of engineering to heads of process and software engineering. A reader can learn how engineering leaders build and run their teams in pharmaceutical companies.
Professionals to explore
01—10Adam Booth
LinkedInExperience: Director of Engineering · AstraZeneca
Director of Engineering at AstraZeneca since February 2023, a Director-level role in the Engineering and Technical department. Other AstraZeneca roles on the profile are Engineering Lead (2021–2025), based in Macclesfield, Qualification Validation Technical lead (2014–2021), Project Engineer (2013–2015) and Plant Engineering Manager (2010–2013).
Bharat Patel
LinkedInExperience: Executive Director, Head of Process Engineering · AstraZeneca
Executive Director, Head of Process Engineering at AstraZeneca since August 2025. The profile describes managing Process Development, Manufacturing Science & Technology and CMC Leadership groups at Merck, BMS, Rocket Pharmaceuticals and AstraZeneca, and lists AVP, Head of Process Development at Rocket Pharmaceuticals (2023–2025) and Principal Scientist at Merck (2018–2021).
Bryan Windus-Smith
LinkedInExperience: Director of Engineering · AstraZeneca
Director of Engineering at AstraZeneca since May 2023 and Head Of Engineering at AstraZeneca in a role dated from September 2017. The profile describes a Chartered Mechanical Engineer with senior leadership, strategy, technical and project management experience, and lists New Technology Lead at Philips AVENT (2015–2017) and Engineering Development Manager (Associate Research Fellow) at Pfizer (2004–2014).
Daya Inukoti
LinkedInExperience: Head of Software Engineering · AstraZeneca
Head of Software Engineering at AstraZeneca since August 2025; the profile describes owning the enterprise AI Transformation strategy for AstraZeneca, designing and scaling a platform and practice for Agentic Software Delivery for the engineering organization. The profile also lists Vice President & Head of Engineering at Kantar (2016–2022) and Director (Common Platforms & Architecture) at Citi (2022–2024).
Eileen McBride
LinkedInExperience: Director of Process Technology & Engineering · AstraZeneca
Director of Process Technology & Engineering at AstraZeneca since November 2025, a Director-level role in the Engineering and Technical department. Other AstraZeneca roles on the profile are Director of Patient Experience and Innovation (2022–2026), Project Leader in Intelligent Pharmaceuticals (2020–2022) and Team Leader, Global Product Development (2015–2020).
Nick Kozlowski
LinkedInExperience: Director of Engineering · AstraZeneca
Director of Engineering at AstraZeneca since September 2025, and former Associate Director of Engineering at AstraZeneca (2021–2025), based in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. The profile also lists Sr. Packaging and Formulation Engineer at AstraZeneca (2019–2021) and process development engineering roles at Terumo Medical Corporation (2014–2019).
Ryan Cefferty
LinkedInExperience: Director of Engineering · AstraZeneca
Director of Engineering at AstraZeneca since June 2024; the profile says the role leads an engineering team including direct and indirect reports and is responsible for developing engineering strategy and improvement plans. Other AstraZeneca roles listed are Engineering Team Manager Associate Director (2021–2024), Engineering Manager Duty Holder (2016–2021) and Maintenance Lead (2013–2016).
Sriram Krishnan
LinkedInExperience: Senior Director of Software Engineering · AstraZeneca
Senior Director of Software Engineering at AstraZeneca since December 2024. Other AstraZeneca roles on the profile are Director of Product Development (2024) and Engineering and Innovation Leader (2023–2024); the profile describes delivering greenfield engineering programs across the pharma value chain with distributed engineering teams, and lists Customer Delivery Head at Tech Mahindra (2021–2023).
Stephen Farrelly M.Sc
LinkedInExperience: Director of Engineering · AstraZeneca
Director of Engineering at AstraZeneca since March 2026, which the profile headline places at AstraZeneca Dublin, and Head of Engineering and Maintenance at AstraZeneca since October 2023. The profile describes a focus on global engineering and operations management for sterile fill, API and packaging operations, and lists maintenance manager roles at Ipsen (2020–2023).
Thomas Harris
LinkedInExperience: Director of Engineering · AstraZeneca
Director of Engineering at AstraZeneca since February 2025. The profile describes engineering and maintenance work focused on Reliability Centered Maintenance, project management and asset life cycle management, and lists other AstraZeneca roles: Associate Director Process Engineering (2023–2025), Reliability Engineering Manager (2022–2023) and Regional TPM Reliability Lead (2020–2022).
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Match the person's engineering discipline to your question: a site director of engineering suits questions about plant engineering and maintenance, while a process or software engineering leader suits questions about manufacturing processes or digital platforms. Look at how long the person has held the relevant AstraZeneca role before asking about recent practice.
Questions to take into the conversation
- 01How do you organize engineering and maintenance teams at a regulated pharmaceutical manufacturing site?
- 02What makes a reliability or maintenance program work in a GMP environment, and how is it measured?
- 03How do software engineering teams at a pharmaceutical company decide which platforms to build in-house and which to buy?
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