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10 Eli Lilly operations leaders
These ten Eli Lilly and Company operations leaders hold or have held senior vice president, executive director and senior director operations roles at Lilly, covering manufacturing sites, parenteral operations and external manufacturing. A reader can learn how operations leaders build and run their teams in pharmaceutical companies.
Professionals to explore
01—10Ali Ahmed
LinkedInExperience: Senior Director of Operations - Parenteral · Eli Lilly and Company
Senior Director of Operations - Parenteral at Eli Lilly and Company since January 2025. Former Senior Director of Operations - Device Assembly and Packaging at Eli Lilly and Company (2023–2025) and former Director - Operational Excellence and Compliance, Multi-Site at Baxter International Inc. (2021–2023).
Alicia Day
LinkedInExperience: Senior Director of Operations - Drug Product External Manufacturing · Eli Lilly and Company
Senior Director of Operations - Drug Product External Manufacturing at Eli Lilly and Company since April 2022; the profile describes leading a team that provides oversight in this area. Former Senior Director - Parenteral Commercialization and Validation (2018–2022) and Senior Director of Operations (2017–2018) at Eli Lilly and Company.
Bhardwaj B. Desai
LinkedInExperience: Executive Director of Operations · Eli Lilly and Company
Former Executive Director of Operations at Eli Lilly and Company (2024–2025), a role the profile describes as overseeing manufacturing operations, and Associate Vice President - Site Head Alzey there since October 2025. Former Senior Director Of Operations at Eli Lilly and Company (2021–2024) and former Director of Manufacturing Operations at Guerbet (2017–2021).
Carrie Cupp, MBA
LinkedInExperience: Senior Director of Operations · Eli Lilly and Company
Senior Director of Operations at Eli Lilly and Company since December 2023; the profile describes responsibility for small molecule manufacturing and utilities operations. Former Senior Director of Engineering and Maintenance (2022–2023) and Global Engineering Advisor (2018–2022) at Elanco, and former Director of Engineering at Kraft Heinz (2018).
Conor Walshe
LinkedInExperience: Senior Director Operations, External Manufacturing at Eli Lilly · Eli Lilly and Company
Senior Director Operations, External Manufacturing at Eli Lilly and Company since April 2025. Former Associate Director Joint Process Teams, External Manufacturing at Eli Lilly and Company (2023–2025) and former Associate Director Of Operations, Vaccines at MSD (2021–2022), with an Associate Director of Engineering, Vaccines role at MSD (2019–2021) also listed.
Eduardo Vázquez‐Figueroa
LinkedInExperience: Sr. Director, Manufacturing Operations · Eli Lilly and Company
Sr. Director, Manufacturing Operations at Eli Lilly and Company since August 2025; the profile says the role oversees the Fermentation and Material Management Center (MMC) at Lilly's biologics manufacturing site in Puerto Rico and leads day-to-day operations. Former Director, External Manufacturing Operations (2024–2025) and Director, Operations (2023–2024) at MSD.
Kelsey Haury
LinkedInExperience: Sr. Director - Operations · Eli Lilly and Company
Sr. Director - Operations at Eli Lilly and Company since September 2025, a role the source tags at Director level in Operations. Former Senior Director - Facility, Utilities, Maintenance, and Engineering (2024–2025), Associate Director - Manufacturing Strategy (2022–2024) and Operations Manager (2020–2022) at Eli Lilly and Company.
Kevin Trivett
LinkedInExperience: Sr Vice President Manufacturing Operations · Eli Lilly and Company
Sr Vice President Manufacturing Operations at Eli Lilly and Company, a role the source dates from May 2021 and lists in the Operations department. The profile also lists Vice President Manufacturing Operations (2021–2023), Site Manager roles (2016–2020 and 2020–2021) and a General Manager role (2013–2016) at Eli Lilly and Company.
Roberto Faucitano
LinkedInExperience: Sr VP Operations - Site Head Lilly Fegersheim · Eli Lilly and Company
Sr VP Operations - Site Head Lilly Fegersheim at Eli Lilly and Company since November 2021; the profile says the role centers on overseeing biopharmaceutical operations, with a focus on calibration, maintenance management and sterile manufacturing. Former Sr Director - parenteral operations & site productivity (2017–2019) and Director of Engineering (2012–2017) at Eli Lilly and Company.
Steve Prifogle
LinkedInExperience: Senior Director Operations, Parenteral Expansion Acceleration Team · Eli Lilly and Company
Senior Director Operations, Parenteral Expansion Acceleration Team at Eli Lilly and Company since January 2025; the profile describes creating and leading a team supporting new sites during the initial phase of production. Former Senior Director Operations, Parenteral Visual Inspection (2023–2025) and Senior Director Engineering, Parenteral Manufacturing (2021–2023) at Eli Lilly and Company.
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Questions to take into the conversation
- 01How do you prepare a new manufacturing site for its first production runs while existing plants keep running?
- 02What does good oversight of external manufacturing partners look like for a drug product network?
- 03How should a site operations leader balance output targets with maintenance, quality and safety work?
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