10 Vertex Pharmaceuticals operations leaders
Christina Yi, COO and Seattle Site Head at Vertex Pharmaceuticals, is one of ten Vertex Pharmaceuticals operations leaders listed here, alongside people who hold vice president, head and senior director operations roles at the company. A reader can learn how operations leaders work at Vertex Pharmaceuticals from people who have held the role.
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Ben Mayer
LinkedInExperience: Senior Director, Manufacturing Operations · Vertex Pharmaceuticals
Ben Mayer has been Senior Director, Manufacturing Operations at Vertex Pharmaceuticals in the Boston area since February 2026. Ben Mayer also held Director, Manufacturing Operations (2022–2026) and Associate Director, Manufacturing Operations (2020–2022) roles at Vertex Pharmaceuticals.
Christina Yi
LinkedInExperience: COO and Seattle Site Head · Vertex Pharmaceuticals
Christina Yi has been COO and Seattle Site Head at Vertex Pharmaceuticals in Seattle since May 2024, a role the profile tags at C-level. Christina Yi was Chief Technology Officer at Alpine Immune Sciences, Inc. (2023–2024), Chief Operations Officer at Provention Bio (2021–2023) and Chief Operations Officer at Dendreon (2017–2020).
Ciaran P. Brady
LinkedInExperience: Vice President, Cell Therapy Manufacturing Operations · Vertex Pharmaceuticals
Ciaran P. Brady has been Vice President, Cell Therapy Manufacturing Operations at Vertex Pharmaceuticals in the Boston area since May 2026 and was Vice President and Head, Manufacturing Science and Technology there (2021–2026). Ciaran P. Brady was Head/ Executive Director, Biologics Manufacturing Sciences and Technology at Bristol Myers Squibb (2018–2021).
E. Morrey Atkinson
LinkedInExperience: Executive Vice President, Chief Technical Operations Officer · Vertex Pharmaceuticals
E. Morrey Atkinson has been Executive Vice President, Chief Technical Operations Officer at Vertex Pharmaceuticals in Boston since August 2023 and was SVP, Head of Commercial Manufacturing and Supply Chain there (2020–2023). E. Morrey Atkinson was SVP-Global Manufacturing Operations at Bristol Myers Squibb (2019–2020).
Kelly Tolton
LinkedInExperience: Vice President Manufacturing Operations and Vertex Manufacturing Center (VMC) Site Head · Vertex Pharmaceuticals
Kelly Tolton has been Vice President Manufacturing Operations and Vertex Manufacturing Center (VMC) Site Head at Vertex Pharmaceuticals in the Boston area since August 2021. Kelly Tolton held Executive Director, Site Head - Vertex Manufacturing Center (VMC) at Vertex Pharmaceuticals (2019–2021) and was Sr. Manager, Post-Formulation Development at Teva Pharmaceuticals USA (2000–2007).
Regina Mulhall
LinkedInExperience: Head of International Quality Operations · Vertex Pharmaceuticals
Regina Mulhall has been Head of International Quality Operations at Vertex Pharmaceuticals in the Cork area since September 2022, a role the profile tags at head level in operations. Regina Mulhall was Senior Director, Quality at DePuy Synthes Companies (2018–2022) and at The Janssen Pharmaceutical Companies of Johnson & Johnson (2014–2018).
Sam Cooper
LinkedInExperience: Head of International Insights, Analytics and Commercial Operations · Vertex Pharmaceuticals
Sam Cooper has been Head of International Insights, Analytics and Commercial Operations at Vertex Pharmaceuticals in the UK since October 2025 and was Senior Director, International Commercial Strategy & Operations there (2022–2025). Sam Cooper was COO, UK, Ireland & Northern Europe at Eli Lilly and Company (2014–2017).
Steve Eastham
LinkedInExperience: Vice President, External Manufacturing Operations · Vertex Pharmaceuticals
Steve Eastham has been Vice President, External Manufacturing Operations at Vertex Pharmaceuticals in the Boston area since August 2023. Steve Eastham also held Executive Director, External Manufacturing Operations (2021–2023), Executive Director - Technical Operations (2020–2021), Sr. Director - Technical Operations (2014–2020) and Director - Technical Operations (2010–2014) roles at Vertex Pharmaceuticals.
Susan Qian
LinkedInExperience: Senior Director Manufacturing Operations and CMC Operations Lead · Vertex Pharmaceuticals
Susan Qian has been Senior Director Manufacturing Operations and CMC Operations Lead at Vertex Pharmaceuticals in Boston since February 2022. Susan Qian was Senior Director Process Sciences at Regeneron (2020–2022) and Plant Manager at Corning Incorporated (2012–2019).
Walt Mancini
LinkedInExperience: Vice President - North America Insights, Analytics & Commercial Operations · Vertex Pharmaceuticals
Walt Mancini has been Vice President - North America Insights, Analytics & Commercial Operations at Vertex Pharmaceuticals since December 2025, in a role the profile places in Boston. Walt Mancini was General Manager US Commercial (2023–2025) and Head Global Commercial Operations (2019–2021) at Abbott.
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- 01How did you organize the operations team or site you led?
- 02What did you learn about scaling manufacturing or commercial operations for a new therapy in your role?
- 03How did you decide which work to keep in-house and which to hand to external partners?
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