10 Waters operations leaders
Senior vice president, global operations, VP, global manufacturing - consumables and senior director, manufacturing operations are among the current titles held by these ten Waters operations leaders, who also cover service, site and regional operations. A reader can learn how operations leaders work at Waters from people who have held the role.
Professionals to explore
Adam Beard
LinkedInExperience: Vice President, Enterprise Service Excellence · Waters Corporation
Adam Beard has been Vice President, Enterprise Service Excellence at Waters Corporation since February 2026, in Milford, Massachusetts, and has also held Vice President, Global Services at Waters Corporation since August 2019. Adam Beard was Senior Director of Corporate Strategy at Waters Corporation from 2017 to 2019 and Director, Global Planning & Compliance there from 2012 to 2017.
Burt Bliss
LinkedInExperience: Senior Director & Site Lead, Manufacturing Operations · Waters Corporation
Burt Bliss has been Senior Director & Site Lead, Manufacturing Operations at Waters Corporation since July 2023, based in Golden, Colorado. Burt Bliss was Senior Director, Manufacturing Operations at Waters Corporation from 2017 to 2023, Director, Operations Engineering at Waters Corporation from 2013 to 2017 and Senior Manager, Reliability Engineering there from 2003 to 2013.
Carlos Pou
LinkedInExperience: Senior Director of Operations · Waters Corporation
Carlos Pou has been Senior Director of Operations at Waters Corporation since October 2023, based in Sudbury, Massachusetts, and the profile headline lists manufacturing operations, digital manufacturing and P&L management. Carlos Pou was Plant Manager at Rockwell Automation from 2019 to 2023 and Interim Site Leader at Johnson & Johnson from 2018 to 2019.
Chris Haughton
LinkedInExperience: Senior Director, Operations Strategy · Waters Corporation
Chris Haughton has been Senior Director, Operations Strategy at Waters Corporation since February 2026, based in the Portland, Oregon area, and the profile describes developing and executing operations strategy in medical devices and in-vitro diagnostics. Chris Haughton was Senior Director, Operations Strategy at BD from 2019 to 2026 and Associate Director, Network Architecture at BD from 2014 to 2019.
Dan Welch
LinkedInExperience: SVP, Global Operations - Retired · Waters Corporation
Dan Welch is a former SVP, Global Operations at Waters Corporation, a role held from 2020 to 2022 that the profile marks retired and describes as an Executive Committee member role with functional responsibility for global operations. Dan Welch was VP, Global Supply Chain at Waters Corporation from 2019 to 2020 and Sr. Director, Supply Chain Management there from 2017 to 2019.
Jason McBrayer
LinkedInExperience: VP, Global Manufacturing - Consumables · Waters Corporation
Jason McBrayer has been VP, Global Manufacturing - Consumables at Waters Corporation since February 2026, based in the San Francisco Bay Area. Jason McBrayer was SVP, Head of GMS Strategy and Execution at Zoetis from 2023 to 2025, SVP, Diagnostics and BioDevices Operations Leader - GMS at Zoetis from 2018 to 2023 and Senior Director, Global Operations at Thermo Fisher Scientific from 2016 to 2018.
Lim Ee Ling
LinkedInExperience: Senior Director of Operations (Asia) · Waters Corporation
Lim Ee Ling has been Senior Director of Operations (Asia) at Waters Corporation since February 2007, based in Singapore, and the profile describes a background in the life science industry. Lim Ee Ling was Asian Distribution Manager at Trane from 1998 to 2007.
Mark Gladwell
LinkedInExperience: Senior Vice President, Global Operations · Waters Corporation
Mark Gladwell has been Senior Vice President, Global Operations at Waters Corporation since September 2026, based in the Greater Cambridge Area, United Kingdom. Mark Gladwell was Chief Executive Officer, President and Board Member at Sapphiros from 2021 to 2026, President, Global Operations & Global Business Services at Smith+Nephew from 2018 to 2021 and Senior Vice President, Global Operations at QIAGEN from 2017 to 2018.
Tom Nasti
LinkedInExperience: Head of Global Manufacturing Strategy & Execution · Waters Corporation
Tom Nasti has been Head of Global Manufacturing Strategy & Execution at Waters Corporation since July 2025, based in Greater Boston. Tom Nasti was Vice President, Operations at Aircuity from 2020 to 2025 and Director, Operations & Program Management, Global Aftermarket at Sensata Technologies from 2016 to 2020, and the profile headline lists industrial manufacturing and global footprint work.
Will Teasdale
LinkedInExperience: Senior Director, Manufacturing Operations · Waters Corporation
Will Teasdale has been Senior Director, Manufacturing Operations at Waters Corporation since September 2024, based in Taunton, Massachusetts. Will Teasdale was Site Director at Nouryon from 2018 to 2024, Site Director at BASF from 2014 to 2017, Site Manager at BASF from 2011 to 2014 and Senior Production Engineer at BASF from 2004 to 2011.
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Questions to take into the conversation
- 01What did you change first when you took on your current operations role, and why?
- 02How do you plan manufacturing capacity for instruments and consumables when demand shifts?
- 03What has your own work taught you about running operations across more than one site or region?
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