RICARDO ZAYAS
SENIOR VICE PRESIDENT, OPERATIONS, BIOLOGICS NORTH AMERICA

Ricardo Zayas was named Senior Vice President, Operations, Biologics North America in January 2023. Prior to joining Catalent, he was the Chief Operating Officer at Ocyonbio, a biosimilars, cell and gene, and viral vector development and manufacturing company from 2022 to 2023. From 2019 to 2021, Mr. Zayas was Executive Vice President, Head of Operations and Product Development for Romark Pharmaceuticals, and spent seven years at Bristol-Myers Squibb from 2012 to 2019, where he held the position of Senior Vice President, Global Pharmaceutical Manufacturing and Supply Chain. Prior to that, he held pharmaceutical manufacturing leadership roles of increasing responsibility at several companies, including Avon Products, AMAG Pharmaceuticals, Wyeth Pharmaceutical, Schering Plough Products, Warner-Lambert/Pfizer, and Sterling Drug. Mr. Zayas holds a bachelor’s degree in industrial engineering from Kansas State University, Manhattan, Kansas.