Industrial Engineering in Action: Optimizing Biotech Pharma Supply Chains

Akshay Mavani is an Industrial Engineering Build Fellow at Dream Venture Labs, where he works with students leading projects in Supply Chain Optimization in the Biotech and Pharmaceutical Industry. Akshay is a Senior Associate Scientist at Strand Therapeutics, Inc., where he focuses on developing and optimizing RNA-based therapeutic processes and their associated costs through strategic experimental designs to generate high-quality drug substances to support early-stage drug product development to its phase trials in late-stage targeting solid tumor cancer diseases within the oncology space. Akshay has over four years of experience in the Biotech industry and worked previously at Tessera Therapeutics and Moderna, Inc. during COVID. He acquired expertise in process developments at small and large scales, solving problems in end-to-end manufacturing and supply chain and leading projects to meet narrow timelines to deliver drug products to patients in high need. He holds a B.E. in mechanical engineering, an MSc in industrial engineering, and an MBA in executive engineering. A fun fact about Akshay is that he is left-handed and loves playing tennis and volleyball in his free time.