Elliott Franco, Ph.D.

Dr. Elliott Franco, Ph.D, Vice President of Laboratory Operations, has worked in the pharmaceutical industry for 20 years with several companies including Wyeth (now Pfizer), Nektar Therapeutics, and most recently Alcami. His pharmaceutical experience is primarily based in analytical development and testing for many products from pre-clinical to commercial stages of development in roles of increasing responsibility. His experience outsourcing development work to CDMOs has provided great perspective of the drug development industry. He leverages this client perspective in leading laboratory operations attuned to those client needs. He is currently responsible for laboratory operations at Alcami’s RTP, NC campus and oversees the expansion of capabilities supporting therapeutic proteins, nucleic acids, and advanced modalities such as Cell and Gene Therapies. He earned his PhD in Biochemistry from Northern Illinois University.