About Us

Company Overview

OcyonBio provides dedicated autonomous manufacturing capacity with interconnected infrastructure and systems to support phased appropriate development for early development, pre-clinical, clinical, and commercial start. We behave more like a cGMP incubator space with all regulatory, systems capabilities, and resources to enable CMC data to support regulatory applications. Manufacturing and development spaces are designed to be autonomous while being interconnected to systems required to support clinical and commercial requirements.

OcyonBio provides a company with its own space, so there is no need to build an expensive facility. Providing flexibility to protect IP, manage schedules, resources, and new product introduction reducing overall cost and risks.

Disruptive Model

Accelerate from early clinical to commercial by providing facility, people and systems.

Cell Therapies

OcyonBio is a partnership development and manufacturing organization focused on advancing gene and cell therapies.

Own your facility

Enables facility ownership which allows for greater control over the process.

Shared Infrastructure

R+D suites, cell and gene therapy suites, virus and cell processing capabilities.

Facilities

Two buildings with over 150,000 square feet of space, cell processing capabilities in Q1, 2022, viral production capability in Q2, 2022.

Experienced Scientific and Commercial Leadership

Robert Salcedo

CO-Founder & Chief Executive Officer

Robert Salcedo

CO-Founder & CEO

Robert Salcedo is the CEO of OcyonBio Gene and Cell Therapy Partnership Development Organization. He is also the CEO and co-founder of Biosimilar Solutions and Biosciences Corp LLC. Robert Salcedo has 25+ years of experience in Biotechnology and Solid Dose Manufacturing experience, which includes 10+ years of working closely with start-ups in gene and cell therapy companies. He has led executive teams in developing Regulatory, CMC, Clinical, and manufacturing scale-up strategies and constructing commercial facilities ranging from $20MM to $1.5Bn. He was a leader in Amgen’s construction and technology transfer in Puerto Rico, which supplies drug products to the world. He previously consulted and advised 50+ clients focused on both gene and cell therapy and biologics companies.

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Daniel Chang

CO-Founder & Chief Financial Officer

Daniel Chang

CPA, MBA, CPIM, CIRM, cPMP

CO-Founder, Chief Financial Officer

Daniel Chang is the Chief Financial Officer of OcyonBio. He is also the CFO and co-founder of Biosimilar Solutions and Biosciences Corp LLC. He has 20 years’ experience in Bio-Pharma and biosimilars as an executive. He has led product development for 30+ INDs.

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Our Management Team

Marvin Mercado

Director of Technology Transfer and Process Support

Marvin Mercado

Director of Technology Transfer and Process Support

Marvin Mercado, a chemical engineer with a passion for innovation and process optimization.

With a B.S. in Chemical Engineering from the University of Puerto Rico at Mayagüez, a Master’s degree from Iowa State University, and over 15 years of combined academic and industry experience, Marvin has a deep understanding of the biopharma field. As an expert in both upstream and downstream process development, he is well-versed in manufacturing process design and optimization as well as facility design, specifically in the areas of monoclonal antibodies, bi-specific antibodies, and antibody drug conjugates.

Marvin has a proven track record of success working with start-ups in the high-tech hubs of Austin, TX and the San Francisco Bay Area, bringing his expertise and passion to drive results.

William Rodríguez

Senior Project Manager

William Rodríguez

Senior Project Manager

William is the Project Manager at Biosciences Corp. He has over 28 years of industry experience with large to small multi-discipline projects ranging from Cell & Gene Therapy Suites, pharmaceutical, maximum security prisons to high rise buildings in all construction phases. Deep experience as project manager of major construction projects in Puerto Rico. Worked with major international general contractors and with local contractors in projects on the island. Highly experienced in cost control, estimating, design coordination, and scheduling.

Saddy Rivera

Senior Manager, Microbiology laboratory

Saddy Rivera

Senior Manager, Microbiology Laboratory

Saddy is the Senior Manager for the Microbiology laboratory at OcyonBio with 25+ years experience on Quality and Compliance for national and international pharmaceuticals, biologics, and medical device companies. She brings in-depth knowledge and experience in the biopharmaceutical industry with extensive experience in Microbiology, Quality Assurance, Environmental Monitoring, and Aseptic practices, supporting New Product introduction / pre-approval inspections, among other activities.

Janitza Arizmendi

VP of HR and Scientific Support Group

Janitza Arizmendi

VP of HR and Scientific Support Group

Human Resources Leader with over 15 years of experience within pharmaceutical, healthcare, and electronic manufacturing industry.

During her tenure within the pharmaceutical industry, has served as a HR Champion for the start-up and Commercialization of the First Vial Filling line using Isolation Technology, for aseptic filling of liquid and lyophilized vials. Supporting seamless technology and product transfers for over five key Biologics drug product facility and over two hundred key product transfers, encompassing major site expansion and workforce cultural change.

Outstanding track record of achievements in the pharmaceutical arena , driven by continuous development and enhancement of systems, procedures, processes , and workforce development, with proven ability to develop and manage relationships with multi- cultural, complex organizational client based on sound, decisive HR leadership.

Ricardo Zayas

COO and Operational Lead

Ricardo Zayas

COO and Operational Lead

He has 30+ years of experience in Pharmaceutical Manufacturing. He has extensive expertise in global and local pharma, operations management and supply chain. He is an expert in turning operations around and has a strong understanding and experience of global pharmaceutical markets. He is the Senior VP of Operations at AMAG Pharmaceuticals. He is also the Senior VP of global manufacturing operations and supply chain at Bristol Myers Squibb and Executive VP of Operations at Romark Pharmaceuticals.

Kevin Colón

Senior Services Manager

Kevin Colón

Senior Services Manager

He is the Principal Scientist at Biosciences Corp LLC and a Scientist at FibroGen, Inc. He is also a Research Scientist at View Point Therapeutics, Inc. He has experience in cell culture, stable cell line generation, and molecular biology techniques (DNA/RNA/protein). He has engineered multiple suspension and adherent cancer cell lines for oncology drug candidates screening using cutting-edge CRISPR technology. He has 10+ years of wet laboratory experience in molecular biology, cell biology, pharmacology, and several medium-to-large animal model systems.

Gabriel Gracia Maldonado

Operations Manager

Gabriel Gracia Maldonado

Operations Manager

Gabriel Gracia Maldonado is the Operation Manager at OcyonBio. He has a PhD degree in Pathobiology and Molecular Medicine with specialty in Heme/Onc. He was the Principal Scientist at Kurome Therapeutics, where he led their in-vitro and in-vivo efforts for drug candidate screening. He has experience in cell culture, flow cytometry and molecular biology techniques (DNA/RNA/Protein). He has vast experience in engineering and characterizing multiple suspension and adherent cancer cell lines for oncology drug candidate screening. He has 10+ years of wet laboratory experience in molecular and cellular biology, pharmacology, and mouse model systems.

Celeste Miranda

Senior Project Manager, PMO

Celeste Miranda

Senior Project Manager, PMO

Celeste is member of Global PMO, responsible for managing complex life sciences projects, including the Tech Transfer project for Biosimilar Solutions. In this role, she will manage design and construction projects for both landlord and tenant clients (ranging from start-up biotech’s to large pharma), interfacing directly with clients to define project requirements, scope of work, project delivery resource requirements, cost estimate & budget, cash flow, work plan schedule & milestones, quality control, and risk identification. Celeste also leads and manages the execution of our Project Based Organization.

Celeste initiated her career at Amgen in Juncos, PR, working as a Manufacturing Associate Engineer in the Syringe and Filling area at AML14. She later joined Bristol Myers Squibb, Syracuse, NY as a Validation Engineer. During that time, she was responsible for delivering validation projects arising from change controls, capital projects, shutdown, and revalidation program, under strict deadlines to ensure customer success. Prior to joining Ocyonbio, Celeste held a position as a Manager, Project Manager: Operational Excellence PMO at Bristol Myers Squibb NY. In that role, she led the planning and execution of Site P1/P2 projects, which included strategic run-the-business initiatives and process/productivity improvements within Manufacturing Operations, Material Operations, Quality Control, and IT. She developed business case and project charters, define scope and resource requirements, and led all project activities and recurring status meetings to achieve the completion of key milestones. She also facilitated decision-making and conflict resolution while proactively identifying and escalating issues to the appropriate cross-functional team. Celeste holds a Bachelor of Science in Bioengineering from Syracuse University, College of Engineering and Computer Science, New York.

Dennisse Morales

Senior Manager

Dennisse Morales

Senior Manager for Parenteral Manufacturing and Tech Transfer

Dennisse is our Senior Manager for Parenteral Manufacturing and Technology Transfer at OcyonBio. She brings in her in-depth knowledge and experience within the biopharmaceutical space, with extensive experience in regulatory compliance for the implementation and improvement of automated and semi-automated Production and Process Controls (P&PC), leading the coordination, execution, and supervision of new products introduction and manufacturing activities amongst other critical tasks. Devoted in ensuring the highest standards of quality on both regulatory and internal benchmarks through organizational leadership, she initiated her career as a Project Engineer Leader with a combined experience achieved in Project Management, Business Development Strategist, Direct Sales, Manufacturing Engineering, Operational Infrastructure, Qualification and Validation activities, Quality Assurance, Materials and Logistics.

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About Us

Company Overview

Disruptive Model

Cell Therapies

Own your facility

Shared Infrastructure

Facilities

Experienced Scientific and Commercial Leadership

Robert Salcedo

CO-Founder & Chief Executive Officer

Daniel Chang

CO-Founder & Chief Financial Officer

Our Management Team

Marvin Mercado

Director of Technology Transfer and Process Support

William Rodríguez

Senior Project Manager

Saddy Rivera

Senior Manager, Microbiology laboratory

Janitza Arizmendi

VP of HR and Scientific Support Group

Ricardo Zayas

COO and Operational Lead

Kevin Colón

Senior Services Manager

Gabriel Gracia Maldonado

Operations Manager

Celeste Miranda

Senior Project Manager, PMO

Dennisse Morales

Senior Manager

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