Participants:
Michael O’Mara
Chief Operating Officer, Cellipont
Mike is an accomplished Biopharmaceutical/CDMO Executive with 30 years’ experience leading large groups including manufacturing, supply-chain, quality assurance, quality control, operational excellence, MSAT, Facilities and Engineering. He is well known for leading organizations through the transition and growth of early phase operations through commercialization. Mike has been through many regulatory agency audits from general to Pre-Approval Inspections.
Mike’s prior roles include VP of BioIndustry of North America for Miltenyi Biotec’s CDMO business unit that specialized in Lenti Viral Vector and Cell Therapy manufacturing. Prior to this, he was Sr VP of Manufacturing Operations for Cytovance. He also had several leadership positions at Lonza in Manufacturing, MSAT and Operations.
Mike has spent a majority of his career working for and with CDMO’s in the biopharmaceutical industry. Mike holds a bachelor’s of science in Microbiology from the University of Maryland.
Marcia Blackmoore, M.Sc.
Vice President, Customer Operations, L7 Informatics
Marcia Blackmoore is Vice President of Customer Operations at L7 Informatics, where she leads strategic customer engagement and solution delivery for global life sciences and pharmaceutical organizations. With deep domain expertise in molecular biology, clinical supply chain, cell culture, process & analytical development, and technology transfer, Marcia brings a rare blend of scientific acumen and operational insight to every customer interaction.
Her career spans leadership roles at top-tier biopharma companies including Sanofi, Janssen R&D (a division of Johnson & Johnson), Regeneron Pharmaceuticals, Kiadis Pharma, and CytoSen Therapeutics. Across these organizations, she has helped accelerate therapeutic innovation and ensured the seamless translation of scientific discovery into scalable, compliant manufacturing processes.
Marcia holds an M.Sc. in Plant Molecular Biology and a B.Sc. in Cellular Biochemistry. At L7, she champions digital transformation and workflow orchestration to advance the next generation of cell and gene therapies.
Tim Wright
Editor-in-Chief, Contract Pharma
Tim Wright is the editor of Contract Pharma magazine, which is a trade publication serving thousands of pharma and biopharma outsourcing professionals. He has been editor at Rodman Media since 2006. Prior to his position at Contract Pharma, he was an editor at Coatings World and Nonwovens Industry publications. Tim has a B.A. from Montclair State University in New Jersey where he studied English literature and journalism.
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Information:
Join Mike O’Mara, COO of Cellipont Bioservices, and Marcia Blackmoore, VP of Customer Operations at L7 Informatics, for a candid conversation on what it really takes to digitalize cell therapy manufacturing. Moderated by Contract Pharma, this session will explore how a data-first approach drives scalability, ensures traceability, and accelerates time-to-market—without compromising on quality.
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