Gagan rejoins Rockwell Automation as vice president, Life Sciences, Global Industry Accounts. With more than 25 years of professional and leadership experience, she has spent her career focused on strategic partnerships, operational excellence, organizational leadership in sales and service organizations and customer-focused technologies to drive manufacturing excellence, particularly in the life sciences industry. Gagan has held roles of increasing scope and responsibility spanning multiple critical disciplines, such as operations management, global business development, investor relations, life sciences sales & marketing and strategic partnerships, at global leading companies, including at GE Plastics, Emerson Process Management, Rockwell Automation and Oracle Corporation. Gagan has a bachelor’s degree in chemical engineering from the University of Missouri, Rolla and a master’s degree in technology commercialization from the University of Texas, Austin. She has received many professional excellence awards through her many roles and holds a Lean Six Sigma Black Belt. She lives in the Los Angeles area and will remain based there.

Rockwell Automation Inc. (NYSE: ROK), the world’s largest company dedicated to industrial automation and information, makes its customers more productive and the world more sustainable. Headquartered in Milwaukee, Wis., Rockwell Automation employs about 22,000 people serving customers in more than 80 countries. The most successful pharma and biotech organizations are rigorous about their processes, especially as they relate to better understanding of manufacturing operations, process control, validation and quality improvement. By applying advanced technologies and integrating production processes with the rest of the manufacturing enterprise, Rockwell Automation helps to reach higher quality products, less rework, increased profits and a distinct competitive advantage. PharmaSuite™: MES for Life Sciences industry Rockwell Software PharmaSuite™, within an electronic batch record framework enables a rich set of capabilities such as weigh-and-dispense, electronic batch recording, equipment management (tracking, e-logbooks), material track and trace / batch geneaology, shop floor logistics, in process control, review by exception. Rockwell Software PharmaSuite™ can easily connect the automation layer as well as other level 3 and level 4 sistems (ERP, LIMS, CAPA, scheduling, production analytics systems, etc) and help companies optimizing process operations, lower manufacturing risk and reducing costs while complying with current GxP regulations. Longstanding life sciences industry experience combined with the Rockwell Automation best-of-breed technology delivers a unique offering well suited to the fast-paced evolution of pharma and biotech companies.