2025 Power 100: Maurice Phelan
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Maurice Phelan, president of Sartorius North America
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Fresh off playing a critical role in the dash to create the vaccines which helped the world tackle the COVID-19 pandemic, Phelan continues to drive Sartorius’ North American operations forward.
A native of Ireland, Phelan first came to America to work on a project with Harvard Medical School. Today, he is the leader of 2,300 Sartorius workers in North America, helping ensure the company remains a leader in the life science space, while enabling the international firm to tap into the best talent and resources Central Massachusetts (and beyond) have to offer.
The biggest recent milestone for the German-headquartered company in America came in November, when the firm opened its 63,000-square-foot, $90-million Center for Bioprocess Innovation in Marlborough. The facility can hold more than 120 scientists and researchers, serving as a space to increase collaboration with customers and other external partners in a quest to develop the next big gene therapy breakthrough.
Phelan’s next mountain to climb will be continuing to drive international collaboration and continued progress in helping treat the world’s most difficult diseases, in times where trade wars, increasing international strife, and decreased available capital for life science firms are dominating headlines.
Eric Casey is the managing editor at Worcester Business Journal, who primarily covers the manufacturing and real estate industries.
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