Ciera is an experienced Industry Change Leader with a strong background in delivering engineering and computerized systems projects within the pharmaceutical and biotech industries. She currently specializes in guiding global companies through the challenges of Manufacturing Execution Systems (MES) and digital transformation, focusing on aligning business processes with emerging manufacturing architectures.

With expertise spanning Packaging, Facilities, Engineering, Serialization, MES and Business Systems, Ciera excels at leading multi-disciplinary teams and facilitating meaningful discussions to solve complex industry problems.

Committed to advancing Pharma 4.0 principles, Ciera brings a passion for fostering collaboration and driving innovation in regulated environments. Her dedication to continuous learning ensures she remains at the forefront of MES solutions, enabling global organizations to achieve operational excellence.

Pop in Your Job: What drives me most in my work is the opportunity to create meaningful change through collaboration. I’ve always been motivated by the challenge of solving complex problems, understanding different perspectives, and building innovative solutions.

As a facilitator, I thrive on bringing people together—encouraging collaboration across teams and companies to navigate shared challenges. I find immense satisfaction in creating environments where individuals feel empowered to share ideas, learn from one another, and push boundaries.

What I love most about my role is the balance of creativity and impact. Designing engaging workshops, guiding discussions, and supporting teams to produce transformative results never feels like work—it’s my flow state. Knowing that my efforts help drive progress and innovation in such a vital industry is the ultimate reward.

BioPhorum’s mission is to create environments where the global biopharmaceutical and device industry can collaborate and accelerate its rate of progress, for the benefit of all. A business-to-business membership organization, BioPhorum consists of twelve phorums leading industry-changing initiatives with the help of thousands of active subject matter experts. Established in 2008, we bring leaders and subject matter experts together to collaborate on challenges in existing and emerging topics that affect the whole industry including change notification, cybersecurity, extractables and leachables, forecast and demand planning, knowledge management, single-use systems and sterile filtration. Many global companies collaborate with BioPhorum, such as license holders, manufacturers, and CDMOs. While academia and materials, equipment, IT, and engineering suppliers also send their best people to connect and collaborate.