Management

A team approach is used to assist both Kymanox and its clients. Below are members of the Kymanox management team:

Our Management

Stephen M. Perry

President

Stephen is the founder and president of Kymanox.  He has well over a decade of cGMP biopharma manufacturing experience as a chemical engineer and project manager.  Before starting Kymanox, Stephen had various leadership roles supporting successful scale-up, start-up and commercialization initiatives at Abbott Laboratories, Covance Biotechnology Services, Diosynth Biotechnology and Human Genome Sciences.  Stephen graduated with high honors with a degree in Chemical Engineering from the University of Notre Dame.  He has also studied at the graduate level at Purdue University.
 

Vladimir Kostyukovsky, Ph.D

Sr. Technical Manager

Vladimir is currently leading Kymanox's Process Operations Services division.  Prior to Kymanox, Vladimir worked in process development and manufacturing management roles at Artisan Pharma, Biolex Therapeutics, Bioreliance, Diosynth, DSM Biologics, Allelix Biopharma and Apotex Fermentation. He has also been Director of Site Operations at BTEC, and worked for a number of research organizations in Russia, Czech Republic, Japan and South America.  Vladimir received his PhD in Microbiology from the Russian Academy of Sciences.

Justin Pawlik

Vice President, Midwest Operations

Justin is an experienced technical, quality, and operations manager with a background in chemical engineering.  He has held a variety of technical and managerial positions at Abbott Laboratories.  Justin has over a decade of ISO and cGMP industry experience including expertise in quality regulations and pharmaceutical manufacturing.  He has successfully led multiple, high-profile projects at Abbott and Kymanox.  Justin holds a Bachelors of Science in Chemical Engineering from the University of Illinois at Chicago and is currently completing his Masters of Business Administration from Lake Forest Graduate School of Management.

Kevin C. Brown

Vice President, Information Technology

Kevin brings over twelve years of technology and systems integration experience to Kymanox including extensive expertise in the development of large-scale, on-demand applications.  At Kymanox, Kevin has spearheaded the integration of internet technologies into all aspects of the business, including the development of CMOLocator and KymaSTORE.  Kevin graduated with honors from the University of Notre Dame with a Bachelor of Business Administration degree and a concentration in Management Information Systems.