Where Strategy Meets Delivery

Phil Beccue applies best-practice approaches based on decision analysis to strategy creation, portfolio optimization, asset valuation, and risk management in the bio-pharmaceutical industry. As leader of the Strategy and Portfolio Management function at Baxter BioScience, Phil designed and implemented a global R&D portfolio management process. Phil also led the Decision Sciences group at Amgen and played a key role in institutionalizing decision analytic processes throughout the organization. 

J. Matt Bolin is a Partner in Primecore’s Life Sciences business in the U.S. Southeast, supporting the delivery of complex pharmaceutical and life sciences capital programs.

Matt brings more than 25 years of experience across engineering design, construction, project management and EPCMV delivery. Prior to joining Primecore, he served as Business Director with an international AEC firm, leading a full-service EPCMV team of more than 110 professionals and serving as executive sponsor on major capital programs valued at up to approximately $4.5 billion.

His expertise spans multidisciplinary program execution, engineering and construction management, fiscal and operational performance, global resource integration and client relationship management. Matt is a licensed Professional Engineer in North Carolina and a LEED Accredited Professional in Building Design and Construction.

At Primecore, Matt is focused on supporting the company’s Life Sciences business in the Southeast U.S., bringing experienced, client-focused leadership to complex capital programs and helping build high-performing teams that deliver against client objectives.

Managing Partner, Life Science Solutions (LSS), Northeast US

Carl Bradbury is a Managing Partner at Primecore, with responsibility for leading, growing and developing the company’s Life Sciences business in the U.S.

Carl brings more than 30 years of experience across engineering, construction and capital project delivery, with a particular focus on the pharmaceutical, biotechnology and life sciences sectors. Prior to joining Primecore, he held senior construction and operational leadership roles with an international AEC firm, overseeing complex capital projects and multidisciplinary teams across the U.S.

His expertise spans engineering and design, pre-construction, procurement, construction management, project controls, safety, commissioning and startup, as well as business operations and full P&L responsibility. Throughout his career, Carl has built high-performing teams, developed trusted client relationships and supported the successful delivery of complex projects in highly regulated environments.

At Primecore, Carl is focused on growing the company’s U.S. Life Sciences presence and helping clients make critical capital decisions and successfully execute their programs, combining strategic leadership with practical, accountable delivery.

Mary Caslin is a Qualified Accountant with over 15 years’ experience in a large multinational organisation and 7 years’ experience working in practice. A track record in taking responsibility for key tasks and their successful completion with a high degree of motivation and enthusiasm for any task undertaken. Extensive experience using SAP system, including spearheading an initial migration to SAP. Prior to joining Primecore Mary served as chief financial officer for a startup global skincare company setting up all financial systems and operations. She also previously held financial accounting and auditing roles..

Dave Clark has over 40 years of experience in product development and lifecycle management, with expertise in viral vaccines and monoclonal antibodies. He has held positions of increasing responsibility across a range of areas including Product Development, Process Development, Quality Control, CMC, Technology Transfer and Technical Services for pilot plant operations, clinical supply units, and full commercial manufacturing. Prior to joining Primecore, Dave served as the VP of Technical Services for AstraZeneca, where he worked with R&D to develop and license four new, novel monoclonal antibodies. He also previously held leadership roles at Johnson & Johnson and Wyeth Vaccines. Dave has been a panel member with the NIH and has co-authored several publications.

Claire Comerford is an Operations Leader with over 30 years’ experience of site operations with a global multinational company in the Pharmaceutical and Biotech industry with a proven track record of delivering results and building capable teams. Her expertise spans plant start up, technical transfer, operations, compliance, planning and program management. Experienced in a network role, Claire has been responsible for the successful deployment of transformational programs at a number of sites, delivering sustainable improvement through the adoption of new ways of working and embedding a continuous improvement culture. Claire is an excellent communicator and relationship builder with a collaborative inclusive approach and a talent for managing change. 

Eileen Counihan is a Pharmaceutical Compliance professional with over 34 years of experience previously working for Merck Sharp and Dohme (MSD) in various leadership positions of Quality Assurance Management, Site Quality Director and as Regional Compliance Director for EMEA.

For the last seven years, she’s had extensive experience as a consultant leading quality improvement projects, due diligence, GMP assessments and audits, at manufacturing sites worldwide, to ensure organizational fitness, inspection readiness and improved quality management systems (including Laboratory controls, testing, and instrumentation management). She has deep knowledge of EU and FDA cGMP requirements, interpretation and application as well as current industry practice. 

Elizabeth Dunne leads the finance operations for Primecore. In this role Elizabeth has responsibility for our key performance indicators (KPIs), procurement, accounts payable, and for the generation of the Quarterly Financial Accounts. She is the key customer contact for our financial services and is a qualified bookkeeper and payroll technician.

Martin Felgenhauer leads CMC programs with an expertise in manufacturing strategy, tech transfers and product life cycle management. He previously was a Senior Director at Baxter and Baxalta and has over 25 years of experience. Martin has a strong background in engineering, process development, project, and program management. He was project director for a vaccine plant in the Czech Republic, a recombinant plant in Singapore and several smaller projects in Austria, Switzerland, and U.S. He led technology transfers to CMOs and to licencing partners in Japan and Brazil. He also led CMC teams for market introduction of Baxter’s pipeline portfolio. 

Kevin Fenton is Managing Partner of Advanced Technology Solutions at Primecore, leading the company’s expanded capability across advanced technology and semiconductor environments. 

Kevin brings more than 30 years of international experience delivering complex capital programs across advanced technology and life sciences. He has held senior leadership roles including Business Director for EMEA Semiconductor and Managing Director of the Advanced Technology Group at DPS Group, where he helped establish and scale a global operational footprint supporting major technology development programs. 

Kevin is recognized for building strong client relationships, leading high-performing teams and bringing structure, clarity and senior delivery experience to fast-moving environments. His experience spans engineering, design, construction, commissioning, qualification and start-up, with a strong focus on aligning program delivery to strategic business outcomes. 

At Primecore, Kevin is focused on growing the Advanced Technology Solutions offering, supporting clients with credible, practical advice and hands-on delivery for high-stakes capital programs. 

Robert Garner is Managing Partner for U.S. Life Sciences – Southeast Region at Primecore, leading the company’s life sciences business across the region.

Robert brings more than 35 years of experience across life sciences project delivery, operations, business development and organizational leadership. Prior to joining Primecore, he held senior project operations leadership roles with an international AEC firm, where he led multidisciplinary engineering, architecture, procurement, construction and validation teams serving life sciences clients. During this period, he helped grow the Cary operation from 15 to 120 employees while consistently exceeding annual revenue and EBITDA expectations.

His experience spans EPCMV delivery, process engineering, automation, project management and business operations across pharmaceutical, biotechnology and GMP manufacturing environments. He has built and led high-performing teams while developing long-term client relationships and supporting complex capital programs.

At Primecore, Robert is focused on growing the company’s U.S. Life Sciences presence across the Southeast, strengthening client relationships and building the teams, processes and operating infrastructure required for sustainable growth and high-quality delivery.

Aidan Harrington is a Program Manager at Primecore, supporting the delivery of complex capital programs across the pharmaceutical and biopharmaceutical sectors.

Aidan brings over 30 years of pharmaceutical industry experience. Prior to joining Primecore, he spent more than 25 years with an international AEC firm. Before this, he spent seven years with Schering-Plough in Brinny, working in Validation and Quality Assurance roles across ongoing operations and engineering projects.

His expertise spans commissioning and qualification, technology transfer, operational readiness and regulatory compliance. More recently, Aidan has advised on compliance reviews of facility designs across multiple modalities, as well as technology transfer and operational readiness for drug product and cell therapy manufacturing facilities. He is also a Regulatory Compliance SME and Quality Systems Auditor. Aidan holds a Ph.D. in Molecular Biology and is an ISO 9001 Certified Lead Auditor. At Primecore, he applies this combination of technical, quality and operational experience to help clients de-risk complex programs and support successful facility readiness

Jane Harte is a Senior Strategic Financial Professional with 25 years+ commercial and leadership experience in the multinational sector and NGOs/ small businesses. Analytical, strategic thinker with strong commercial acumen combined with an expertise in all aspects of financial consultancy.

Prior to joining Primecore Jane was Head of Financial Planning Analysis for Kraft Heinz Company with responsibility for the strategic and financial management Portfolio of 1000 products across five markets. Jane also served as financial systems accountant for IBM and an Audit Senior with Arthur Anderson & Co.

Colette Hawkins has over 20 years of experience in financial and operational roles within tech and pharma companies, including Hewlett Packard and Puritan Bennet. Colette brings a strong business and financial background in operations, customer services and finance in high-tech multinational environment. She has highly developed skills in team and change management as well as data analytics and project cost controls. Colette has held management roles within manufacturing operations environments as well as IT technical support teams. As a Senior Partner with Primecore, Colette has supported companies with the development of their Operational Finance, Capital Reporting and Portfolio management and has built a team to provide core monthly reporting services to clients.

Ethan Howe is a Partner in Primecore’s Advanced Technology Solutions business, supporting the growth and delivery of complex advanced technology capital programs across the Northeast U.S.

Ethan has extensive experience delivering large-scale semiconductor capital projects and engineering programs. Prior to joining Primecore, he progressed through engineering and project management roles with an international AEC firm, managing project portfolios supporting more than $250 million in semiconductor capital investment and leading multidisciplinary teams across multiple concurrent programs.

His expertise spans program and project management, strategic planning, project controls, financial forecasting, resource planning, stakeholder engagement and risk management. His experience also includes the delivery of high-volume semiconductor tool installation programs and the development of scalable project delivery processes.

At Primecore, Ethan is focused on strengthening the company’s Advanced Technology Solutions capability in the Northeast U.S., developing the team and operating infrastructure required to support clients through complex capital investments.

Roy Johnston brings over 25 years of multinational pharmaceutical experience with Merck/MSD during which he held leadership roles in a variety of functions including automation, safety and security, warehousing and logistics. He is an accomplished and influential Senior Logistics Professional with extensive operations and compliance leadership experience on multiple sites across EMEA. His expertise spans greenfield site start-up; controlling a multi-site/multi-million Euro budget; post-merger integration of legacy operations to global organizational standards. Roy is a commercially minded professional with experience in driving strategy, leading high value change projects in both dynamic and challenging economic environments. He is an excellent communicator with exceptional leadership and relationship skills.

Helen Kelleher is a highly experienced Program and Project Manager with over 25 years’ experience, who brings strong technical and people management capabilities to bear in her leadership of all aspects of capital programs. Helen is an excellent communicator and team leader with experience across a variety of Pharmaceutical areas and other high-tech industries, and who has operated in the both the roles of owner and consultant Program or Project Manager. 

Eddie Kent is Chief Financial Officer of Primecore and brings more than 25 years of financial and operational leadership experience in engineering and professional services. Before joining Primecore, he spent over two decades with DPS Group, where he held a series of senior roles including Chief Financial Officer and, most recently, Chief Executive Officer for Europe. In these positions, he oversaw financial strategy, governance, and performance across multiple international markets, playing a key role in DPS Group’s sustained growth and expansion.

At Primecore, he is responsible for shaping the company’s financial strategy, supporting international growth, and ensuring the business continues to deliver long-term value for clients and stakeholders.

Dara Kernan is an experienced Program Manager with over 20 years of experience managing large Bio-pharmaceutical projects on behalf of established companies such as Bristol Myers Squibb, Warner Lambert and Wyeth. Dara’s approach to Program Management is business focused and inclusive of the wider project stakeholder team. He promotes the execution of programs in a structured and phased manner – placing emphasis on the importance of early program phase development. In addition to executing large capital projects on behalf of client companies, Dara has also spent a number of years executing pharmaceutical projects on behalf of engineering and construction management firms. In more recent years Dara has provided consultant support to companies seeking to execute large capital programs in line with current program management ‘best practices’. 

Sergey Kutyev is a PMP Certified Project Manager with experience leading teams, negotiating terms, developing and managing project documentation, schedules, budgets, and costs. He is focused on keeping projects to their timeline following Lean Six Sigma principles and using the full suite of software products to track progress. Sergey has a background in a multi-disciplined international environment with projects up to $250 million and a proven aptitude for maximizing safety, delivering results, and reducing costs in both urgent and long-term projects. He has held different roles during his career and collaborated with internal and external stakeholders, including senior leadership, finance, IT, legal, procurement, sales, and different End User Groups.

David Levine is a Talent Acquisition Consultant at Primecore, supporting the company’s continued growth by identifying experienced senior professionals for complex client programs across the life sciences and advanced technology sectors.

David brings three decades of talent acquisition and recruitment experience across the U.S. and Europe. Prior to joining Primecore, he was Manager of U.S. Talent Acquisition for an international AEC firm, where he led recruitment activity across the U.S. market.

His experience spans Life Sciences, Semiconductor and Data Center, with a particular focus on C-suite, executive leadership and senior individual contributor appointments. This gives David a strong understanding of the specialist expertise and leadership capability required to operate effectively in complex, high-growth environments.

At Primecore, David is focused on strengthening the company’s access to experienced practitioners and senior leaders who can support client delivery and the company’s continued growth across key international markets.

Pat Mc Loughlin has 15 years’ experience in senior management roles liaising with Corporate and Key external agencies. Effective at working under pressure and achieving strict Management and Corporate deadlines. A strategic thinker having strong leadership, communication, and people management skills. Flexible and adaptable having worked in a variety of industries and leading organizations through high periods of change and uncertainty, to meet challenging goals.

Prior to joining Primecore Pat was Managing Director with B Braun and accountable for the manufacturing sites in Ireland and the global centre of excellence for advanced wound care. Pat restructured the wound care businesses to meet corporate business, quality and compliance requirements. Created a startup B Braun site to support the critical shortage of facemasks for hospitals during Covid to serve needs of Irish hospitals and European and USA markets. Pat also held various Director roles with GlaxoSmithKline companies in England and Ireland.

Mark McGowan is Director of Energy and Sustaining Services at Primecore, leading the company’s capability to help clients improve the performance, resilience and sustainability of complex facilities.

Mark brings more than 25 years of experience across mechanical engineering, construction management, renewable energy, energy efficiency and advanced technology facility operations. He began his career with architectural and engineering consultancies before joining a major mechanical and electrical contractor, where he delivered projects across commercial, university, pharmaceutical and semiconductor environments.

Mark later founded and led his own contracting company specializing in renewable energy and energy efficiency before returning to the advanced technology sector. His experience has since expanded from project management on major semiconductor facility developments into energy program management and sustaining support across multiple sites.

At Primecore, Mark is focused on delivering practical improvements in energy consumption, operating costs, carbon emissions, water usage and facility resilience, helping clients connect operational performance with wider business objectives.

Antoinette McTigue’s strengths lie in combining an entrepreneurial and innovative spirit to drive multifunctional projects, with a talent for troubleshooting difficult business issues to overcome obstacles and achieve business results. She has extensive management experience in the pharmaceutical, biotech, and cell and gene therapy industries. Since joining Primecore, Antoinette has supported many companies struggling to capture their business needs up front and to charter programs to deliver these needs effectively. Much of this work was done through the development and emphasis on defining a comprehensive set of End User Requirements for her clients. This approach has proven valuable by ensuring all necessary requirements are understood, communicated, and documented early in the process, which in turn leads to more effective program design and execution. Prior to joining Primecore, Antoinette was the company director and a leading member of a management buyout team for ANSAMed Ltd.

Jay Modha has 25 years of experience in cross-functional senior R&D and CMC roles.  He has worked with numerous biotech companies, adopting a Quality by Design (QbD) approach to develop, scale-up, transfer and qualify bioprocesses for GMP production of conventional biologics and cell and gene therapy products (ATMPs). He has an excellent understanding of the technical, quality and regulatory issues around process, analytics and product development, specification and control.  His CMC knowledge and experience enable him to overcome technical hurdles and to develop phase-appropriate and pragmatic approaches to satisfy the regulatory requirements. 

Kishor Modha has directed and managed biotherapeutic programs from early pre-clinical studies through clinical development. He has over 20 years’ drug life-cycle management experience, effectively translating strategic development plans into defined operational projects meeting with the ICH guidelines for approval in USA and the EU. He is adept at managing cross-function teams and leading technical discussions with operatives in analytics, process development, and cGMP manufacturing. He has worked with start-ups and SMEs developing biologics and therapeutics of diverse nature; peptides, complex glycoproteins, and more recently cell-based therapies. 

Aidan O’Dwyer is Chief Executive Officer of Primecore, an international program management company serving the life sciences and advanced technology sectors. 

Aidan brings more than 25 years of experience delivering complex capital programs for global life sciences and advanced technology clients. Before joining Primecore, he spent 14 years with DPS Group, where he held senior leadership roles including President of US Project Operations. In that role, he had operational responsibility for Architectural and Engineering Design, Construction Management, and Commissioning, Qualification and Validation services across the United States, and served on the company’s Board of Directors. 

Aidan’s career has also included senior roles with GSK, Pfizer and Novartis. His leadership combines technical knowledge, commercial discipline and a client-focused approach to program delivery. 

At Primecore, Aidan is leading the company’s next phase of international growth, expanding its established life sciences capability into Advanced Technology Solutions while maintaining its focus on trusted client relationships, strategic advice and accountable delivery. 

Dara Quirke is Managing Partner for Life Science Delivery Solutions – Europe at Primecore, strengthening the company’s senior leadership and delivery capability across the European life sciences market.

Dara brings more than 25 years of experience leading large-scale capital programs and high-performing organizations across the pharmaceutical, biologics and wider life sciences sectors. Most recently, he served as Operations Director for the Dublin office of an international AEC firm, with full P&L responsibility for a multidisciplinary engineering and architectural organization of more than 200 people.

His experience spans Ireland, Europe and the U.S., with leadership across the capital program lifecycle from feasibility and design through construction, commissioning and validation. He combines technical and operational leadership with experience in financial governance, client relationships, resource management and organizational growth.

At Primecore, Dara is focused on supporting continued growth across Europe and helping clients navigate complex capital programs through experienced, practitioner-led leadership from strategy through delivery.

Donal Roche is the Chair of the Primecore board, continuing his lifelong involvement in the commercial world through a number of business interests. Donal is currently Director at Bimeda Group and has previously held several Board positions that include DPS Group, Barclays Bank Ireland Plc, Eircom and prior to these, was the Managing Partner at Matheson Ormsby Prentice, solicitors. 

Thomas Ryan is a Partner at Primecore, focused on the delivery of complex life sciences capital programs across North America.

Tom brings over 30 years of experience spanning cGMP manufacturing, global engineering, project management and major capital delivery across pharmaceutical and biopharmaceutical manufacturing. He is currently providing project leadership on a multi-billion-dollar manufacturing program for a confidential U.S. pharmaceutical client, supporting execution across construction, systems completion, commissioning and startup.

Earlier in his career, Tom held senior owner-side roles on FUJIFILM Biotechnologies’ Project Galaxy in Holly Springs, North Carolina, and Novo Nordisk’s DAPI-US facility in Clayton, North Carolina. He began his career in commercial cGMP manufacturing with Biogen before progressing into engineering, project management and global capital leadership roles in the U.S. and Denmark.

His expertise includes capital program strategy and governance, owner/EPCM integration, risk and interface management, commissioning and qualification, operational readiness and startup. At Primecore, Tom applies this experience to help clients align capital strategy, technical requirements and execution, supporting complex manufacturing programs through to operational and commercial readiness.

Maria Stynes coordinates all aspects of project cost controls for our clients including reporting, cost control, progress measurement, schedule development and schedule control. She monitors contractor’s execution and provides advice as necessary to make sure the Client’s project objectives are achieved. In this role, she typically issues weekly and monthly project reports, leads project review efforts, ensures accuracy of contractor provided data while monitoring cost and schedule implications of changes. Maria is a strategic thinker, highly organized with strong communicational skills and is excellent at building genuine relationships.

Michael Sweetman has over 25 years of experience in pharmaceuticals, including leadership roles in above-site supply chain management, CMO management, ERP implementation and capital projects. He led multiple global Value Chain Management Teams at Merck (MSD), and managed CMOs based in Europe, UK and U.S. for multiple franchises. He has also led business case analysis and risk assessments, as well as demand, supply and inventory planning.

Marian Walsh is a Program Manager with over 25 years of experience in the areas of Project Management, Project Controls, Cost Engineering, Scheduling, Risk Management, Estimating, Sub-Contracts Management, Validation Planning, IT/automation planning, and field engineering in the life sciences. Marian’s experience extends to bulk chemical, biopharmaceutical, sterile production facilities, cell & gene therapies and laboratory projects. Her international experience includes the UK, France, Spain, Switzerland, Germany, Ireland and Puerto Rico and has achieved excellent program outcomes working in different cultures and languages.

Joe Wardle has over 35 years of experience in process design, project management, capital programs and construction management. His experience includes design and construction of BDS, API and fill finish facilities including high speed cartridge filling, lyophilization, syringes and device and pen assembly. Joe has executed full project life cycle from concept to regulatory licensure through production ramp-up. He has also led tech transfers of biologics including the analytics.