Randy Schwemmin is an operations and product development professional with over 25 years’ experience in the aerospace, consumer electronics, medical device, and biopharmaceutical industries. He is currently an independent supply chain consultant for biopharma companies that need expertise managing clinical trial drug supply or launching their first commercial products. Before consulting, Randy was head of product operations at D-Rev, a non-profit designing and delivering medical devices that fulfill unmet needs of people living on less than four dollars a day. At D-Rev, Randy managed the development of two products: the Brilliance phototherapy lamp for treating newborns with jaundice, and the ReMotion knee, a plastic polycentric knee used in artificial legs for above-knee amputees. Prior to D-Rev, Randy managed the clinical supply chain organization at Genentech, ran manufacturing engineering at a catheter medical device startup, and developed his breadth of operations expertise in multiple plants and programs at Lockheed Martin.
Randy earned an MBA and MS in Manufacturing Systems from Stanford University and a BSE in Aerospace Engineering from the University of Michigan. He lives in Ann Arbor, volunteers as a Big Brother, and is an avid triathlete.