Biography

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Kelly Richards is a Global Digital Product Owner for Lonza's Integrated Biologics business unit.  In this role, she owns the digital capabilities of Dashboarding, Multivariate Data Analysis (MVDA), and Reporting. Experiences include:

• Developing a global process to validate MVDA Raman spectroscopy models for GMP use
• Hosting monthly MVDA Community Calls
• Scaling out a global OEE dashboard
• Developing new models of customer behaviors 
• Scaling out and standardizing technology in the network

 Kelly serves on the Global Data Culture workstream 

and is a member of Lonza's Global Data Strategy Council. 

She led the Global Data Literacy workstream, 

earning third-party praise as a best-in-class resource.

Richards is enthusiastic about data culture, data strategy, 

data visualization, and data communication. 

She has a M.S. in Applied Data Science from Syracuse University 

and a M.S. in Biology from Tufts University. 

Kelly is married and lives in New Hampshire, USA. 

She has a high-energy toddler and a semi-feral cat. 

She enjoys gardening, herbalism, cryptozoology, and mythology.