Frank M. Deane Ph.D. was named president of manufacturing for Lilly in May 2007 and is a member of Lilly�s operations committee and the senior management council. He had been vice president of quality since December 2001.
Deane received a bachelor's degree in chemical engineering from University College Dublin Ireland in 1971. He then attended the University of Maryland receiving master�s and doctorate degrees both also in chemical engineering in 1972 and 1974 respectively.
Deane joined Lilly in 1979 and was named manager technical services/quality control for the company's bulk manufacturing operations in Kin sale Ireland where he had a number of operational responsibilities until being transferred to the U.S. in 1986 as manager of quality control and technical services at the company�s Clinton Laboratories near Clinton Ind. From there he moved to Puerto Rico in 1988 where he had general management responsibilities for production quality and technical services in Lilly�s Puerto Rican operations. He returned to the U.S. in 1993 as the general manager of U.S. pharmaceutical manufacturing and assumed responsibilities for the company�s worldwide bulk manufacturing operations in 1997. |