
VP of Operations at Gordian Biotechnology. Proud generalist powerhouse, passionate about helping our brilliant team execute excellently, and always open to talk all things biotech operations, scaling, and automation! Strong scientist, self-starter, solution-oriented problem solver, and holistic change-maker looking for innovative, exciting, and audacious biotech companies committed to operational excellence. My work marries big-picture strategic thinking with practical, proactive, and hands-on solutioning. I’m passionate about business excellence, relationship building, elite communication, and biotech performance optimization. I thrive in fast-paced, mission-oriented environments and excel in understanding, translating, and optimizing interactions between highly technical experts. My skill set includes cross-functional team development and management, strategic planning and execution, and pragmatic risk identification and mitigation to facilitate the growth of entrepreneurial concepts into fully realized operational programs. Your “tangled ball of yarn” problems are my forte.
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Vice President Operations
Gordian Biotechnology
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• Full-time
Dec 2024 - Present
South San Francisco, California, United States
Head of R&D Operations
Gordian Biotechnology
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Jul 2024 - Mar 2025
South San Francisco, California, United States
President
Kristien Van Vlasselaer Consulting, LLC
• www.linkedin.com/company/kristien-van-vlasselaer-consulting-llc
Apr 2023 - Present
San Francisco Bay Area
Vice President of Operations and Chief of Staff
Novoron Bioscience
• www.linkedin.com/company/novoron-bioscience
• Full-time
Jan 2024 - Jul 2024
Senior Program Manager, Research and Development Strategic Planning
Adaptive Biotechnologies Corp.
• www.linkedin.com/company/adaptive-biotechnologies-corp-
Mar 2021 - Apr 2023