John M. Rocco, Executive Vice President

With 30 years of experience in the pharmaceutical, biological and chemical sectors, John Rocco heads the Mundy’s pharma/biotech division.

Before joining Mundy, John was a member of Bayer’s senior management team in the U.S. and served as manufacturing vice president in North America. As vice president of Bayer Material Science LLC and general plant manager of Bayer’s Baytown Industrial Park in Baytown, Texas, John was responsible for Bayer’s largest chemical manufacturing complex in the Americas.

John’s career included positions as director of manufacturing for Animal Health Products and as vice president of technical operations U.S. with responsibility for multi-site pharmaceutical, biological and chemical manufacturing operations in the U.S. John also served as vice president of manufacturing, rubber and rubber chemicals with responsibility for multi-site operations in the U.S.

Before joining Bayer, John served in various levels of pharmaceutical manufacturing operations and financial management with Pfizer, Inc.

During his business career, John has been principally responsible for manufacturing and manufacturing – support operations. In these roles he was accountable for successfully leading a number of key change management efforts to include pursuit of the Malcolm Baldridge Award and Class A Manufacturing at Pfizer, as well as Operational Excellence and SAP implementation at Bayer.

In each case, productivity improvement, team work development, safety consciousness, cost reduction, asset utilization, culture change and competitive advantage were key deliverables in becoming world-class manufacturing companies.

John has B.S. Engineering degree from the U.S. Military Academy at West Point and received his EMBA from Columbia University in New York.

John has served on numerous industry boards during his career and is currently a member of ISPE, the International Society of Pharmaceutical Engineers.