Haro Hartounian

Haro Hartounian is the Director, Biopharmaceutical Cluster Development at New JerseyInnovation Institute which is an NJIT corporation focused on helping private enterprisediscover what’s possible. He is a biotechnology and pharmaceutical executive with a recordof achieving aggressive goals in large pharmaceutical organizations, start-ups inbiotechnology, and medical device companies by positioning capital, people, intellectualproperty, systems, and internal disciplines for successful long-term growth.Haro works with several academic and industry collaborators to support biopharmaceuticalcompanies on improving the rate at which they translate discovery into commercialproduction. He is focused on building the Innovative Medicines Manufacturing Institute(IMMI), which will assist bio-pharmaceutical companies, regulators, and technology INTROsuppliers in addressing the need for next-generation manufacturing solutions, especially inthe fields of small and large molecules and cell therapy.Throughout his career, his blend of scientific knowledge and business acumen has allowedHaro to drive multiple products from bench to commercialization.