Stephen Lermer

Stephen Lermer is an accomplished international professional with a proven track record in managing technical and financial resources, establishing cost-efficient high-quality organizations, and resolving complex technical problems. He excels in accomplishing corporate goals and objectives and is known for his strategic thinking and success in leading complex organizations through challenging situations. With a background in start-up, turn-around, expansion, and established business life cycles, Lermer is also recognized as an experienced coach and mentor with a reputation for developing individual talent and fostering high-performance teams. His specialties include pharmaceutical product development and industrialization, operations management, packaging systems development and automation, supplier development and management, quality assurance and improvement, LEAN/Six-Sigma/TPS practices, project management, start-up operations, re-engineering, and merger/acquisitions. Lermer's industry expertise spans pharmaceuticals - liquids, solid dose, transdermal, injectable, respiratory, large and small molecules, dietary supplements, medical devices - pulmonary delivery, subcutaneous and cranial implants, packaging materials development and manufacturing, process and packaging machinery, injection blow molding, and automated inspection systems. He holds an MBA from JWMI, an MS in Engineering from North Carolina State University, and a BS in Mechanical Engineering from Auburn University. Lermer has held leadership positions such as President and Chief Operating Officer at Terrace Global, COO USA at Argenta - AMLRiverside, Chief Operating Officer at Charlotte's Web, Managing Director at NutraVital, and Principal at AlphaVektor, LLC.