President & CEO

Robert Spignesi

Chief Financial Officer

Sean Wirtjes

Sean Wirtjes has over 30 years of broad financial experience in the healthcare and technology industries. Most recently, he served as Vice President, Finance and Controller of Asia Pacific, Middle East and Africa (AMEA) for Boston Scientific, a manufacturer of medical devices. In this role, he led all aspects of financial management for the AMEA region, as well as providing regional oversight for the strategic pricing, reimbursement, supply chain, and business development functions.

Previously he served as Vice President of Investor Relations at Boston Scientific, in progressive roles at Varian, Inc. including Vice President and Controller and Vice President, Finance and Treasurer, and as Corporate Controller at Quova. He began his career with PricewaterhouseCoopers, serving emerging, high-growth clients across the healthcare and technology industries.

Mr. Wirtjes holds a BS in Accounting from the Carroll School of Management at Boston College. He is a Certified Public Accountant and a member of Financial Executives International (FEI) and the Association of Financial Professionals (AFP).

Chief Operating Officer

John Wilson

John Wilson brings over 20 years of progressive experience to Rapid Micro Biosystems from Medtronic and Becton Dickinson, where he was most recently the Vice President of Global Operations. Mr. Wilson has held multiple leadership positions in quality, operational excellence, global operations, product development, and direct day-to-day plant management activities.

Mr. Wilson has served his country in the U.S. Army.  He holds a BS in Business Management from the University of Phoenix and an MBA from the University of San Francisco.

Senior Director Strategy & BD

Vaidehi Ambatipudi

Vaidehi Ambatipudi has over 17 years of experience in Strategy, Business Development and Business Analytics roles across various industries. Before joining Rapid Micro Biosystems, she served as the Director of Strategy and Business Development at Cytiva and Pall Biotech (Danaher), where she successfully led numerous initiatives that drove growth and strategic direction.

Previously, Vaidehi held progressive Strategy and BD roles at Thermo Fisher Scientific, Mitchell International and Boston Consulting Group. She began her career leading Analytics teams at Sears Holdings and HSBC.

Vaidehi holds an MBA from INSEAD, France and Mechanical Engineering degrees from Purdue University, Indiana and Indian Institute of Technology Madras, India.  

Senior VP Legal & Secretary

James Xu

Senior VP Human Resources

Julie Jarvie

VP Research & Development

Todd Ballantyne

Todd Ballantyne has over 30 years of research and development experience covering complex electro-mechanical systems for a variety of industries including life sciences, medical devices, machine vision and defense.

Most recently Mr. Ballantyne led the Rapid Micro Biosystems software and vision teams, delivering innovation and improved customer experience for the Growth Direct® System. Prior to joining Rapid Micro Biosystems, Mr. Ballantyne held a range of roles including leading the Medtronic Hugo™ surgical robotics software team and the DEKA R&D Vivia hemodialysis systems team.

Early career experiences included developing real-time embedded systems for a self-balancing wheelchair, a compression-distillation water purification device, the Coca-Cola Freestyle soft drink dispenser, video capture drivers, and military flight control computers.

Over his career Mr. Ballantyne has been a named inventor on patents ranging from computer backplane networking to surgical robotic arm control.

Mr. Ballantyne earned his BA in Physics from Juniata College and his MS in Computer Science from Florida Tech.

Senior VP Global Commercial

Jason Lukasek

Jason Lukasek is a seasoned executive with over 25 years of global commercial experience in the Life Sciences industry and a proven track record of leading large teams, driving revenue growth and expanding profitability.

Mr. Lukasek joins us from Avantor, where he was Senior Vice President, Global Commercial Operations in Bioprocessing. Prior to this position, Mr. Lukasek held several senior commercial leadership roles at Thermo Fisher Scientific in Bioproduction and most recently Biopharma corporate accounts, where he was responsible for the enterprise relationship for several global biopharma customers.