Michalle Adkins

Director, Life Sciences Strategy, Emerson

Michalle Adkins is director life sciences strategy and direction. She loves working in the life sciences world and has done so for over 30 years. She previously led the Emerson life sciences consulting team that used their varied experiences to work with several top pharmaceutical and biotech companies to provide consulting services for digital plant maturity assessments, future direction planning, solutions mapping, business justifications, and project definition. Prior to Emerson, she worked for Merck & Co., Inc. in various capacities including instrumentation, automation, and manufacturing, as well as vaccine scheduling and planning.

Ms. Adkins has a B.S. in Chemical Engineering and an M.E. in Industrial Engineering from The Pennsylvania State University as well as a Six Sigma Black Belt Master's Certificate from Villanova University.