Pedro Cruz

Chief Technical Operations Officer | Advisor to the Executive Committee

Pedro Cruz

Biography

I am Chief Technical Operations Officer at iBET since January 2018. In this role, I oversee the institute’s operations supporting R&D activities.

I hold a PhD in Biochemical Engineering from Universidade Nova de Lisboa (1999) and an MBA from the Universidade Católica de Lisboa (1999).

With over 30 years of experience in the Biotech Industry, I previously worked in different settings from lab research to pilot plants and research in Industry. Before joining iBET in this role, I co-founded ECBio, a cell-based therapy company, serving as Chief Scientific Officer (2003-2017). Before that, I conducted research on viral vectors and vaccines at iBET, playing a key role in establishing insect cell cultures and VLP production and optimization of processes for viral vectors for gene therapy (1992-2011).