Twist Bioscience Appoints Mark Buck as Senior Vice President, Operations

Twist Bioscience Corporation (NASDAQ: TWST), a company enabling customers to succeed through its offering of high-quality synthetic DNA using its silicon platform, today announced the appointment of Mark Buck as senior vice president, operations. Mr. Buck brings experience improving manufacturing efficiency and driving revenue and margin through managing supply chain and operations, including planning, quality, procurement and logistics.

“Building on the foundation of his time serving in the United State Marine Corps and drawing from military efficiency, Mark has established a career in industry developing and optimizing operational processes and requirements that enable scale for multiple product groups across global geographies,” said Emily M. Leproust, Ph.D., CEO and co-founder of Twist Bioscience. “We now have two manufacturing sites and are making excellent progress in the final steps of preparation for the launch of fast genes in November, with a current median production turnaround time of six business days, well under our current ten business day turnaround time for standard speed genes. We look forward to Mark’s expertise and strategic guidance as we continue to expand our reach and market share globally.”

“Twist has the cultural foundation and the right teams in place for the next phase of growth. I look forward to drawing on my experience enhancing efficiency and productivity by integrating teams and processes to drive toward profitability,” said Mr. Buck. “I am eager to return to the life science industry at Twist and play a role in enabling our customers to improve health and sustainability.”

Prior to joining Twist, Mr. Buck served as corporate senior vice president, operations, global supply chain at Excelitas Technologies Corporation where he established a global footprint, drove global supply chain optimization measures, enabled scale up and drove revenue growth. His responsibilities included global supply chain planning, global sourcing and procurement supply, internal supply, supply quality and logistics inbound and outbound movement of freight. Prior to Excelitas, Mr. Buck was director, global supply chain management and general manager of resale product operations at Bio-Rad, Inc., where he managed buy-sell products, which grew in revenue to $270 million, significantly improving profitability over his time in the role. He previously held leadership positions including vice president operations, global manufacturing, supply chain and logistics at Celerity Group; director, operations management at Solectron corporation; and senior supply chain operations manager at Apple Computer, Inc. Before joining industry, Mr. Buck served in the United States Marine Corps. He holds an MBA from National University and a B.S. in electrical and computer engineering from University of Illinois, Urbana-Champaign.