# Keith B. > Multi-functional Operations Leadership: Rare multidisciplinary background combining workplace and facility operations experience, organization building, legal expertise, financial acumen, and technical capabilities. Location: American Canyon, California, United States Profile: https://flows.cv/keithb 🚀 Let me manage the business so you can focus on the mission. 🔍 What I’m looking for: A senior management or executive role (Director, VP, or COO) in internal operations, by which I mean a role that encompasses site and staff-directed functions like: * Facilities (property management, maintenance and repair, site operations) * Workplace operations and services (custodial, meals, reception, vendor management, space planning) * Materials logistics (procurement, shipping-receiving, inventory management) * Physical Security * EH&S and HR ☞ Preferably in younger, small-to-medium companies where I can bring more value and make a legacy impact. 🏦 Location preference: San Francisco bay area (lower penninsula to Sacramento). Second choice, Riverside county (southern CA). 📌 I am an accomplished, hands-on, performance-driven, workplace operations leader with 30+ years of experience, whose expertise spans both long-term strategic planning as well as managing day-to-day operations. 🏭 I have delivered multi-million-dollar engineering and construction projects on time and under budget under demanding conditions, 👫 I have built and led high-performing teams in facilities maintenance, business operations, engineering, EH&S, and workplace services. 🏆 I have turned around struggling organizatons to become best-in-class departments. See my resume and other materials in the "Featured" section of my LI profile. ## Work Experience ### Sr. Director, Workplace Operations @ 4D Molecular Therapeutics Jan 2021 – Present | Emeryville, California, United States Leadership role in young biotech company, responsible for building and leading multiple operational functions: • Property management and facility maintenance • Office management and workplace services • Physical security and infrastructure reliability • Biolab procurement, material logistics, and support operations • Environment, Health and Safety (EH&S) Role included strategic operational planning, budgeting & financial oversight, and staff development & mentoring. Reporting directly to COO, with a $17M annual department operating budget (not including CAPEX project funding or staff compensation) and four (4) direct-report managers. Key achievements: • Transformed Facilities operations by building a multi-department organization providing best-in-class stakeholder support services, while growing staff engagement by 25% and improving corporate efficiency 200%. • Delivered $2.5M, 8,000 sq-ft Qualified (GMP) Materials Warehouse for clinical production raw materials (2025). • Implemented Blue Mountain BMRAM CMMS maintenance and metrology program to track asset lifecycle and maintain over 3,000 facility, infrastructure, and equipment assets (2024). • Delivered $20M, 15,000 sq-ft GxP manufacturing and R&D lab facility on time and under-budget (2023). • Manage >100,000 sq-ft of property across three buildings, consisting of offices, BSL1 & BSL2 biolabs, ISO6-ISO8 clean-rooms, and validated GMP clinical manufacturing. • No EPA CUPA findings, OSHA reportable injuries, or workplace Covid transmissions during 4-year tenure. ### Department Head: Facility and Personnel Safety Engineering @ SLAC - Stanford Linear Accelerator Jan 2010 – Jan 2021 | Stanford Linear Accelerator National Laboratory Senior management responsible for personnel and facility safety engineering within government research campus operated by Stanford University for the Department of Energy (DoE). Role responsible for life-cycle accountability of critical laboratory safety instrumentation and controls, executed via small-to-medium industrial projects (1M to $30M). Responsibilities: • Lead department operations and strategic planning • Set operational goals and priorities and establish KPI’s • Define department policies and processes • Produce department and project budgets • Manage office and production facilities • Mentor career staff • Oversee complex facility engineering and construction projects • Perform project scheduling and procurement • Maintain reliability and quality assurance of facility systems • Ensure laboratory operational effectiveness Key Achievements: • Turned-around struggling engineering department, rebuilding team from 2 staff back up to 12 full-time staff, consisting of engineers, technical specialists, project managers and operational coordinators. • Recovered $20M facility instrumentation project from 2-year backlog, to deliver multiple concurrent equipment installations on-time across laboratory campus. • Project manager and engineering lead for design, construction, and commissioning of instrumentation for next-generation accelerator project, consisting of 20 separate facility construction projects over 7 years with a combined value of $65M. ### Infrastructure Consultant @ Syberdyne Jan 2007 – Jan 2009 Advise clients on infrastructure improvements to streamline facility operations and reduce business risk. Consultant (Self-employed.) Services: - Building infrastructure systems commissioning for critical facilities. - Building automation systems design, programming, and maintenance. - Small construction projects planning and scheduling. - Contractor supervision, project oversight, and contracts compliance. - LEED certification management and compliance - Maintenance risk mitigation and business contingency planning. - Business process auditing and process improvement. ### Senior Automation Controls Engineer @ Nektar Therapeutics Jan 2005 – Jan 2007 Lead automation and instrumentation controls projects for pharmaceutical manufacturing, equipment engineering, project management, and production support. Responsibilities: - Pharmaceutical manufacturing equipment engineering, project management, and production support. - Facility infrastructure systems operation, engineering, and maintenance. - Building automation, process utilities, and energy management operations and maintenance. - Automation validation and quality assurance; Manufacturing process development. - FDA regulatory compliance. - Exceptions and CAPA investigations and process auditing. ### Engineering Design Manager @ Automation Technologies Jan 2001 – Jan 2005 Engineering project management and controls engineering for industrial, manufacturing, and capital equipment. Design Accomplishments: - Exhaust scrubber for radiological medical waste incinerator - Automatic injection-molding machine part handler with integrated vision inspection - Multi-axis robotic machining center - Semi-automatic air-bag folding machine - Medical diagnostic test-kit assembly and inspection line ## Education ### Doctor of Law (J.D.) in Law San Francisco law School ### MBA in Business Administration Davenport University ### MALS in History and Religious Studies University of Detroit Mercy ### BEE in Electrical Engineering University of Detroit Mercy ## Contact & Social - LinkedIn: https://linkedin.com/in/keith-b-1280647 --- Source: https://flows.cv/keithb JSON Resume: https://flows.cv/keithb/resume.json Last updated: 2026-04-13