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Ralph Jones

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Vice President, Instrument Manufacturing at Illumina
📍 San Diego, California, United States

Ralph is an accomplished leader with over three decades of experience in product development and operations, specifically within the Life Science and Fiber-Optic Telecommunication industries. He currently leads instrument manufacturing at Illumina, managing global cross-functional teams. He holds an EMBA from the USC Marshall School of Business.

He has a proven ability to work across functional and geographical boundaries, successfully launching multiple instrumentation programs and executing new product introductions with manufacturing partners in Asia.

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Experience
35 Years
Current Role
Vice President, Instrument Manufacturing
Job Level
Senior
Location
San Diego, California, United States
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Instrument Manufacturing
His current role as VP of Instrument Manufacturing at Illumina places this at the core of his professional focus, overseeing complex production processes.
Global Operations
He has extensive experience managing global engineering teams and overseeing new product introductions with manufacturing partners in both the US and Asia.
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Career

Work history

1-2023
Vice President, Instrument Manufacturing
Illumina
4-2022 - 1-2023
Vice President, Distinguished Engineer
Illumina
4-2005
Director of Platform Operations & Manufacturing Engineering
Illumina
12-2003 - 4-2005
Principal Engineer
CyVera
7-2000 - 12-2003
Engineer
CiDRA Corporation
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Education
2011 - 2013
EMBA
USC Marshall School of Business
2010 - 2011
Executive Perspective for Scientists and Engineers
UC San Diego
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