Ramya Anand
Senior Director, Head of Facilities Nkarta, Inc.
Seminars
Wednesday 11th November 2026
Panel: Making Intentional Insourcing & Outsourcing Decisions to Balance Cost, Control, & Capability
5:55 pm
- Optimizing total operating cost without sacrificing reliability by deliberately defining which capabilities must remain in-house and which can be outsourced, avoiding false savings that lead to delays, rework, or quality issues
- Improving responsiveness and accountability by aligning insourcing and outsourcing decisions to business-critical activities, ensuring ownership, escalation, and performance expectations are clear across internal teams and suppliers
- Reducing operational and compliance risk by selecting operating models that match organizational maturity and capacity, preventing over-outsourcing of core knowledge or under-resourcing of critical support functions
Thursday 12th November 2026
Designing Lean, Fit-for-Purpose Lab Operations to Scale Without Overengineering
4:00 pm
- Streamline and consolidate facilities, engineering, and operational functions to build agile, cost-efficient structures
- Right-size system maturity to match organizational stage, avoiding unnecessary complexity while maintaining compliance
- Navigate trade-offs in early-stage growth to balance scalability, efficiency, and operational resilience
