Darren Thompson

Darren began his career with Eli Lilly and Company where he worked in pharmaceutical manufacturing. As an engineering leader, he led all engineering disciplines including process, project, automation, and maintenance. Over 30 years later, he retired from Eli Lilly in 2017, founding Process Alliance and bringing many of his fellow retirees with him.

Darren brings to Process Alliance a unique perspective as a former project and program manager. His experiences as a project manager, instrument engineer, process engineer, and plant engineer have given him the expertise and knowledge necessary to solve complex problems in the pharmaceutical and bio-agricultural industry.

He also brings his experience as a certified Lean Six Sigma Black Belt to improve the operational excellence of companies by mentoring and coaching leadership and improving their processes.