Ron Aplin
About Ron Aplin
Ron Aplin is the Technical Liaison for Global Operations at Teleflex Incorporated in the Raleigh-Durham, North Carolina Area, with extensive experience in operations management and quality control.
Company
Ron Aplin is currently employed at Teleflex Incorporated as a Technical Liaison, Global Operations. Teleflex is a global provider of medical technologies designed to improve the health and quality of people’s lives. His role places him in the Raleigh-Durham, North Carolina area.
Title
Ron Aplin holds the title of Technical Liaison, Global Operations at Teleflex Incorporated. In this position, he interfaces across various departments and geographic regions to support and optimize operational efficiencies on a global scale.
Professional Background
Ron Aplin has a diverse and extensive professional background. He served as Vice President of Global Operations and Quality at Harvard Bioscience from 2014 to 2017. Before that, he worked at Corning Incorporated as Operations / Plant Manager from 2012 to 2014. Aplin also held the role of Director of Biosciences Operations at BD from 2010 to 2012. His earlier career included positions as Plant Manager at Teleflex (2007 to 2010) and Arrow International (2005 to 2007), and as a Plant Manager at Ciba Specialty Chemicals from 1989 to 2005. Additionally, he was a Safety Coordinator at Ciba-Geigy from 1989 to 1999.
Education and Expertise
Ron Aplin earned a Master's degree in Management (MAOM) from the University of Phoenix, where he studied from 2000 to 2002. He also holds a Bachelor's degree from the University of South Alabama, which he obtained between 1992 and 1996. His expertise spans lean and six sigma methodologies for manufacturing optimization, supply chain logistics, strategic planning, equipment and process validation, sterilization, and process hazard analysis. He also has deep experience in program and project management, P&L responsibility, site management, and standardization of quality management systems.