You may know Amy as our distinguished Director of Manufacturing Operations, overseeing the production of custom oligos that are enabling innovations across therapeutics, diagnostics, and the life sciences.

Much like the oligos she oversees, Amy’s story has been built base by base. The Millis native joined Oligo Factory in its early days, in 2011, straight out of college.

Back when the team was just three people, Amy was hands-on in the purification lab, crafting buffer solutions and analyzing samples.

Since then, she’s risen through the ranks, helped design the company’s new Holliston facility, and oversees both of the synthesis and purification labs that power the FactorTx™, FactorDx™, and FactorLS™ portfolios. She also works closely with vendors and plays a key role in ensuring every oligo meets rigorous standards.

What hasn’t changed since those early days is the company’s identity: a “steel-toe science” operation rooted in grit, pragmatism, and deep technical expertise.

“That really does accurately describe what Oligo Factory tries to be,” Amy says. “Our customers have my cell phone number. They call me directly with questions. There’s no phone tree, no 14-email thread. You just get to have a conversation with a person who knows what they’re talking about.”

She’s proudest of how the company’s work has grown from small-scale research tools to oligos that go inside real people, helping treat real diseases and deliver critical diagnostics.

For Amy, that impact is personal: her dad passed away from leukemia when she was a teenager, and that experience motivated her to study science.  

“There are so many genetic diseases that oligo therapies can cure, not just treat. That can make such a difference, and it’s very exciting. It’s the kind of work that makes it all worth it.”

As she points out, oligo synthesis isn’t something you study in school, it’s learned on the job, which means her team is steeped in real-world, hands-on experience, and she’s proud of its diversity of expertise and spirit of collaboration.

Beyond the lab and leadership meetings, Amy is just as likely to be found tending to her growing flock —currently two ducks, Post Malone and Aurora, but due to expand to geese soon— baking with their eggs, walking her rescue dog, Jade, or heading north to Bar Harbor, Maine.

She also loves hanging out with her sporty colleagues, whether it’s attending a Red Sox game together, going axe-throwing, or playing on VR sports simulators in an arcade.

“I enjoy working in a small company where I know everyone I work with and we all have good relationships. They’re not just co-workers, they’re friends. We hang out outside of work, and we all get along really well.”