{"version":"1.0","provider_name":"AST, Inc.","provider_url":"https:\/\/www.ast-inc.com","author_name":"Colin Kish","author_url":"https:\/\/www.ast-inc.com\/author\/extract-marketing-group\/","title":"Jacob Stephen Named Chief Operating Officer | AST","type":"rich","width":600,"height":338,"html":"<blockquote class=\"wp-embedded-content\" data-secret=\"9Upj2LukAC\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.ast-inc.com\/news\/jacob-stephen-named-chief-operating-officer-press-release\/\">AST Names Industry Veteran Jacob Stephen as Chief Operating Officer<\/a><\/blockquote><iframe sandbox=\"allow-scripts\" security=\"restricted\" src=\"https:\/\/www.ast-inc.com\/news\/jacob-stephen-named-chief-operating-officer-press-release\/embed\/#?secret=9Upj2LukAC\" width=\"600\" height=\"338\" title=\"&#8220;AST Names Industry Veteran Jacob Stephen as Chief Operating Officer&#8221; &#8212; AST, Inc.\" data-secret=\"9Upj2LukAC\" frameborder=\"0\" marginwidth=\"0\" marginheight=\"0\" scrolling=\"no\" class=\"wp-embedded-content\"><\/iframe><script>\n\/*! This file is auto-generated *\/\n!function(d,l){\"use strict\";l.querySelector&&d.addEventListener&&\"undefined\"!=typeof URL&&(d.wp=d.wp||{},d.wp.receiveEmbedMessage||(d.wp.receiveEmbedMessage=function(e){var t=e.data;if((t||t.secret||t.message||t.value)&&!\/[^a-zA-Z0-9]\/.test(t.secret)){for(var s,r,n,a=l.querySelectorAll('iframe[data-secret=\"'+t.secret+'\"]'),o=l.querySelectorAll('blockquote[data-secret=\"'+t.secret+'\"]'),c=new RegExp(\"^https?:$\",\"i\"),i=0;i<o.length;i++)o[i].style.display=\"none\";for(i=0;i<a.length;i++)s=a[i],e.source===s.contentWindow&&(s.removeAttribute(\"style\"),\"height\"===t.message?(1e3<(r=parseInt(t.value,10))?r=1e3:~~r<200&&(r=200),s.height=r):\"link\"===t.message&&(r=new URL(s.getAttribute(\"src\")),n=new URL(t.value),c.test(n.protocol))&&n.host===r.host&&l.activeElement===s&&(d.top.location.href=t.value))}},d.addEventListener(\"message\",d.wp.receiveEmbedMessage,!1),l.addEventListener(\"DOMContentLoaded\",function(){for(var e,t,s=l.querySelectorAll(\"iframe.wp-embedded-content\"),r=0;r<s.length;r++)(t=(e=s[r]).getAttribute(\"data-secret\"))||(t=Math.random().toString(36).substring(2,12),e.src+=\"#?secret=\"+t,e.setAttribute(\"data-secret\",t)),e.contentWindow.postMessage({message:\"ready\",secret:t},\"*\")},!1)))}(window,document);\n\/\/# sourceURL=https:\/\/www.ast-inc.com\/wp-includes\/js\/wp-embed.min.js\n<\/script>\n","thumbnail_url":"https:\/\/www.ast-inc.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/COO-Announcement-1.png","thumbnail_width":1080,"thumbnail_height":864,"description":"Stephen to lead company-wide execution, strengthening AST\u2019s Executive Leadership Team Tacoma, WA \u2014 August 6, 2025 \u2014 AST is pleased to announce that Jacob Stephen will be joining the AST Team as Chief Operations Officer at the Tacoma-headquartered drug product equipment manufacturing company. Stephen joins AST from IPS, where he most recently served as Head [&hellip;]"}