Extensive experience within the human gene and cell therapy, human stem cell therapy, and immuno-biologics industries, focusing substantially in the areas of quality assurance and control, global compliance, process development, manufacturing operations, regulatory affairs, validation, aseptic facility engineering, and site management. Most recent experience has been within the Cell Therapy (CAR-T) development space. Majority of career in direct support of new biologic product development and licensing, from IND submission and clinical production (GCP/GLP/GMP), through each phase of clinical study, final product BLA/NDA filing, and operational transition into commercialization. In-depth knowledge of aseptic and sterile product manufacturing operations. Primary career focus has been associated with cell therapy, biological, and drug parenteral products supporting global compliance assessment and management, through facility design and operational GMP control, finished product manufacturing, labeling, and packaging. Balanced career spent within quality, operations, global compliance, and regulatory, with the majority of those years in management roles overseeing both project activities and operational departments in support of CMC development, clinical, and commercial GMP manufacturing operations. Direct oversight and support of ten (10) new GMP manufacturing facilities worth over $9.7 billion in total constructed/installed costs (career total); all of them being sterile/aseptic manufacturing facilities. Thorough knowledge associated with the establishment and management of CMC regulatory documentation and operational and quality/compliance programs and systems in the support of these new manufacturing facilities, built for both large-scale commercial and pilot-scale clinical production of sterile human cells, biologics, and protein-based pharmaceuticals in compliance with global GMP regulations. Direct face-to-face interaction with FDA (CDER, CBER, ORA), European Union (EMEA, MHRA), Japanese (PMDA), Health Canada, Australian (TGA), and Chinese (CFDA) regulatory authorities regarding IND, ANDA, BLA, and NDA submissions, pre-approval inspections (PAI’s), post-approval (commercialization) GMP inspections, follow-up written communications addressing compliance questions to existing operations, along with new facility design and validation presentations to agency representatives prior to construction.
Listed skills include Quality Assurance, Pharmaceutical Industry, Gmp, Validation, and 24 others.