Walid Zarzar Email & Phone Number

Foster City, California

Site Quality Lead, Site Management Representative, Corporate Compliance Lead Auditor, Global Quality Systems Representative, Administrator of Global Learning Management System, Administrator of Technical External Standards and Contracts, Customer Command Center Quality Liaison, Single Point of Contact "SPOC" for Customers' Corrective Actions, Global Contact for Suppliers' Assessments, Surveys and Questionnaires including General and Global Quality Agreements.Responsible for overall site quality management. Provide site quality and compliance leadership in all aspects of the quality management system including, but not limited to, audits, management review, CAPA, MRB, calibration, field service corrective actions, escalated complaints, quality holds, recalls, quality metrics, training, quality agreements, and risk management. Additional activities included developing and delivering many global quality system policies and procedures while interfacing with key customers, service providers, field service, supply chain, legal and global quality, and regulatory network leaders.

United States

The position encompassed the responsibilities for quality leadership of the MicroArray manufacturing operation that included oversight for all quality improvements projects, complaints, investigations, deviations, CAPA, quality metrics, incoming/ final QC testing, batch record review and product release.

United States

Quality lead for calibrators and controls manufacturing operation with oversight of new product introduction, 21 CFR part 11 validations, incoming QC, process improvements, process validations, change control, and stability program. Project leadership included the implementation of e-CAPA system, quality cost analysis, compliance audits, and Quality system improvement projects. CAPA trainer and CAPA process Subject Matter Expert. FDA and ISO audits. Chaired monthly CAPA oversight meetings. Published metric reports. Performed customer complaints tracking, trending, and analysis reviews. A member of the Quality Review Board “QRB” and Material Review Board “MRB”.

United States

Management and oversight of the pharmaceutical operation and personnel (Norac Pharma). This included suppliers and customers contact, yearly budgeting, production planning, purchasing, hiring, and oversight of pilot manufacturing, organic synthesis, formulation, incoming, in process and final quality control testing, design and development, facility upgrades, security, DEA and FDA audits, process improvements, maintenance, validations, analytical method development, policies and procedures, Managed QC technicians, chemists and production personnel.

Post Graduate Studies In Biochemistry And Operation Management

B.S., Chemistry, 3.8

Activities and Societies: President of the American Chemical Society, Vice-President of the Pre-Health Advisement Committee, and member.