Prior to this role, he was involved in commercial Drug Substance Strategy setting for Merck, led the Biologic External Quality Drug Substance group for Roche/Genentech and was the Quality Lead for Quality, Engineering & Validation efforts for two new Roche bulk API (E-coli and CHO) facilities in Singapore. His efforts helped Roche receive the 2010 "Facility of the Year Award" in Singapore. He was a Validation Quality Manager in Corporate Quality Systems & Support for Genentech supporting the development and establishment of validation policies/standards and quality system process improvements.
His past experiences in the biotech and pharmaceutical industries include QC release testing and quality management. He has been a validation manager and a quality consultant. He has experience in establishing and maintaining quality systems for validation, document management, change control, discrepancy management, training, validation document strategic development, execution and approval; analytical method validation; and the engineering of pharma and biotech facilities