Experience
Industry Consultant Jan 2020 - Present
- European based Global Independent Consultant working to ensure data integrity and patient/subject safety are not over-looked
- Conducting Mock Inspections (independently & in conjunction with inspectional teams)
- Conducting GCP Audits
- Conducting GAP Analyses
- Providing clients with knowledge of the intricacies and complexities of regulatory matters
- Ensuring regulatory compliance with Good Clinical Practices, ICH, FDA, EMA, and ISO regulations, guidance, standards and local regulatory requirements
- Assisting with solutions to inherent challenges and providing assurance of compliance with current regulations
- Training of personnel responsible for performing duties within the scope of Good Clinical Practices
Bioresearch Monitoring Specialist Jun 2013 - Jan 2020
FDA 6 years 8 months
Responsibilities included, but were not limited to:
- Conducted more than one hundred GCP audits of Clinical Investigator sites and Ethics Committees
- Led teams of inspectors on numerous inspections of Contract Research Organizations, Sponsors, and Bioclinical Research Facilities
- Determined sites compliance with their respective regulations and assisted in determining the actions taken by FDA
- Assisted in determining whether firm's corrective actions were adequate in respect to the violative findings
- Performed joint inspections/audits with foreign regulatory agencies (i.e. EMA, MOH, AIFA, etc.) enforcing both ICH and FDA regulations
- Determined whether inspectional findings warranted a form FDA-483, Inspectional Observations, and whether the impact of the 483 would result in potential regulatory actions
- Spoke at presentations to groups within FDA and to industry organizations relating to FDA and ICH principles
- Trained and Mentored newly hired FDA Bioresearch Monitoring (BIMO) Investigators
- Assisted in the development of BIMO Certification Exams and workshops
- Received numerous awards over years of work for my personal conduct and achievements relating to FDA's BIMO program area
Specialties
Regulatory Affairs; Clinical Research Management and a thorough knowledge of the following regulations along with their associated FDA Guidance documents: 21 CFR Part 11 (Electronic Records), 21 CFR Part 312 (IND);
21 CFR Part 314 (NDA); 21 CFR Part 320 (ANDA); 21 CFR Part 812 (IDE); 21 CFR Part 514 (NADA); Part 50
(Protection of Human Subjects), & 21 CFR Part 56 (Institutional Review Boards)
Investigator - Consumer Safety Officer Aug 2008 - Jun 2013
FDA 4 years 11 months
Responsibilities included, but were not limited to:
- Conducted more than one hundred GCP, GMP, Dietary Supplement inspections of firms manufacturing/distributing those respective products
- Led teams of inspectors on numerous Bioresearch Monitoring (BIMO) inspections, GMP Inspections, Biological Product Inspections, and Dietary Supplement Manufacturing inspections
- Determined firm's compliance with their respective regulations and assisted in determining the actions taken by FDA
- Assisted in determining whether firm's corrective actions were adequate in respect to the violative findings
- Trained and Mentored newly hired FDA Consumer Safety Officers
- Assisted in the development of new hire trainings, presentations, workshops, and exercises
- Received numerous awards over years of work for my personal conduct and achievements across multiple commodities
Specialties
Regulatory Affairs; Clinical Research Management; 21 CFR: Part 11 (Electronic Records), Part 111 (Dietary
Supplement cGMPs), Part 210/211 (Drug cGMPs), Part 312 (IND), Part 314 (NDA), Part 320 (ANDA), Part 812
(IDE) Part 514 (NADA), Part 600/601/610 (HCT/Ps), Part 606/640 (Blood & Blood Products)
Education
Florida Atlantic University
BS, Biology
Languages
English (Primary)
Skills
Good Clinical Practice (GCP) • Regulatory Affairs • Project Management • Information Technology • U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) • FDA GMP • Electronic Data Capture (EDC) • ICH • Microsoft Office, Adobe, additional word processing software and database management software • Strong written and oral communication abilities
Certifications
Certified Bioresearch Monitoring Investigator • FDA Oct 2019 - Oct 2022