Santiago Andrade is a Scientific Portfolio Specialist at Charles River Laboratories, supporting the implementation of rapid microbial detection technologies across Europe. He holds a PhD in Molecular Biology and has experience across the biotechnology and medical device industries. His current work focuses on supporting manufacturers in implementing rapid microbiological methods to strengthen quality control and sterility assurance workflows in regulated environments.
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Philip is a Director for Sterilisation Operations with Alcon supporting their European surgical sites and Global Sterilisation Strategy. Philip joined Alcon in 2000 as a Quality Engineer before taking on roles of increasing responsibility including the Cork site’s EO Sterilisation process. Philip holds an MSc in Materials Science as well as a Professional Diploma in Strategy & Innovation and has worked in the Medical Device Industry for 24 years.
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Gerry is Senior Principal Quality Engineer in the Sterility Assurance team at the Galway Parkmore Medtronic facility. Gerry has over 25 years of industry experience in the pharmaceutical and medical device industries; 7 years of which has been at Medtronic. Gerry received his B.A. degree in Microbiology from the University College Galway. He is a Certified Industrial Sterilization Specialist to the AAMI Credentials Institute and holds accreditation for CISS-Ethylene Oxide.
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Dr Ann O’Connell PhD is a visionary leader, a dynamic collaborator. As Head of Funded projects for Medtech and Engineering Skills with Ibec, Ann is responsible for funding, development and delivery of over 100 professional upskilling programmes ranging from 1-day webinars, to 2-year Masters programmes. Ann’s course list is wide ranging and comprehensive, covering Research & Development, Manufacturing & Digitalisation, Quality & Regulatory, Sustainability, and Management & Leadership, and she specialises in piloting and launching new programmes to meet emerging needs.
Ann completed her PhD in 2014 with the Centre for BioNano Interactions (CBNI) at University College Dublin and is a longtime advocate for lifelong learning amongst industry professionals. She joined Ibec in 2019 from Irish Manufacturing Research Centre, where as the European Programme Manager, she refocused strategy and investment and led the successful application of a proposal to coordinate a H2020 funded project under the ECSEL JU Program. Prior to that, Ann served as Senior Integration Engineer with Intel Corporation for almost two decades, supporting multiple business sectors across diverse geographies, Ann’s deep understanding of the power of technology, digitalisation, data science and intelligent automation in advancing all businesses is applied with expertise and purpose in her role today, as she supports the industries that will solve some of the world’s most critical health and environmental challenges.