Andrew Walsh MS

Andrew worked for the Colgate-Palmolive and Clorox companies as an Analytical Chemist and Microbiologist for 10 years where he gained insight into detergent chemistry, analytical methods (wet and instrumental) including method development manufacturing processes and statistical quality control.

Andrew then gained over 25 years of "hands-on" Validation experience working for Pharmaceutical and Biologics companies such as Johnson & Johnson companies RWJ Pharmaceutical Research Institute, Ortho-McNeil and Orth-Biotech (10 years), Schering-Plough (1 year) and Hoffmann-La Roche (5 years). Andrew's Validation and Qualification experience range from Equipment and Utility Qualification to Cleaning Validation to Process Validation to Spreadsheet and Computer Systems Validation.

Andrew was also an Industry Professor from 2008 - 2015 in the Pharmaceutical Manufacturing and Engineering Graduate Program at Stevens Institute of Technology where he created and taught courses in Pharmaceutical Validation and Lean Six Sigma. While at Stevens, Andrew also founded and directed the Stevens Pharmaceutical Research Center (SPRC) from 2009 - 2015 which focused on Cleaning and Cleaning Validation topics.

Andrew has a B.S. in Biology and an M.S. in Biology (specializing in Microbiology) and is also a certified Lean Six Sigma Black Belt (license # GR7764000076AW) and an Accredited Lean Six Sigma Trainer.