Paul A. Steiner Ph.D, CQA has a consulting business providing services in the areas of pharmaceuticals (GMP, GCP, GLP, GPVP) and medical devices with emphasis on quality systems, regulatory compliance, supplier qualification audits, chemical, manufacturing and control (CMC) and materials and process science (advanced fiber composites and adhesives).  Often serving as an expert witness in his consulting roles, he is also an ASQ CQA (certified quality auditor).  He has performed over 200-300 audits spread over four continents in his career to date, primarily as lead auditor.

 

Before going into business for himself, Paul A. Steiner was the head of quality at the last few pharmaceutical companies for which he worked.  He has worked in quality assurance in pharmaceutical / biopharmaceutical and medical device companies some of which included, FibroGen, Gilead, Vivus and Affymetrix to name a few.  With a Ph.D. in organic chemistry from the University of Washington and an undergraduate degree in chemistry and chemical engineering from Cornell University, he started his career at Bio-Rad Laboratories as a scientist working in R&D and process development/engineering.  With roles of increasing responsibility in technical management, he spent most of his career working for companies which were to some degree “virtual”.  Dr. Steiner has technical and management experience spanning all phases of the product lifecycle from early research and development through cGMP quality operations.