David currently serves as the Vice President of Strategic Development for CAI. In this leadership role, David keeps up with the latest developments in biopharmaceutical manufacturing to build CAI’s marketing strategy and coordinates CAI’s partnerships and alliances. David served on a major pharmaceutical client’s merger integration team and is a 25-year member of ISPE. In his 24 years at CAI David has served in a wide variety of technical, managerial, and technical sales roles. He has over 29 years’ experience in pharmaceutical and biotech manufacturing with a focus on automation and startup project management. David has spoken on a variety of subjects around computer system validation, project management, and most recently on pharmaceutical industry quality responses to the pandemic. He spent six years in the US Navy in Nuclear Engineering, has a B.S. in Technical Management, and an Executive Certificate in the Business of Life Sciences from Indiana University.