Graham is an Engineering Lead for GlaxoSmithKline (GSK) working within the Central Engineering Team in Brentford, UK. Since joining GSK in 2007 he has provided Commissioning & Qualification support to both Global Capital Projects and Manufacturing Sites and is responsible for the Global Engineering Standard for Commissioning and Qualification within GSK. Currently his focus is the implementation of a paperless validation solution within the business to support the Commissioning and Qualification Process. Prior to joining GSK Graham worked for 10 years as a Validation Manager for an engineering consulting company and has a B Eng. Hons in Mechanical Engineering from Nottingham University.<!--july 2019, sc-->
Think of implementing a digital validation tool (DVT) as being similar to building a new house. There are decisions that need to be made before starting to build a house:
Paperless Validation is a current topic of interest within the pharmaceutical industry with many companies now adopting or planning to adopt paperless solutions with the promise of improved data integrity and significant efficiency improvements to their existing paper-based validation processes.