John T. Patterson

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QACV Consulting
Sr. Consultant
John Patterson is currently a Sr. Consultant at QACV Consulting in Bethlehem PA. Previous experiences include Head of Business Technology Governance & CISO at Merck KGaA of Darmstadt Germany and Executive Director IT Risk Management & Compliance at Merck & Co. Mr. Patterson's current focus areas include GxP quality risk management and IT GxP compliance. John possesses over 30 years experience including bio-pharmaceutical technical operations, manufacturing, GxP quality management system (QMS) development, project management, GxP auditing, IT validation planning/execution, clinical operations and IT security & risk management. Mr. Patterson also supports the preparation, management and response to GMP and GCP Health Authority regulatory inspections, particularly related to IT and automation systems and evaluation/development of practical mitigations to GxP data integrity risks introduced from new regulatory expectations and cybersecurity threats. Mr. Patterson also has experience with development of GxP-compliant control frameworks for cloud hosting (e.g. IAAS) platforms and auditing/governance of 3rd party IT suppliers. He graduated from Purdue University with a M.S. in engineering and the University of Wisconsin in Agricultural Engineering.