Paul A. Smith

Paul Smith has worked in a range of quality, laboratory, management and consulting roles over his +37 year career. He started as an analytical specialist, interpreting FT-IR and FT-Raman spectra and chemometric modelling of physical properties against the spectra (as part of his MSc research studies). So, he was generating and optimising before the current focus on AI. He developed into an Analytical Chemist, and through a range of Analytical, Management, Project, Scientific, Leadership and consulting roles. He completed his first software validation in 1994 and has contributed to GAMP Good Practice guides and many articles related to laboratory compliance. He is a member of the ISPE GAMP UK Community of Practice Steering (CoP) committee – which holds 2 UK face-to-face meetings a year.

Much of Paul’s recent work has focused on laboratory compliance - monitoring and tracking non-compliance information, regulatory trends, changes, and evolution in this area. His passion for transforming and visualizing regulatory data (to turn into insights) comes from his early career and chemometric modelling. He has trained with Monica Cahilly and Peter Baker in Data Integrity, another subject he has a strong interest in. As part of his current Agilent role, Paul supports Agilent’s global council of laboratory compliance specialist and creates insightful content and presentations to help educate and inform laboratory managers and compliance leaders. He holds a BSc in Chemistry and an MSc in Analytical Chemistry (more information can be found in Paul’s Linked In profile – which is kept up to date).