Petch Ashida Druar

Director, Computer Systems Quality and Data Integrity
Petch Ashida Druar is a GAMP trainer and independent consulted. She was Director, Quality Assurance, Computer Systems Quality and Data Integrity at Syneos Health for 4 years. Her previous experience includes 20 years at GlaxoSmithKline (GSK), where she spent 10 years in the GSK R&D IT group, working primarily on computer systems validation projects supporting GCP and GLP business processes, before moving to R&D Computer Systems Quality Assurance (CSQA), focused on auditing, for 10 years. Petch received her BS degree in Electronic & Electrical Engineering from the University of Birmingham, UK, and MS and Engineer’s Degree in Engineering Economic Systems and Operations Research from Stanford University. She is a member of the GAMP Americas Steering Committee and is a contributing author to the ISPE GAMP Records and Data Integrity Good Practice Guide: Data Integrity by Design, and the ISPE GAMP Good Practice Guide: Validation of Computerized GCP Systems and Data, Second Edition.

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