Senior Vice President Global Engineering, Technology, & Facilities
Scott Billman is currently VP, Engineering for the Pharmaceutical Services Group at ThermoFisher Scientific. His group is responsible for management of the capital plan and capital project execution standards and systems across the network. He is currently a member of the ISPE International Board of Directors and serves as a member of the Executive Committee. He is past President of the Carolina South Atlantic Chapter for ISPE and has been very involved with ISPE for the past 25+ years. He has extensive experience in the scoping, design, construction, and qualification of cGMP facilities and equipment. Scott has had the opportunity to work as a design Engineer and Project manager on the consulting side as well as work on the manufacturing side in Global and Site based Engineering positions.
As we come out of the 2024 ISPE Annual Meeting & Expo and move toward the end of the year, I find myself looking back and reflecting on what the ISPE community has accomplished over the past year.
I hope everyone had the opportunity to enjoy the summer. The ISPE International Board of Directors and ISPE staff have kept busy through the summer months, launching two new Communities of Practice: Sustainability and Artificial Intelligence.
As we get into the peak of the summer months and everyone is preparing for a well-deserved vacation, ISPE is in full swing. We just had a great Biotechnology Conference in Boston. Attendees heard about topics ranging from the use of digitization and artificial intelligence in manufacturing to quality systems maturity and the quality culture required to manufacture safe and efficacious...
It is hard to believe that we are halfway through the year for the ISPE programs and the Board of Directors in 2024. We have continued to progress through the 2023–2025 ISPE Strategic Plan with engagement from Chapters, Affiliates, the ISPE Foundation, and ISPE committees and volunteers.
ISPE has started 2024 with great momentum, having two technical conferences in the first quarter, the 2024 ISPE Facilities of the Future Conference in San Francisco, California and the 2024 ISPE...