Walid El Azab, Sr.

Walid El Azab is a Technical Services Manager for the Life Sciences Division of STERIS Corporation. He currently provides technical support related to cleaning chemistries, disinfectants and sterility assurance products and their application and validation. His areas of expertise include both upstream and downstream biopharmaceutical operation and validation. Walid has held various positions including Project Manager, Inspection Readiness Manager, Quality and Regulatory Manager, and Qualified Person (QP). Walid’s responsibilities and experience have also included handling deviations and complaints, releasing raw materials and drug products, conducting external audits of suppliers, and leading customer and regulatory (FDA, EMA…) audits. Walid earned a Master’s degree in Industrial Pharmaceutical Sciences from the University of Liège, Belgium and is a certified Lean Six Sigma green belt. Walid also gives Industrial Pharmaceutical Sciences Master courses at the University of Liège (Belgium). Finally, Walid is an active member of the PDA, ISPE, Pharmaprocess, ECA, A3P and is Secretary of the Belgium QP (UPIP-VAPI) association.