Norman A. Goldschmidt

Genesis AEC
President
Norman Goldschmidt is President of Genesis Architects, Engineers & Constructors. He has over 35 years of experience in engineering management, planning, design and construction in the pharmaceutical and biotech industry.
Prior to joining Genesis, Norman served in numerous capacities during 20 years with Bristol-Myers Squibb (BMS). Starting as a Mechanical Engineer / Project Manager and culminating as Executive Director, Global Engineering for Strategy and Design. His industry experience spans the many types of facilities and processes necessary to bring a drug to market - from R&D through Manufacturing.
Mr. Goldschmidt studied Engineering Management at the State University of New York and Mechanical Engineering at the University of Buffalo. He holds 4 patents for innovations in HVAC and Pharmaceutical Processing, is an International Standards Organization (ISO) Author/Expert, Adjunct Professor at the New Jersey Institute of Technology, Lead/Contributing Author on 8 ISPE Guides well as author, contributor and instructor for ISPE, ASHRAE, NSF, FDA, HCA, TGA and others.

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