Patrick E. Crawford

Patrick Crawford has worked in the pharmaceutical industry for more than 30 years in research, quality control/assurance and validation. He has worked as a validation specialist for over 6 years, qualifying equipment, utilities, manufacturing processes and cleaning processes.

Patrick’s early career includes nearly 15 years with Marion Laboratories (currently Sanofi-Aventis) in Kansas City, MO. This experience includes 11+ years in Quality Control as a chemist in which he frequently led efforts to resolve quality problems using laboratory resources. He also validated several method improvements as a chemist. He transferred from the laboratories to quality management where he worked with production personnel to resolve manufacturing quality issues.

Patrick worked as a validation specialist with cGMP Validation, LLC and Propharma Group, Inc. in more than 15 U.S. pharmaceutical sites. He has generated and executed installation, operational and performance qualification protocols for manufacturing and laboratory equipment including autoclaves, lyophilizers, dry heat ovens, water distillation units, packaging equipment, utility skids, etc. He has also qualified utilities including water systems, steam systems, HVAC systems, gas and solvent distribution systems, etc. Patrick has executed cleaning validation and sterilization process validation for a variety of equipment and processes as well as control systems for such equipment. He has also performed audits and written procedure documents to support processes. Most of his validation work was performed for firms using sterile manufacturing processes.

Patrick has several experiences with smaller firms in the pharmaceutical, medical device and contract testing industries. These have included quality management and client interface roles as well as auditing, training and technical writing.

Patrick earned his Bachelor’s degree in Chemistry from St. Cloud State University in St. Cloud, MN and his MBA from Rockhurst University in Kansas City, MO.