Dr. Harris has over 25 years of senior level pharmaceutical industry experience. Following this and for the past 15 years, he operated a global consulting firm that provided guidance to firms in over 60 countries around the world. During his tenure in the pharmaceutical industry, he was very active in industry groups. He served on the PMA's Validation Advisory Committee and was chairman of the Computerized Systems Advisory committee where he wrote the original guideline on computer validation and negotiated its acceptance with FDA. While consulting, he and his consulting teams have assisted numerous clients around the world with validation of their manufacturing processes.