Derek R. Gallo, BS Thermo Fisher Scientific

Derek Gallo is the Director of Global Technology Transfer at Thermo Fisher Scientific. Derek Gallo is the current head of Technology Transfer for the Drug Product division across North America and Europe at Thermo Fisher Scientific.  He is passionate about developing new best practices and tools for the global and site project management teams to improve and evolve how teams manage TT projects – both internally and for customers within the CMO space.  In this current role Derek supports over 100 TT projects with launching 30-40 new products annually.  Prior to this role, Derek managed a tech transfer team who was responsible for 16 new product launches.  Derek has experience in steriles, solid dosage, soft gel, and biologics within the pharma industry and previously held roles including as a project manager, validation engineering, R&D, and production operations.