Kim Sobien MBA ValSource, Inc.

Kim Sobien is a Microbiology Senior Consultant with ValSource, Inc. Her pharmaceutical industry career encompasses a breadth of Quality, Compliance, and technical experience with injectable pharmaceutical products, including parenteral pharmaceutical contract manufacturing, pre-filled syringe generics, radiopharmaceuticals, and biologics. Previously she has served as MSAT Contamination Control Lead and a GSK Fellow at GSK, Principal Sterility Assurance Engineer for PETNET Solutions, Associate Director of Regulatory Compliance at Merck, Regulatory Compliance Lead at BD Rx, Inc., and Microbiology Laboratory Manager at Oso BioPharmaceuticals (now Curia). Kim has a BS in Microbiology from the University of Wisconsin–La Crosse and a Master of Business (MBA) degree with an emphasis in Global Management from the University of Phoenix. She is an active member of the Parenteral Drug Association (PDA), President-Elect for the PDA Southeast Chapter, Co-Lead for the PDA EM/Microbiology Interest group, and a past co-chair and committee member for the PDA Pharmaceutical Microbiology Conference. She also participates on several ASTM E55.06 “Microbial and Sterility Assurance” subcommittees.