Lance De Souza, MBA U.S. FDA

Lance De Souza, MBA, Director, Compliance Branch, Office of Pharmaceutical Quality Operations, Division IV spent several years in the pharmaceutical industry before beginning his FDA career in the San Francisco District Office as a drug investigator in 2002. He independently led domestic and foreign regulatory inspections and performed in-depth investigations of drug and compounding pharmacy facilities. He earned his Level III Drug Investigator Certification in 2010 and served as the SAN-DO Drug Specialist until he was selected to become a SAN-DO Compliance Officer in 2015. In December 2020, he assumed the DCB role for ORA's OPQO-IV and currently leads a team consisting of seven Compliance Officers, one Recall Coordinator, and one Program Support Specialist. Lance holds a BA in Integrative Biology from the University of California at Berkeley and MBA from the University of Phoenix. He and his wife have a teenage son and young daughter. Together, they enjoy travelling and the outdoors.