Scott E. Weiss, BS Johnson & Johnson

Scott earned a Bachelor of Science degree in Microbiology from Texas Tech University and has over 25 years of experience in microbiology and sterility assurance. Scott's experience is with medical devices, combination products, and tissue products. He has developed and established methods with internal and external laboratories for product evaluation including endotoxin testing, bioburden recovery, environmental monitoring and control for manufacturing, qualification and control of aseptic processes, troubleshooting environmental and bioburden failures. His sterilization experience includes cycle development, validation and routine control of steam, dry heat, vaporized hydrog! en peroxide, ethylene oxide, gamma, e-beam, and liquid chemical processes. He has worked on facility design for clean room / controlled environment and sterilization construction, which included design and validation of isolator technology for aseptic transfer. The Director Industrial Microbiology provides overall direction of the Industrial Microbiology function globally for Johnson & Johnson Microbiological Quality & Sterility Assurance (JJ MQ&SA). He leads and directs research related activities in the area of Industrial Microbiology to support the technical needs for Enterprise wide initiatives, as well as those of MD, Pharma and Consumer.