Bill M. Carpenter, MS Biogen, Inc.

William (Bill) Carpenter is currently a Sr. Manager in QC Microbiology with Biogen, Inc. He is responsible for the EM/UM programs and all aspects of Microbiology laboratory management at the drug substance manufacturing facility in RTP, NC. His team is currently supporting the manufacture of and release and stability testing of drug substance material ranging from toxicology material to commercial batches of multiple parenteral products. Of particular interest to the team and currently being deployed are: rapid microbial methods, electronic lab notebooks (ELN), automated colony counters and low endotoxin recovery (LER) testing and mitigations strategies.

Bill graduated from NC State University with a Master's degree in Zoology in 1997 and has held increasing levels of responsibility in QC Microbiology over the last 20 years, 17 of which have been with Biogen, Inc. In addition to his day job, Bill enjoys process improvement and building effective teams. He is a father of two and enjoys reading, hiking and playing softball and golf with his son and wife and volleyball with his daughter.