Maria M. Diaz-Cabrera, BS Pfizer

Maria M. Diaz-Cabrera has 28 years of experience in process optimization, validation and compliance within the pharmaceutical and biopharmaceutical industries. She works in Quality Systems, Validation & Compliance at Pfizer Inc. She has extensive headquarters and site experience in validation, quality, compliance, technology transfers, new product launches; and production of small and large molecules for sterile and non-sterile products. She leads the cleaning and process validation networks and maintains Pfizer Validation Quality Standards. Maria is an experienced global implementer and trainer of risk-based scientific strategies for cleaning and process validation as well as equipment and systems qualification.

Prior to joining Pfizer, Maria held a variety of roles of increasing responsibility at Biovail Laboratories Inc., Pharmacia & Upjohn, and The Upjohn Company.

She received her BS degree in Pharmaceutical Sciences from the College of Pharmacy at the University of Puerto Rico.