Merle C. Goddard, MS Baxter Healthcare Corporation

Merle Goddard is Sr. Quality Director for Baxter Healthcare responsible to implement the globally harmonized Quality Management System for Hospital Products sites that clarifies, simplifies and brings efficiencies to critical product and life-cycle management for all product types: active devices (electromechanical), passive devices (disposables), implantables (bio-surgery), therapeutics (drugs and therapies) and application software (class 1 and non-medical devices).

Previously, Merle was Director of the Master of Science program at Northwestern University and has worked in the community as a dietician specializing in enteral/parenteral nutrition, geriatric, heart health and diabetes management. She was previously with Abbott Laboratories involved in Pharma, Device and Nutrition manufacturing businesses. Locations included Canada, EU, Asia and US with global responsibility. Managerial areas included R&D, Manufacturing/Supply Chain/Distribution, Quality Control and Systems Assurance, Supplier management, Commercial and Engineering Assurance. She is active in American Society for Quality (ASQ), Pharmaceutical Industry Association (PIA), Medical Device Innovation Consortium (MDIC) and National Standards Laboratories (NCLSI).