Dr. Chaitanya Baliga has over twenty years of Quality Assurance, Regulatory, and Compliance experience in manufacturing, pharmaceutical, medical devices, toy, food, drug, cosmetics, natural health products, and another consumer/service industries. Chaitanya has a strong understanding of regulations that pertain to Health Canada, FDA, ICH, EU MDD, ANVISA, CSA/UL, and ISO 13485/14971. Chaitanya has successfully developed process improvement/operational excellence/regulatory compliance/licensing and auditing/inspection training programs in pharmaceutical, medical device, and other regulated industries. He is a technical committee member for medical devices quality management systems standards. He participates in the Canadian Advisory Committee working group on EU GDPR requirements with the Standards Council of Canada. He has presented at several speaking engagements on risk management and risk management tools. Chaitanya holds a Ph.D. in Materials Science from the University of Surrey, UK. In addition, he holds ASQ certifications for Quality Auditor (CQA), Six Sigma Green Belt (CSSGB), and Manager of Quality/Organizational Excellence (CMQ/OE).