Steven Laurenz– Chemical Engineering M.S. – Michigan State University Expertise: Over 25 years of technical leadership experience in product development, process development, technology transfer, and process optimization. Skilled in taking new products from the early laboratory stage to successful manufacturing launch. Expert in integrating Quality by Design and risk management into product development. Experience in establishing a Quality System for an R&D Quality Assurance organization. Experience: Headed product development departments at Abbott Laboratories and AbbVie Inc. Leadership positions in numerous technical consortium. Other: Black Belt certified in Business Excellence and Master Certificate in Applied Statistics.