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Richard J. DeRisio, MS

President
DeRisio Group, LLC

Richard DeRisio collaborates on the development and presentation of training courses for regulatory affairs and quality system professionals. Early in his career, Richard worked in FDA’s Washington-area headquarters offices supporting field operations, managing foreign inspections of medical device and pharmaceutical manufacturers and, in CDRH’s Office of Compliance, reviewing compliance actions, conducting industry training, and serving as the organization’s sterilization sciences expert.

After serving at FDA and during his career in the pharmaceuticals, diagnostics and medical devices industries, Richard led global and divisional clinical, quality, regulatory, government affairs and operations organizations at Abbott, J&J, Covidien, and Pfizer, among other companies. His experience encompasses cardiothoracic, electrophysiology, robotic, ophthalmology, and wound healing devices. Prior to retiring, Richard was VP, Medical Health Services, Americas Region for the German Notified Body, TÜV SÜD. In that role, Richard’s organization was responsible for CE-Mark approval of medical devices manufactured in North America.

Richard attended Cornell University where he received a B.S. degree in chemical engineering and an M.S. degree in food science and technology. He has served as an industry representative on the Association for the Advancement of Medical Instrumentation Board of Directors and cochaired the Standards Board, Government Affairs Board and two industrial sterilization standards committees. Richard has made presentations to students in the USC Regulatory Science Graduate Program, published in Medical Device & Diagnostic Industry magazine, and spoken at UBM/Canon Medical Design and Manufacturing Conferences, among others.

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