Minal Patel

Minal Patel, PMP, has a diverse work experience in the pharmaceutical industry. Minal currently serves as the Director of Quality and Validation at ARA - Avanti Rx Analytics Inc, where they play a crucial role in ensuring the quality and validation processes are in place. Prior to this role, Minal held the position of Director of Production and Validation at the same company. Minal also served as the QA Technical Manager at ARA - Avanti Rx Analytics Inc from August 2018 to May 2020.

Before joining ARA - Avanti Rx Analytics Inc, Minal worked at Apotex Inc. as the Manager of Production Support for a period of four years, from 2014 to 2018. Prior to that, they held the position of Manager of Quality Systems at Taro Pharmaceuticals from 2012 to 2014.

Minal's extensive experience in the pharmaceutical industry includes various roles at Patheon Inc. spanning over a decade. Minal served as a Business Manager from 2011 to 2012, a Manager of Validation from 2009 to 2011, a Supervisor of Validation from 2006 to 2009, and a Validation Scientist from 2001 to 2006.

Overall, Minal Patel, PMP, has a strong background in quality assurance, validation, production support, and quality systems management within the pharmaceutical industry.

Minal Patel, PMP, holds an Honours B.Sc degree in Specialist Cell/Cellular and Molecular Biology with a major in Biochemistry from the University of Toronto. Minal also obtained a Diploma in Pharmaceutical QA/QC from the Toronto Institute Of Pharmaceutical Technology. In addition, Minal has the certification of Project Management Professional from the Project Management Institute.