A thirty-year industry veteran, Chris Kowtna has served in increasingly responsible positions. After working with the Department of Defense, he became a Quality Control Inspector for Merck, Sharp & Dohme in 1969 and advanced through several assignments in Quality, Government Liaison, and Manufacturing. In 1978, he moved to DuPont, working in Manufacturing, Quality, and Regulatory Affairs in their Clinical Systems Group. Later he joined DuPont’s Medical Products Department and held assignments in Regulatory Affairs, Manufacturing, Quality Operations, and Quality Assurance at DuPont-Merck. He then became Director of Quality Assurance for DuPont Pharmaceuticals, responsible for post-approval submission, change control, and manufacturing documentation. He was Director of Regulatory Support for Marketed Products at Bristol-Myers Squibb/DuPont. Currently he is Associate Director of Global Regulatory Affairs at Johnson & Johnson Pharmaceutical Research and Development, L.L.C. He received his MS in pharmaceutics from Temple and is a founding member of the program’s Steering Committee.

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