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val childress

@valchildress

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Experienced quality systems leader driving compliance, training excellence, and continuous improvement.

United States

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What I'm looking for

I seek a senior quality role where I can lead QMS strategy, training and compliance programs, drive audit readiness, and coach teams in a collaborative, improvement-focused culture.

I am an accomplished quality professional with extensive experience building and managing enterprise QMS, training programs, and regulatory compliance frameworks across clinical and life sciences operations.

I have led cross-functional teams to achieve audit readiness and process improvements, including 100% audit readiness with zero critical findings and improving company compliance rates from 88% to 97%.

My work includes QMS implementation and maintenance (ISO9001:2015), software validations and integrations (SmartSolve and other systems), and development of SOPs and governance that reduced process deviations and strengthened controls.

I deliver data-driven reporting and executive-level insights, coach and develop staff, and apply Lean and risk-based methods to improve productivity, quality outcomes, and patient safety.

Experience

Work history, roles, and key accomplishments

Quality Assurance Manager

Doheny Eye Institute

Oct 2024 - Jul 2025 (9 months)

Provided QA leadership and regulatory guidance across three clinical research sites, achieving 97% training compliance and reducing process deviations by 15% through SOP and governance improvements.

SOP Development CAPA Audit Reporting Change Management

Quality Systems Supervisor

AlloSource LifeSciences

Sep 2019 - Jul 2024 (4 years 10 months)

Built and managed enterprise training and quality compliance programs ensuring 100% audit readiness and raised annual compliance from 88% to 97% for 500+ employees.

Training Programs Data Integrity Team Management Process Improvement

Senior Quality Systems Specialist

AlloSource LifeSciences

Jul 2015 - Sep 2019 (4 years 2 months)

Managed enterprise training, document control, and software validations supporting five QMS upgrades and accelerated closure of 150+ change requests over 24 months.

Document Control QMS Upgrades Training Delivery Change Management

Regulatory Document Specialist

AlloSource LifeSciences

Apr 2012 - Jul 2015 (3 years 3 months)

Led EDRMS integration for 5,000+ controlled documents, improving document lifecycle efficiency by 70% and ensuring 100% FDA 21 CFR Part 11 compliance across departments.

Training Audit Reduction Compliance Monitoring

Production Control Review Trainer

AlloSource LifeSciences

May 2007 - Apr 2012 (4 years 11 months)

Led training programs for tissue recovery and quality review, implementing Lean controls that reduced rework rates by 18% and improved accuracy across three shifts.

Training Delivery Production Control Quality SOPs Cross Shift Coordination

Education

Degrees, certifications, and relevant coursework

Arapahoe Community College

General Studies, General Studies

Activities and societies: Professional coursework: QMS Administration, GCP Auditing, Technical Writing, Training & Development, Change Management, System Validation, Risk Management, Document/Records Management, Auditing, Leadership; Enterprise systems training: SmartSolve, Veeva, Dot Compliance, Cornerstone, Workday, ADP, Epic.

Completed General Studies coursework focusing on foundational academic subjects and professional development coursework in quality systems and related topics.