Mr Gerry Mckiernan
Management
Cell Therapeutic Inc
Australia
Biography
Mr Gerry McKiernan is the Quality Manager covering activities of Cell Therapies Pty Ltd and its affiliated units at the Peter MacCallum Cancer Centre. Mr McKiernan has over 14 years’ experience in Quality roles in research and development and cGMP manufacturing in both Europe and Australia. He is tertiary qualified in Applied Chemistry from the Institute of Technology Tallaght, Ireland. Since graduating, Mr McKiernan’s career has included biotechnology, pharmaceutical and medical device industries. His experience includes Quality systems leadership at a regional level for vaccine development and clinical trials, Quality oversight for Class III medical device product development and validation which achieved registration in Europe and laboratory leadership for pharmaceutical product development in a contract manufacturing setting. Mr McKiernan has overseen the quality strategy for the expedited release to market of a cell derived recombinant protein antigen to address the emerging threat of the Hendra virus in Australia by achieving cGMP licensing for a R&D pilot facility and subsequent release approval. He has also overseen the implementation of a quality management system and compliance structure for a new vaccine research and development facility in Beijing. Mr McKiernan is passionate about continuous improvement and has successfully implemented continuous improvement cultures within regulated industries.
Research Interest
Business
