Douglas Judge received a Bachelor of Science in Chemistry from the New York State University at Stony Brook. Afterwards, he worked for Novartis Pharmaceuticals for eleven years as an analytical chemist and system validation specialist. For the past several years, he has been working as an independent computer validation consultant. During his years of experience, he has performed validations on a wide variety of applications: custom databases, laboratory automation equipment, two major pharmaceutical LIMS, and two mass spectrometer software packages. With a strong understanding of Computer System Validation requirements, he is able to provide project support from application selection through system implementation.