The HPFM Team:

Cookie Straw cookie@hpfm.net Principal of HPFM Inc. with over twenty years of experience in pharmaceutical quality, regulatory, and research. Extensive leadership experience across diverse disciplines. Expert in quality systems design (manual and automated) to meet Current Good Manufacturing Practices (cGMP), Good Laboratory Practices (GLP) requirements. Experienced in pharmaceutical validation requirements, both process and systems.

Employment & Education:

  • B.A., St. John's College, Annapolis, MD
  • Alza Corporation, QC and QA Departments, 1975 - 80
  • Syntex Laboratories, QA Technical Information and IT Departments, 1980 - 95

    Aurora Yeung aurora@hpfm.net Principal of HPFM Inc. with over twenty years of experience in the pharmaceutical industry, including six years of laboratory management. Pharmaceutical industry experience includes: manufacturing, quality assurance, research operations and regulatory registration preparation. Practical application of information technologies to meet pharmaceutical requirements includes relational data base design for systems applications during design, development, implementation, validation and training.

    Employment & Education:

  • B. S., Pharmacy, State University of New York at Buffalo
  • Heather Drug Company, QC Chemist, 1973 - 77
  • Rhone-Poulenc Rorer, Technical Services, 1977 - 81
  • Syntex Laboratories, QA Analytical Chemistry & Technical Information Depts, 1981 - 95

    Chris Potter chris@hpfm.net Principal of HPFM, Inc., systems analyst and chemist with over twenty years experience in pharmaceutical laboratory data management and data analysis. Extensive experience in the design of testing, validation and implementation of computerized systems. Experienced in working in IT environments for which GMP constraints are new. Extensive experience in the development of SAS-based retrospective data analysis integrated with LIMS databases.

    Employment & Education:

  • B. S., Biochemistry, University of California, Davis
  • Syntex Laboratories, QA Analytical Chemistry, Quality Engineering, IT, Technical Information Depts 1977 - 95