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Managing Purchasing Controls for Medical Device Companies
April 11, 2012
New Brunswick, NJ

John Freije; President and Principal Consultant, Freije Quality Engineering, LLC

John Freije works with medical device companies and their suppliers to develop and implement Quality Systems that exceed the expectation of ISO 13485 and FDA's Quality System Regulation 21 CFR 820.

Mr. Freije has over 28 years experience working for the government and the private sector, with 18 years in the medical device and pharmaceutical industry. Experience includes working in quality systems at Roche Diagnostics as a Quality Systems Principal, Product Assurance Manager for Raytheon Technical Services Company involving projects for the Special Forces and Direct Fire Control, Engineering and Quality positions at Eli Lilly and Company focusing on bulk manufacturing for injectables and dry products manufacturing for clinical trials, medical device commercialization and manufacturing. He served eight years in the Ordnance Corps in the US Army as a Systems Mechanic.

Mr. Freije received his Masters of Science in Engineering from the University of Wisconsin and completed his undergraduate studies at Purdue University. He is a senior member of the American Society for Quality (ASQ) where he is a Member Leader in the Biomedical Division and active with the Society of Manufacturing Engineers (SME). Mr. Freije is also an ASQ Certified Quality Engineer and a SME Certified Manufacturing Technologist.