Instructors
James Wabby, MHS
Global Head, Regulatory Affairs, Emerging Technologies and Combination Products, AbbVie, United States
James Wabby is the Global Head, Regulatory Affairs - (CoE) Emerging Technologies, Devices, and Combination Products at AbbVie in Irvine, California. He has 25 years of experience in increasing quality compliance and regulatory affairs responsibilities within the GxP regulated environment pertaining to Nutritional, Cosmetic, Branded Pharmaceutical, Generic, Biologic, Medical Device and Combination Product areas. James received his undergraduate and graduate degrees from Duquesne University and received his Health Care Compliance Certificate from Seton Hall University Law School. He is a member of various regulatory and quality work groups including RAPS, OCRA and the ASQ Orange Empire Section.
Carolyn Dorgan, MS
Vice President, Solutions Engineering, Sutton's Creek, United States
Carolyn Dorgan has 15+ years experience in the medical device and combination product industries, including seven years at the US Food and Drug Administration (FDA) leading the Infusion Devices team. She currently serves as one of the Directors of Technical Services at Suttons Creek helping companies in the combination product space solve challenging regulatory, quality and organizational challenges. She implements practical solutions using her multi-disciplinary background of engineering, software, cybersecurity, human factors and business. Carolyn has a BS in Biomedical Engineering from the University of Minnesota and an MS in Technology Commercialization from the University of Texas.
Jerzy Wojcik
VP, Regulatory & Quality Services, EdgeOne Medical, United States
Jerzy Wojcik is VP of Quality and Regulatory Affairs Services at EdgeOne Medical Inc., and has over 25 years of industry experience in quality and regulatory affairs. His expertise includes identification and execution of regulatory activities across all stages of product development and lifecycle management necessary to support Class I, II and III (in both US and EU) medical device, device-biological and device-drug combination products, including wearable sensors and mobile medical applications. Jerzy has a BA in Biology, Medical Technology and Cytotechnology, was an Adjunct Professor in the School of Law at Northwestern University, is a member of RAPS, volunteers with various innovation organizations and speaks Polish and Spanish.