Is Group Vice President Marketing at the Sartorius Stedim Biotech Inc.. With over 20 years of experience, Mr. Jornitz supports the biopharmaceutical industry on a world-wide basis, in validation, integrity testing, membrane filtration of air and liquids. As Chair-Elect of PDA, Jornitz has been part of multiple PDA task forces, committee member and chair. He is also member of ISPE, DIA, ASTM and ALSAC. Jornitz is the author and co-author of close to 80 professional papers, 8 books and 6 book chapters. As faculty member of PDA TRI he trains industry members and regulators on a frequent basis. He holds several filter related patents and is the founder of Bioprocess Resources LLC. Mr. Jornitz received his Diploma in Bioengineering at the College for Advanced Technology in Hamburg, Germany and accomplished his PED at the IMD Business School, Lausanne, Switzerland.