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Jay Zaino is President and Co-Founder of GxP Automation. Mr.Zaino has over twenty two successful years in engineering, software development, sales management, and business development for critical automation systems serving the Life Science Industry. Mr. Zaino received a Bachelor of Science in Electrical Engineering from Lowell University. Mr. Zaino has been an active member of ISPE for more than 18 years and is currently an officer for the Boston ISPE Chapter serving on the board of directors.

Janet Tice is a co-founder and co-owner of GMP Piping, a process piping contractor specializing in high purity piping for pharma, biotech and related industries where she is currently responsible for a variety of functions including project documentation. After earning a BA in biology and math from Bennington College, Ms. Tice worked for several years as a Research Assistant in Pharmacology at Harvard Medical School before joining Millipore Corporation where her 20-year career included management positions in sales, product marketing and technical support. After leaving Millipore and before starting GMP Piping in 2002, Ms. Tice worked as a freelance technical writer specializing in product documentation for the medical device industry.
Ms. Tice has been an active member of ISPE since 2002, and has served as Committee Chairperson and Board Member since 2006. 

Christopher Opolski is the Senior Manager, Process Automation for Alexion Pharmaceutical's Smithfield, Rhode Island manufacturing facility. Alexion develops new therapies for patients with severe, life-threatening and often ultra-rare diseases. Chris is responsible for the operation and maintenance of the Plant Control System. He has been in the industry for 20 years previously working for various automation and process engineering consulting firms. He has been a Member of ISPE for 10 years; on the Boston Area Chapter Board of Directors for the past two years; a member of the Social Programs Committee for four years and currently holds the positions of Treasurer and Chair of the Social Programs Committee.

Jim Grunwald is the President of SciTech Builders, a Construction Management, Design/Build and General Construction company focused on sectors including Life Sciences, Automated Manufacturing, Mission Critical and Cogeneration projects. He has been in the industry for over 20 years. During that time Jim has focused his efforts in four distinct areas, Planning/Site Selection/Due Diligence, Design/Build, Construction Management and application of new technologies for Sustainable Initiatives. He has been an ISPE Member for 11 years; on the Boston Area Chapter Board of Directors for the past 9 years; past Chair of Social Programs Committee, past Chair of the Product Show Committee; past Chair of the Member Services Committee and currently the liaison of the Boston Area Chapters Young Professionals Group.

Mert Aktar is Associate Director of Engineering Technical Services at Shire Human Genetic Therapies (HGT), Lexington, MA.  He leads and drives the engineering function supporting the manufacturing of commercial and clinical products.  He manages a group of process engineers that provides technical operations support for cell culture systems at multiple Shire HGT sites.  Mert joined Shire HGT in April 2011.   Prior to Shire HGT, Mert has been with Biogen Idec working in Manufacturing Engineering and Global Project Engineering functions in Cambridge, MA and Hillerod, Denmark.  He received an MS in Engineering Management from Tufts University and a BS in Chemical Engineering from Worcester Polytechnic Institute.
 

Tom Choyce  is a Senior Plant Engineer at Biogen-Idec in Cambridge, MA, a leading Biopharmaceutical operating company.  After earning a BS in Mechanical Engineering from Boston University, Tom worked for several area Biotech companies, including Genetics Institute, Mass. BioLabs, and Genzyme, starting as an equipment operator and moving on to various engineering design and support positions.   His experience includes process and utility equipment specifications and installations, manufacturing support, and new bulding design, construction, start-up, and commissioning.
Tom has been an active member of ISPE since 1998, and has served on the Product Show Committee. 

H. Steven Kennedy  is a Director at M+W Group and leads Business Development efforts for their Life Sciences + Chemicals market segment throughout the Americas.  He has over 30 years of experience as an executive leading teams in the design, construction, and qualification of complex manufacturing facilities for Pharmaceutical, Biomanufacturing, Medical Device, Nutritional, Consumer Products, Food, and Fine Chemical clients in the United States, Europe and Asia.  Steve earned a B.S. in Civil Engineering at Syracuse University and has completed Boston University's program in Project Management.  He has been an active ISPE member since 1994 and is currently a member of the Board of Directors and the Product Show and Chapter Excellence Committees. He is also a member of the national Biotech COP steering committee and has presented at numerous ISPE conferences, seminars, and workshops.