Thomas Altmann Ecolab

Thomas is a cleaning chemistry, cleaning process, cleaning validation and regulatory compliance subject matter expert. He has 26 years experience as a technical consultant on cleaning process optimization for pharmaceutical, API, biotechnology and cosmetic/personal care manufacturers in Europe, Middle East, Asia Pacific and Africa. Thomas is an expert in cleaning validation for product contact surfaces across all types of pharmaceutical and personal care production equipment. He is experienced in addressing regulatory inspection findings related to cleaning processes – and with implementing CAPA plans to prevent re-occurrence. Thomas has developed more than 1500 cleaning programs/recommendations for pharmaceutical and personal care industries over recent years, and regularly contributes to presentations and workshops for thought leading and standard setting organizations: ISPE (International Society of Pharmaceutical Engineering), Informa Life Science and FDANEWS. Thomas contributed to the ASTM E55 Cleaning Task Group (ASTM Sciences and Risk-based Cleaning Process development and Validation) and published related articles as a co-author in “Pharmaceutical Engineering” as well as “Pharmaceutical Online” and “Biotechnology International”. Prior to joining Ecolab, Thomas worked in the healthcare/pharmaceutical and food industries.