PDA Southern California Chapter - 4th Annual Full Day Aseptic Processing & Sterilization Symposium

Hal Baseman is the Chief Operating Officer and a principal at ValSource Inc. Mr. Baseman has over 40 years of experience in the pharmaceutical, medical device, and biotechnology industry. He has been the Chair of the PDA Board of Directors, the Co-chair of the Science Advisory Board and Co-leader of the Process Validation Interest Group, Co-chair of the EMA Annex 1 comment repose team, Co-leader of the task force on revision of Technical Report No. 22 – Aseptic Process Simulations, Co-leader of the task force for Technical Report No. 44 – Risk Management of Aseptic Processes, Co-leader of the task force for Technical Report No. 60 on Process Validation , Co-chair of the Committee for response to the FDA and the EMA Process Validation Guidance, and the Co-chair of the expert task force for the revision to Aseptic Processing Points to Consider Parts 1 an 2. He is the Co-lead for the Kilmer regulatory collaboration team and contributor on matters related to aseptic processing.

Mr. Baseman holds an MBA from LaSalle University and B.S. Biology from Ursinus College.

Mr. Polarine is a senior technical service manager at STERIS Corporation. He has been with STERIS Corporation for over twenty years. His current technical focus is microbial control in cleanrooms and other critical environments. Mr. Polarine is a 2019 PDA Michael S. Korczynski Award recipient. He has lectured in North America, Europe, the Middle East, Asia, and Latin America on issues related to cleaning and disinfection, microbial control in cleanrooms, and validation of disinfectants. Mr. Polarine is a frequent industry speaker and published several PDA book chapters and articles related to cleaning and disinfection and contamination control. He is active on the PDA’s COVID-19 Task Force. He was a co-author on PDA’s Technical Report #70 on cleaning and disinfection and Technical Report 88. Mr. Polarine teaches industry regulators with FDA, MHRA, HPRA, ANVISA, and ANMAT as well as the pharmaceutical, biotech, and medical device industries at the PDA and the University of Tennessee. Mr. Polarine is current President for the PDA Missouri Valley Chapter and Technical Coordinator for the IEST. Mr. Polarine graduated from the University of Illinois with a Master of Arts in Biology. His main hobby is tornado chasing and severe weather safety.