Elena Mack
VP, Global Manufacturing Quality, Olympus Corporation
Elena is currently VP, Global Manufacturing Quality at Olympus Corporation. Prior to joining Olympus, Elena has prior experience from global medical technology companies such as Becton Dickinson where she served as a Vice President of Quality in support of the global $1.8 Billion revenue business for Specimen Management and prior to that serving as a Vice President, Quality for West Pharmaceutical Services overseeing device manufacturing and contract manufacturing services. Elena has held roles of increasing responsibility in pharmaceuticals, combination products, biologics and contract manufacturing over a span of a continuing 25-year career. Her start in regulated industry was at Wyeth, with a position in Environmental Monitoring in the aseptic environment. That experience sparked a love for all things Quality, focusing on the needs of the patient.
Elena is a graduate of University of the Sciences in Philadelphia with a BSc in Microbiology and from Temple University with MSc in Quality Assurance/Regulatory Affairs and holds multiple certifications from ASQ.
Originally from New York, she has spent the past 25 years in Pennsylvania with her family and many animals. She has a distinct love of tortoises, most notably her Sulcatas, Jumbo and Franklin.