Ken Shitamoto

MS, Sr. Director IT, Gilead Sciences

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Ken Shitamoto is the Executive Director of IT Quality and Compliance at Gilead Sciences, which oversees IT Quality Engineering, Privacy, and Quality Assurance.  He is a member of the GAMP Americas Steering Committee, co-leads the Computer Software Assurance (CSA) Special Interest Group, and member of the FDA-Industry CSA team. His work includes contributions to the GAMP Good Practice Guides, such as Data Integrity by Design and Enabling Innovation, as well as GAMP 5 version 2.

He holds a Bachelor of Arts in Molecular Cell Biology from the University of California, Berkeley, and a Master of Science in Computer Science from San Jose State University.  Ken is also a Lean Black Belt, Certified Information Systems Security Professional (CISSP), Certified Information Systems Auditor (CISA), Certified Information Privacy Technologist (CIPT), Certified Tester Foundation Level (CTFL), Certified Professional for Requirements Engineering (CPRE), and Project Management Professional (PMP)