Tara Scherder

Tara Scherder has over 20 years’ experience in the pharmaceutical and biopharmaceutical industries as a statistician, engineer, and master black belt. Her passion is the powerful combination of science and statistics to increase knowledge, optimize both manufacturing and business processes, and reduce risk. She combines statistical expertise with extensive knowledge of manufacturing platforms/analytical sciences and CMC requirements, always within business and regulatory context to achieve goals. She frequently speaks at industry forums and publishes on the practical incorporation of statistical methods for Lifecycle Process Validation. Tara earned a BS degree in Chemical Engineering from the University of Pittsburgh and a MS degree in Statistics from Carnegie Mellon University.