Sessions
Cannabis Facility Design for Effective Cleaning - Ecolab Technology Spotlight
12:50 PM - 1:05 PM Tue
Susan Youngquist brings 35 years of experience in the Personal Care and Dietary Supplement industries, holding positions in Manufacturing, Project Management, Research & Development, and Engineering. Throughout these roles, Susan has led development, executional excellence, and been on the other side of implementing cGMP cleaning processes and establishing compliant cleaning validation programs. She is an expert in clean-in-place (CIP) applications, site assessments, GMP insights, cleaning validation, and cleaning process optimization. This experience equips Susan to effectively understand customers’ cleaning concerns and apply cleaning and disinfection technologies to maximize value for customers. Susan holds a Bachelor’s Degree in Chemical Engineering from the University of Michigan.
At Ecolab, Susan supports North America customers in the Personal Care, Dietary Supplements, and Cannabis industries. Susan’s key areas of expertise include supporting GMP audits, cleaning process assessments, cleaning validation consultation, and cleaning validation project management. Susan is a thought leader in extracting pharmaceutical standards for “best practice” application in less regulated industries, and has successfully applied this thinking to help large matrixed organizations implement new protocols and SOPs.