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About Us

Our Employees

Great companies hire great people. In a world of high technology, cutting-edge instrumentation and expensive equipment we believe that our greatest resources are our people. We recognize that you are entrusting us to carry out your projects in a professional manner. We think that the employees of ENCO Pharmaceutical Development are highly professional committed and dedicated to a successful conclusion to your projects.

We invite you to take a moment and learn a little about some of our Scientists, Managers and other key employees.




Trista Dorminey (Materials Manager)

Trista has 9 years of experience in the pharmaceutical and medical device industry including a significant amount of laboratory management experience. She has extensive experience with stability studies, USP compendia and release testing and method development, validation and transfers. The Materials group is responsible for a wide variety of analytical chemistry bench testing including compendia methods and wet chemistry. In addition, this group performs specialized testing on various medical devices.




Anthony Truitt (Chromatography Manager)

Anthony brings more than 15 years of experience in a broad range of analytical and chromatographic techniques. In addition to his extensive experience in developing chromatographic and trace analytical methods he also has significant experience with a variety of spectroscopic systems including GC/MS and LC/MS/MS. The Chromatography group is responsible for all method development work and those projects of a research nature.




John Faison (QA Manager)

John has 24 years of QA experience in regulated industries. He is a member of the American Society for Quality (ASQ) where he holds a Quality Auditor certification. He has held leadership positions in the local chapter of ASQ and holds a Six Sigma Greenbelt. The QA group is responsible for ensuring that ENCO maintains a high quality of compliance with a variety of regulatory agencies. The group also works with our customers during audits and throughout projects to assist with any compliance topics.




Christy Jones (Customer Service Manager)

Christy has been with ENCO for 8 years in both laboratory and customer service positions including 4 years in laboratory management. She has extensive experience in the area of customer service and is the company's in-sourcing specialist. She also oversees the customer information section of the LIMS system. The Customer Services group is the primary company contact for all non-technical issues. This group is an important asset for our customers during the course of their projects and is focused on providing the highest levels of service.




Kimberley Ashmore (Quality Assurance Manager)

Kimberley is a Quality Assurance professional with 16 years of pharmaceutical GMP experience in contract and generic manufacturing environments. She has developed quality systems processes, including deviation reporting and resolution, change control management, and training execution and documentation and has translated paper based quality systems to electronic quality management systems (such as TrackWise and Agile). The QA group is responsible for assuring the compliance of EPDI systems and processes to the criteria set forth by current Good Manufacturing Practices and other industry standards.




Dave Heilman (Formulation Development Manager)

Dave has 17 years of experience in pharmaceutical industry in formulating peptides and small molecules for parenteral and topical delivery. He has several patents for the delivery of anti-HIV peptides to include sustained release formulations using biodegradable polymer in situ forming implants and microsphere. His background also includes formulation development of nanoparticle systems such as lyposomes and nanospheres. Dave also has experience in lyophilization cycle development and scale up and tech transfer of manufacturing processes from lab to production scale manufacturing. Dave has prepared documents for regulatory agencies in the US, EU and Japan.




Gary Strickland (Stability Manager)

Gary has 12 years of experience in pharmaceutical and industrial laboratories including extensive experience with pharmaceutical method development, analytical method validation, process development and process validation. He has designed developmental stability studies for formulators to provide stability indicating product performance data for a variety of pharmaceutical dosage forms. Once through the development process, Gary has experience designing validation and commercial stability studies to satisfy regulatory requirements and provide product performance data throughout a product’s expiry. Gary is experienced in statistical evaluations of analytical data to identify and quantify overall product performance.




Christopher Walker (Laboratory Manager)

Christopher brings more than 20 years of experience in the area of analytical chemistry including 15 years in technical management in the pharmaceutical industry. Christopher has extensive knowledge of analytical techniques used to determine potency, purity and to characterize small molecules. He has managed analytical sciences support for pharmaceutical development for pre-clinical through NDA submission, which included analytical support for manufacture, characterization, in-process control, scale-up, reference standards, and stability studies. As Laboratory Manager, Christopher is responsible for technical, financial, and lab personnel matters for the RDU facility.




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We are proud of our people and we want you to hear directly from them. We’ve included space on our web-site so that you can learn more about them.

"Excellence is achieved through processes that include inputs from everyone - upper management on down."
Trista Dorminey,
Materials Mgr.


"It is through teamwork that we achieve success"
Christy Jones,
Customer Service Mgr.


"Building partnerships with our Clients is the key to commercial success...". "Our goal should not only be to meet customer expectations, but to delight them with the quality and timeliness of our services."
John Faison,
QA Manager




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