John E. Lincoln is Principal of J. E. Lincoln and Associates LLC, a consulting company. John, a graduate of UCLA, is a medical device and Regulatory Affairs consultant. He has helped companies to implement or modify their GMP systems and procedures, product risk management and U.S. FDA responses. In addition, he has successfully designed, written and run all types of process, equipment and software qualifications/validations, which have passed FDA audit or submission scrutiny, and have been described in peer-reviewed technical articles and workshops worldwide.