Jeff Gerstein joins DPS as Director of Commissioning, Qualification, and Validation

DPS, a leading firm in architecture, engineering, commissioning, and validation of facilities for the pharmaceutical and biotechnology industries, has named Jeff Gerstein to the position of Director of Commissioning, Qualification, and Validation (CQV). Mr. Gerstein will be based in Framingham, and will report directly to Aidan O’Dwyer, Senior Vice President.

In his new role at DPS, Mr. Gerstein will have responsibility for the implementation of all CQV projects and for the growth and development of the firm’s CQV business stream.

Mr. Gerstein joins DPS from ICQ Consultants Corp., where he served as Northeast Regional Manager for the CQV services firm. Prior to that, he worked with firms such as ValSource, AHA Consulting Engineers, and the US Army Test Labs where he supported running the test and evaluation for two multi-million dollar Department of Defense programs. Mr. Gerstein studied mechanical engineering at Northeastern University in Boston.

“Jeff is now filling a key role for DPS,” said Mr. O’Dwyer. “His appointment allows us to further expand our CQV service offering and provide greater value to our life sciences clients in North America. We are very excited to have Jeff on our team.”

DPS is a global full service architecture, engineering, construction management, commissioning, and validation firm specializing in the pharmaceutical, biotechnology, medical and advanced technology, science and education, energy, and food and beverage industries. The firm also offers technical staffing solutions. With 11 offices worldwide—including Boston, Albany, Durham, and Santa Clara in the US—DPS has headquarters in Cork, Ireland.