Highly organized, deadline-oriented personable with a strong need for perfection. I worked directly with Chris Ford on compliance related projects and audits at R2 Technology. He created sensible strategies to ensure the company’s compliance needs were met and improved tremendously through his hard work and dedication.

Extremely knowledgeable expert with a wealth of experience dealing with RA / QA issues at FDA regulated companies. An invaluable resource in helping us to ensure regulatory compliance without sacrificing our efficiency.

A genius who understands the challenges and changing needs of the small business. He combines his multidisciplinary knowledge base with common sense, and offers solutions that can be applied immediately. He’s a hands-on problem solver who doesn’t back down to a challenge. He’s helped to develop a strategy for our SaMD that dynamically changed the way our customers perceive us.

I have worked in and with quality organizations for 25 years. Of all the people that I have worked with, Chris Ford has the most knowledge and understanding of quality and regulatory requirements, quality systems and the balancing act between cost, time and quality.

What sets Chris Ford and Zaliance apart is he is the best auditor that I have ever worked with. Chris can quickly figure out a process and know if it is appropriate and being followed. For the public record I want to thank Chris for all the knowledge, support and commitment that he provided to the team and I.

Extremely knowledgeable in the area of medical device regulations, especially documentation requirements and best practices both domestically and abroad. A valuable resource to any organization that deals regularly with FDA or equivalent foreign standards agencies.

Great auditor who clearly articulated his findings. He ensured that any findings / audit reports were reviewed and accepted by us prior to providing us with the final report, and he provided valuable feedback in order to assist us with improvement of our quality system resulting in a zero-findings FDA inspection.

Disciplined and experienced QA/RA professional who led our team in the development of SOPs, CAPA handling, updated training, and ISO audit preparation. I have great respect for his dedication, determination, extensive knowledge and strong sense of ethics. He was invaluable in the preparation for and handling of FDA and state audits. He is an articulate, versatile and creative professional. I am happy to recommend him without reservation.

Flexible and dynamic with an astute awareness of a client’s needs

Excellent job auditing supplier quality systems for Alexza Pharmaceuticals. Outstanding, detailed findings pinpointed the areas we needed to focus on to circumvent a potentially catastrophic issue.