Lisa Zimmerman has 20 years of experience in the CRO and Pharmaceutical Industry with more than thirteen of these years having been spent at a Director level and above in Regulatory Compliance and Quality Assurance. Ms. Zimmerman is currently serving as Vice President of Clinical Operations at POZEN Inc. In this capacity, Ms. Zimmerman oversees all aspects of the clinical programs at POZEN as well as Data Management activities. Prior to heading up Clinical Operations, Ms. Zimmerman was the Vice President of Quality Assurance at POZEN where she directed the GxP compliance program. While at POZEN, Ms. Zimmerman was instrumental in the successful FDA approval of two NDAs. Prior to joining POZEN Lisa was the Director of Quality Assurance and Regulatory Affairs at Duke Clinical Research Institute and prior to Duke, Ms. Zimmerman was at ClinTrials Research where she had roles of increasing responsibilities from clinical monitor to Director, Quality Assurance. Having been on both the Sponsor and CRO sides of the industry, Lisa has had the opportunity to observe many different practices from the largest to smallest of organizations. This body of information has afforded her the opportunity to teach courses in a variety of areas in clinical research at Campbell University and Duke University.