Background of LearningPlus Founder
  

James L. Vesper 

James L. Vesper designs and develops instructional courses and workshops for the pharmaceutical and medical device industries. He established and is president of the firm LearningPlus, Inc. and has had more than 24 years experience in the pharmaceutical industry.

Mr. Vesper worked eleven years at Eli Lilly and Company,
Indianapolis, Indiana. His first assignment was as corporate industrial hygienist, followed by three years in Corporate Quality Assurance. There, he was responsible for issues concerning the manufacture and testing of parenteral products made at Eli Lilly facilities and third parties worldwide. His last assignment was as Project Leader of GMP (Good Manufacturing Practice) Education and Instruction, establishing the department and its mission.

Since 1991, Mr. Vesper has been creating innovative instructional training products for the pharmaceutical and health-care industries using video and computer technologies as more effective and efficient delivery media. Working as consultants with a wide variety of clients, his firm creates integrated curricula for personnel and customized training courses targeted to specific needs. He presents papers and workshops at various international technical and professional meetings, including those of the International Society for Pharmaceutical Engineering (ISPE), GMP TEA, PDA, Pharmaceutical Sciences Group, and PharmTech. In 1998 he presented at PDA, PharmTech Puerto Rico, and WORLDPHARM conferences, as well as conducted courses for the Canadian PSG in Toronto, Vancouver, and Montreal. In 1999 he joined the faculty of the PDA Training and Research Institute, teaching at a variety of locations in North American and Europe. In 2001, he was awarded the PDA's Agallaco Award for Excellence in Training.

With Learnwright, Inc. of Rockville, MD, Mr. Vesper is co-developed a series of web-based training programs covering basic, intermediate, and advanced GMP, GCP, and other FDA/industry-critical topics. Mr. Vesper was executive producer of pharma courses for Learnwright.

As an author, Mr. Vesper has written three books published by CRC Press (formerly Interpharm Press):

• Training for the Healthcare Manufacturing Industries (1993)

• GMP and Quality Auditing—Clear and Simple (1997)

• Documentation Systems—Clear and Simple (1997)

Mr. Vesper has authored two additional books that are co-published by PDA and DavisHorwood Publications.

• Risk Assessment and Risk Management in the Pharmaceutical Industry—Clear and Simple (2006)

• GMPs in Practice - Third Edition (2002)

Mr. Vesper is a contributing author for several publications, including: one chapter in Quality in Pharmaceutical Manufacturing (2004), edited by Richard Prince; four chapters to Automation and Validation of Information in Pharmaceutical Processing (1998) edited by Marcel Dekker; and, contributed to the WHO's World Health Organization GMP Requirements Part 3: Guide for Training (2006). A series of articles on training and performance topics have been published in BioPharm in 2001 and 2002.

In addition to traveling extensively and working on-site in Singapore, Latin America, India, France, England, Ireland, Germany, Italy, and Puerto Rico, Mr. Vesper has been on the faculty of Indiana University, teaching courses in Industrial Hygiene and guest lecturing at other universities including the University of Rochester. He has appeared on stage in the Metropolitan Opera's production of Aida at New York's Lincoln Center in a supernumerary role.

Mr. Vesper earned a B.S. in Biology from Wheaton (Illinois) College and a Masters of Public Health from the University of Michigan School of Public Health in Ann Arbor. He is a member of the American Society for Training and Development (ASTD), PDA, Pharmaceutical Sciences Group (PSG), and the Drug Information Association (DIA). Mr. Vesper also serves on the Advisory Board of BioInsights.

Since 1991, LearningPlus has worked with clients in the North America, Europe, and Asia. Please see also our list of clients using LearningPlus services and instructional programs.