Compliance / Data Privacy / Regulated Technology
Joe Cassella
Senior Director, Compliance and Data Privacy Officer
Joe Cassella helps life sciences teams manage compliance, privacy, and regulated technology risk. He brings more than 20 years of experience across pharmaceutical, biotech, and medical device environments, with a background spanning information technology, laboratory and analytical applications, quality systems, IT infrastructure, R&D, QA/QC, manufacturing, compliance, and commercial operations.
Compliance leadership
Supports teams facing regulated technology, quality system, privacy, and operational compliance questions.
Broad life sciences depth
Brings more than 20 years across pharma, biotech, medical device, IT, lab, quality, and manufacturing environments.
Privacy and risk
Connects data privacy, system controls, and compliance execution so teams can make defensible decisions.
Senior Director, Compliance and Data Privacy Officer
Joe Cassella's Credentials
Joe helps teams handle compliance and privacy risk before it quietly turns into a board-level hobby.
His work spans the technology and process areas where regulated life sciences companies need practical controls: privacy, quality systems, laboratory applications, infrastructure, R&D, manufacturing, commercial systems, and medical device software.
Proof points
Senior Director, Compliance and Data Privacy Officer at USDM Life Sciences
More than 20 years across pharmaceutical, biotech, and medical device industries
Experience across IT infrastructure, R&D, QA/QC, manufacturing, compliance, and commercial operations
Published perspectives on software as a medical device and health policy topics
Primary role
Compliance and data privacy
Helps organizations interpret privacy, compliance, quality, and technology risk in practical operating terms.
Where he helps
Regulated technology controls
Supports system controls, process governance, quality alignment, and evidence for regulated applications.
How Joe helps clients solve it
Joe Cassella's Resources
Resources that prove the expertise.
A focused shelf of content tied to Joe's work across compliance, data privacy, regulated technology, quality systems, and medical device software leader.
November 30, 2017
Software as a Medical Device: SaMD
A practical overview of software as a medical device and the compliance questions teams need to manage.
May 6, 2026
USDM’s Guide to 21 CFR Part 11
A guide to electronic records, eSignatures, audit trails, validation, and controls under Part 11.
February 10, 2025
Daily Monitoring Enables Immediate Action for Security Issues and Continuous Compliance
How continuous monitoring can strengthen data security, compliance visibility, and audit readiness.
January 23, 2025
Data Integrity in Life Sciences
Why trusted data, controls, and evidence matter for regulated digital operations.
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