Biography

Kelli Tanzella

Senior Director

Global Regulatory Affairs

Clinical & Compliance

ThermoFisher Scientific

Kelli L. Tanzella, Ph.D. Sr. Director Global Regulatory Affairs, Clinical, & Compliance for Life Sciences Solution Group (LSG) at Thermo Fisher Scientific, Inc., has over 25 years’ experience in quality and regulatory requirements in both the pharmaceutical and medical device industries. She has been with Thermo Fisher Scientific for 18 years in Regulatory Affairs with increasing levels of responsibility and currently leads the global regulatory and clinical affairs team within the Life Sciences Group at Thermo Fisher.  She has expertise in pre-market clearance and approvals relevant to both the pharmaceutical and medical device (IVD) industries and post-market surveillance activities. In addition, she has extensive experience in the development and implementation of regulatory strategies to enable business opportunities in NGS, CDx and Cell Therapy solutions. 

Kelli received a Bachelor’s of Science in Biology from Niagara University and went on to receive a Master’s of Science in Health Services Administration from D’Youville College and a Doctorate in Health Services Administration from Kennedy Western University.