Tania Pearson is a Regulatory Systems Director, responsible for the global UDI strategy and implementation and Lifecycle Management and Distribution solutions for Medtronic, Inc. She has been working in the medical device sector for 13 years. She worked in R&D for Pfizer for 12 years before joining Medtronic in 2010 under the Leadership Development Program. She has a BS in Chemistry from the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign and a MS in Regulatory Affairs from San Diego State University.
Tania is currently serving a two-year term with the GS1 Healthcare Executive Leadership Committee and is the new MedTech UDI Working Group Chair. She is engaged in many other external industry groups including the GS1 Master UDI-DI MSWG Team, GS1 Healthcare Global Public Policy group, DITTA UDI WG, Australian UDI Technical Working Group and the MedTech EUDAMED Working Group.