Siri Segalstad has worked with quality and validation of IT systems since 1988 in and with the pharmaceutical industry. She set-up her own consulting company, Segalstad Consulting AS, covering these issues in 1995, and has hands-on experience with major companies in the US and in 10 countries in Europe, including Alpharma, AstraZeneca, Bayer, GE Health, Lundbeck, Nycomed, Pharmacia & Upjohn, Statoil, and various accredited laboratories. She has published more than 20 papers and given presentations and taught classes on validation from Hong Kong, Singapore, Taiwan, and Dubai in the East to California in the West. She has been on the board of the GAMP (Good Automated Manufacturing Practice) Nordic Steering Committee since its inauguration in 2001, and has participated in preparing standards in ASTM and GAMP.