Summary
Andrew Cockerham is a product operations and quality leader with 11 years of hands-on experience shepherding medical device products from early R&D through commercialization, acquisition, and integration. Currently VP of Product Operations at Alafair Biosciences, he has led quality systems, risk management, verification/validation, regulatory audits, and both in-house and contract manufacturing across multiple startups and established firms. He combines engineering rigor (B.S. in Biomedical Engineering and Mathematics) with product-minded execution, having been an early employee on novel device teams and the primary auditee in successful regulatory reviews. Andrew also brings a rare mix of technical curiosity and product delivery skills—having built web interfaces and front-end projects during his career pivot to quality—so he speaks both engineering and compliance languages fluently. Based in Austin, he’s proven at scaling processes and teams while keeping clinical and regulatory requirements tightly integrated into product timelines.
11 years of coding experience
10 years of employment as a software developer
Nanodegree, Front End Web Development, Nanodegree, Front End Web Development at Udacity
ISO 13485:2003 Internal Auditor, ISO 13485:2003 Internal Auditor at British Standards Institution (BSI)
CELTA - Cambridge Certificate of English Language Teacher to Adults, Teaching English to foreign speakers, CELTA - Cambridge Certificate of English Language Teacher to Adults, Teaching English to foreign speakers at International House Bangkok
B.S., Biomedical Engineering, Mathematics, B.S., Biomedical Engineering, Mathematics at Texas A&M University
Full Stack Web Development Certification, Computer Software Engineering, Full Stack Web Development Certification, Computer Software Engineering at freeCodeCamp
English, Chinese