About Us

AVS is a global, full-service minority-owned company focused on quality management, regulatory compliance, and engineering services. Our mission is to provide innovative solutions to the pharmaceutical, biotech, medical device, and diagnostic industries from concept to care. AVS is committed to going beyond the solution by building strong connections and cultivating trusting partnerships with our clients to enhance their overall success.

Core Values

We offer quality and operational expertise to the life sciences industry, delivered from a strategic perspective with agility and efficiency. Our Core Values reflect our dedication to our mission.

Quality

Providing hands-on quality solutions to clients based on industry experience and proven excellence.

Reliability

Providing hands-on quality solutions to clients baseA trusted subject matter expert in the field that consistently exceeds expectations delivering successful results again and again.d on industry experience and proven excellence.

Expertise

Empowering life sciences businesses by providing knowledge and oversight from subject matter experts in the field.

Diversity

Developing a community to foster a future that celebrates diversity, equity, and inclusion.

Trust

Building relationships based on transparency, mutual respect, agreed-upon expectations and a proven track record.

History

Founded in 1998, Automation & Validation Solutions (AVS) is a quality management, regulatory and engineering services expert consulting firm to Fortune-100 healthcare companies. In the years since AVS was founded, the firm has steadily grown a broadening portfolio of services, including international engineering and validation projects, delivered by a team of highly skilled engineers and scientists.

1998
AVS, Inc. Created
AVS, Inc. was created to provide consulting expertise on biopharmaceutical projects in Pennsylvania, New Jersey, California, Taiwan, and Puerto Rico, with a focus on automation and validation services.
2022
Altura Healthcare Acquisition
AVS Inc. became AVS LLC after being acquired by Altura Healthcare. This streamlined the service offerings and expanded AVS’s footprint within the biopharma and medical device sectors.
2023
Celebrating 25 Year in Business
AVS celebrated 25 years in the business of helping companies, from Fortune 500 to start-ups in the life sciences industry, successfully bring life changing products to market.
2024
MWA Consulting and C&A Consulting Acquisition
AVS strengthened and expanded its capabilities further with acquisitions of MWA Consulting and C&A Consulting, providing best-in-class consulting services in terms of quality, regulatory, commissioning, qualification, and validation. With the acquisitions and broadening of services, AVS is now commonly known as AVS Life Sciences to incorporate its new capabilities and strengths. AVS Life Sciences continues to improve lives by ensuring safe and effective healthcare and life sciences products and technologies are brought to market, which ultimately saves lives.

Leadership

Ruben Tabora

Mr. Ruben Taborda worked 35-years as a Johnson & Johnson executive spanning a broad range in the healthcare sector. Most recently, he was VP, customer success (Supply Chain) where he was responsible for development and deployment of solutions that improve medical device delivery across a $1OB business. His team achieved best in class Net Promoter scores by customers. He also served as Senior VP in Sales, Account Management, Procurement, Finance, Logistics and Manufacturing in the Pharmaceutical and Medical Device sectors.

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Ruben Tabora
CEO
Arleen Candari

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Arleen Candari
VP, BD of CQV
Sumaiya Reza

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Sumaiya Reza
BD of Quality & Regulatory
Brian Wong

Mr. Brian Wong oversees the complete spectrum of project management duties such as project site guidance, budgeting, scheduling, master planning and supervision of development & execution of all life cycle documentation. He has extensive experience in project engineering, automation specification review, commissioning & validation activities. Brian leads a team of AVS engineers and scientists to a successful completion of several complex AVS projects. Brian is a graduate of Cornell University where he received a B.S. in Mathematics with a concentration in Computer Science.

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Brian Wong
Director
Lisa Helmonds

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Lisa Helmonds
VP, Quality & Operations
Paula Pilecki

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Paula Pilecki
Sr. Director, Product & Audit Management
Will Daniels

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Will Daniels
Finance Director
Linda Wills

Ms. Linda Wills oversees critical operational responsibilities which include payroll, invoicing, project progress report generation and human resources program management. She focuses on these responsibilities by implementing current procedures to help increase productivity, and strengthen employee fulfillment and customer satisfaction. Linda brings a wealth of knowledge to her role at AVS from her years of prior experience in management and administration.

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Linda Wills
Jr. Finance & Systems Operations Manager
Denise Painter

Ms. Denise Painter is an integral part of the Business Development team at AVS and is involved in proposal development, client relationship development/management. Denise is responsible for recruitment and training of employees for project assignments and working with executives on strategic planning. Prior to joining AVS, she held positions in operations and administration which has significantly contributed to her role at AVS.

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Denise Painter
HR & Operations Manager
Michael Carr

Mr. Michael Carr manages business development, administration, planning & prioritizing of personnel for all AVS Atlantic region projects. Michael oversees the corporate administration of the AVS Baltimore, MD operation. Prior to Joining AVS senior management, Michael held several critical management positions with over eighteen (18) years experience in sales, operation management, accounting, inventory management and project management. He is a graduate of Wake Forest University where he received a B.S. degree. He also received an M.B.A. in Management from Loyola College, Baltimore, MD.

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Michael Carr
BD Manager
Millicent Blache

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Millicent Blache
Sr. Account Manager
Nykkytta Mendez

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Nykkytta Mendez
Account Manager

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Our Culture

AVS fosters a culture of teamwork and excellence, which provides the greatest opportunity for success.   Our passion for integrity, knowledge and excellence is deeply embedded in our core principles.  We champion partnerships to build synergistic bonds that promote a culture valuing hard work and strong ethics.  We believe in the strength of self-empowerment and wholeheartedly embrace diversity.  We operate with a fresh vision and innovative technology to provide value-added solutions to our clients.

Giving Back

Each year AVS partners with a charity to contribute to & strengthen our community. We believe it is a duty
and hold it as a privilege to be a part of such endeavors. Previously we have worked with:

Transforming & Improving
Societies Through Enabling
Entrepreneurial Success

AVS Life Sciences is part of a bigger impact that embraces the responsibility and privilege of shaping a more sustainable and impactful future.

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