K. R. Karu, the industry solution director at Sparta Systems Inc., works with pharmaceutical companies to identify trends in the global regulatory and business climates. He has more than 25 years of experience helping develop technology solutions that meet quality and compliance needs in the pharma industry. Karu has been responsible for the implementation of enterprisewide quality management systems in most of the top 25 pharmaceutical companies. He is a subject matter expert on FDA regulations, and he’s been a speaker at many industry events.