Medical devices
10 product recall experts
These ten professionals have held quality, regulatory and compliance roles responsible for product recalls, field actions or corrections and removals. A reader can learn from them how recalls are investigated, decided, executed and closed, and how companies work with regulators along the way.
Professionals to explore
01—10Andreas Claespeter
LinkedInExperience: Correction and Removal Manager · Philips
Correction and Removal Manager at Philips (2021–2024) and Quality Manager Europe C&R at Philips since September 2024; the profile lists management of product recalls and corrective actions for both roles. At Philips the profile also shows Person Responsible for Regulatory Compliance Discus Dental (2021–2023) and Post Market Surveillance Manager (2009–2021).
Jill Baxter
LinkedInExperience: Director of Field Action Investigation HHE Recall · Smith+Nephew
Director of Field Action Investigation HHE Recall at Smith+Nephew since November 2022. She was Site Quality Leader at Jabil (2020–2022), Staff Quality Engineer at Jabil (2019–2020) and Senior Quality Engineer at Johnson & Johnson MedTech (2017–2019). Her profile describes serving as site quality leader and management representative for two manufacturing plants, directing a team of 50 across quality engineering, quality systems, inspection, final release and calibration.
Keerthana Sarah Joseph
LinkedInExperience: Enterprise FCA Program Manager · Medtronic
Enterprise FCA Program Manager at Medtronic since September 2022; at Medtronic she also held the titles Senior FCA & Compliance Specialist (2019–2022) and FCA & compliance specialist (2017–2019). Her profile says she runs global field actions and recalls end-to-end, led and managed global recalls as an enterprise function, and ensures communications to regulators are timely, accurate and audit-ready.
Melissa Cabrera
LinkedInExperience: Compliance Supervisor and Recall Manager · Jubilant Cadista Pharmaceuticals
Former Compliance Supervisor and Recall Manager at Jubilant Cadista Pharmaceuticals (2019–2022), where she was also QA Complaint and Recall Specialist (2017–2019). Her profile cites experience in the implementation, effectiveness and risk assessment, and termination of Class I, II and III drug product recalls. She has been Senior Issue Lead at Pfizer since July 2025, following the Issue Lead role there (2022–2025).
Michelle Thompson
LinkedInExperience: Sr Manager Regulatory Compliance, Recalls · Medline
Sr Manager Regulatory Compliance, Recalls at Medline since April 2026. At Philips she was Director, Post Market Surveillance - Image Guided Therapy - Devices (2023–2025) and Manager of Corrections and Removals - Image Guided Therapy - Devices (2021–2023). Her profile describes her as a technical and operational leader, most recently in MedTech post-market surveillance, who has led global teams of up to 45 professionals.
Nadia Caceres
LinkedInExperience: Quality Assurance Manager · Nitta Gelatin NA Inc.
Quality Assurance Manager at Nitta Gelatin NA Inc. since April 2019. Her profile lists her duties there as HACCP coordinator and food safety team leader, including direct interaction with FDA, USDA, IDPH and municipal health departments and coordinating and handling product withdrawals and recalls. She was previously Senior Process Analyst (Quality Specialist) at everis (2017–2018).
Rebecca Thomas
LinkedInExperience: Senior Recall Lead · Convatec
Senior Recall Lead at Convatec since July 2024 and Senior Product Recall Specialist there (2022–2024). She was also Quality Engineer at Zimmer Biomet (2018–2022) and Complaints & Vigilance Specialist at Zimmer Biomet (2016). Her profile says she has managed product recalls and implemented quality systems during more than 15 years in the medical device industry.
Stéphane Coquant
LinkedInExperience: Vice President Recall Campaign & Crisis Prevention · Stellantis
Vice President Recall Campaign & Crisis Prevention at Stellantis since October 2023. He has also held the title Corporate head of crisis prevention at Stellantis since April 2020, and was Responsible for Recalls, Campaigns & Crisis Prevention there in 2023. At Groupe PSA he was Pilote Veille et Prevention des Crises Qualité (2016–2020). His profile headline cites more than 25 years of experience in product safety and recalls.
Stephanie Leone, Ph.D.
LinkedInExperience: Senior Manager for Product Escalations and Field Actions for DePuy Synthes · Johnson & Johnson
Senior Manager for Product Escalations and Field Actions for DePuy Synthes at Johnson & Johnson since April 2022. In that role she drives the end-to-end process for product quality issues through quality review boards and field action execution under worldwide standards and regulations, and manages a staff of nine. Her other Johnson & Johnson roles include Janssen External Quality Project Leader (2021–2022) and Value Chain Quality, Metrics and Analytics Leader (2018–2021).
Vamsi Mandala
LinkedInExperience: Associate Director - Product Complints and Recalls · Vertex Pharmaceuticals
Associate Director - Product Complints and Recalls at Vertex Pharmaceuticals since September 2025. The profile also shows Director of Complaint Handling at Philips (2023–2025), Senior Manager Post Market Surveillance at Philips (2018–2023) and Product Quality Complaints Specialist at Sanofi (2013–2014), and lists skills in U.S. FDA, EMEA and ISO regulations and corrective and preventive action (CAPA).
Choose the right perspective
Match the person's industry and regulator to your situation, since medical device field actions, drug recalls, vehicle recall campaigns and food withdrawals follow different rules. For a live recall, favor someone who has run execution end to end; for building a recall process, favor someone who has managed a recall program or function.
Questions to take into the conversation
- 01How did you decide whether an issue warranted a recall or field action, and who was involved in that decision?
- 02What does a good recall execution plan look like, from customer notification through effectiveness checks and closure?
- 03How do you manage communication with regulators and customers across several countries during a recall?
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