10 Sotera Health lab directors
Vice President - Lab Operations, Director Lab Operations and Director of E&L Services, North America are current titles held by these Sotera Health lab directors at Nelson Labs. A reader can learn how lab directors run their labs at Sotera Health from people who have held the role.
Professionals to explore
Dania Cortes
LinkedInExperience: Former Director of Lab Operations · Nelson Labs
Dania Cortes is a former Nelson Labs lab director who was Director of Lab Operations at Nelson Labs from December 2020 to December 2024, in the Salt Lake City Metropolitan Area. At Nelson Labs they also held Director of Scientific Improvement (2023–2024) and Sr. Manager of Science (2019–2024) roles, and they have been Principal Scientist at Sterigenics since November 2024.
Dries Cardoen
LinkedInExperience: Director Extractables and Leachables (E&L) services · Nelson Labs
Dries Cardoen has been Director Extractables and Leachables (E&L) services at Nelson Labs since January 2026, based in Leuven, Belgium. At Nelson Labs they were also Senior Manager E&L services (2023–2026), Team Leader - Senior E&L expert (2021–2023) and Team Leader of Study Directors - Inhalation/topical/transdermal products (2019–2021).
Frank De Smedt
LinkedInExperience: Former Director of Lab Operations · Nelson Labs NV
Frank De Smedt is a former Nelson Labs lab director who was Director of Lab Operations at Nelson Labs NV from June 2018 to January 2024, based in Leuven, Belgium. They also held a Department Head Analytical Services role covering extractables and leachables at Nelson Labs NV (2007–2024), and were Director of Scientific Improvement at Nelson Labs in 2024.
Jeff Hills
LinkedInExperience: V.P., Laboratory Operations · Nelson Labs
Jeff Hills holds the title V.P., Laboratory Operations at Nelson Labs, based in Salt Lake City, Utah, with a headline reading V.P., Laboratory Operations at Nelson Laboratories, Inc. The profile gives no start date for that role, and Jeff Hills was also Laboratory Manager at Nelson Labs (2005–2008).
Kyle Lynch, MBA
LinkedInExperience: Director of Lab Operations · Nelson Labs
Kyle Lynch has been Director of Lab Operations at Nelson Labs since August 2026, based in Salt Lake City, Utah, and has also held the role of Senior Operations Manager, Biosafety at Nelson Labs since November 2024. Their headline reads Director of Lab Operations at Nelson Labs.
Lise Vanderkelen
LinkedInExperience: Director Lab Operations · Nelson Labs
Lise Vanderkelen has been Director Lab Operations at Nelson Labs since January 2024, with a headline naming Nelson Labs Europe, a Sotera Health company, based in Belgium. At Nelson Labs they were also Dep. Head Pharma & Micro Services (2018–2024) and Dep. Head Pharma Services (2016–2018), and their profile notes a Ph.D. from the Faculty of Bioscience Engineering at the University of Leuven.
Nina Moreno
LinkedInExperience: Former Director of Laboratory Operations · Nelson Labs
Nina Moreno is a former Nelson Labs lab director who was Director of Laboratory Operations at Nelson Labs from August 2002 to March 2022 and Director of Lab Operations there from October 2023 to October 2024, based in South Jordan, Utah. Nina Moreno has been Global Segment Director at Nelson Labs since October 2024.
Raymond Colton
LinkedInExperience: Director of E&L Services, North America · Nelson Labs
Raymond Colton has been Director of E&L Services, North America at Nelson Labs since April 2023, based in Bend, Oregon, with the role listed as hybrid and at director level. Their headline describes them as an E&L expert in medical devices and biopharmaceuticals.
Rob Thoreson
LinkedInExperience: Director of Lab Operations · Nelson Labs
Rob Thoreson has been Director of Lab Operations at Nelson Labs since October 2024, with a headline reading Director of Lab Operations (Sterility Assurance) at Nelson Laboratories, LLC, based in Herriman, Utah. At Nelson Labs they were also Director, Quality Assurance (2017–2024) and Quality Assurance Team Manager (2010–2017).
Zachary Anderson
LinkedInExperience: Vice President - Lab Operations · Nelson Labs
Zachary Anderson has been Vice President - Lab Operations at Nelson Labs since June 2026, based in Herriman, Utah. At Nelson Labs they were also Sr. Director - Laboratory Operations - UT, IL in 2026 and Sr. director - SLC Operations (2024–2026), and they were Director Laboratory Operations at Nelson Laboratories, LLC (2020–2023).
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- 01What does running your lab involve day to day, and which decisions sit with you rather than with site or quality leadership?
- 02What did you change first when you took over your lab, and why?
- 03What would you tell someone taking on their first lab director role?
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