Management & Leadership

Management and Leadership team

The ViruSure management team brings a depth of experience in biosafety testing of biopharmaceutical products and in professional management of a contract research organization.

Dr Andy Bailey

Dr Andy Bailey

CEO & Operations Director

Originally a chemist/biochemist, Andy later specialised in Virology serving for 9 years at the MRC Virology Unit in Glasgow, Scotland, studying Herpesviruses and Adenoviruses. In 1995, he moved to the industry sector, initially as Director of Virus Validation services with Q-One Biotech Ltd, and later at the Pathogen Safety group of Baxter Healthcare in Vienna, Austria.
Dr Walter Tabotta

Dr Walter Tabotta

Manager QC Laboratories

Walter is a veterinarian by training and thereafter completed his Doctorate at the Institute of Virology, University of Veterinary Medicine, Vienna.
Dr Katrin Weixelbaumer

Dr Katrin Weixelbaumer

Manager In Vivo Laboratories

Katrin started her doctoral program at the Ludwig Boltzmann Institute for Experimental and Clinical Traumatology in Vienna, Austria. She completed her doctoral thesis in 2010. During these years in research, she gained much experience in working with various animal models of sepsis, shock and intensive care.
Angelika Spreitzhofer, M.Sc.

Angelika Spreitzhofer, M.Sc.

Quality Manager

Angelika performed her studies at the Technical College for Chemistry in Graz before completing her post-graduate studies at the Donau University, Krems. She has been active in the pharmaceutical industry for more than 20 years holding positions at Baxter Healthcare, piChem and the Austrian inspectorate for GLP/GMP inspections (AGES PharmMed).
Dr Ralf Klein

Dr Ralf Klein

Director of Business Development

Dr Ralf Klein is Manager Business Development at ViruSure, having joined ViruSure in August 2009. Ralf has more than 25 years experience in the contract pathogen safety testing service industry.
Dr Marina Santos

Dr Marina Santos

Head of Business Development

Marina holds a PhD in Biomedical Engineering from University of Minho (Portugal) in collaboration with Johannes-Gutenberg University (Germany).
Dr Alexander Vodopivec

Dr Alexander Vodopivec

Managing Director F & A

Alexander holds law degrees from the „University of Vienna“ and „the George Washington University“ in Washington DC and started his professional career with one of the big four auditing firms.
DI Jürgen Ebner

DI Jürgen Ebner

Business Development Manager

Jürgen Ebner studied food- and biotechnology at the University of Natural Resources and Life Sciences. He joined ViruSure in 2009 and gained a lot of experience in biosafety testing of biopharmaceuticals. His area of expertise comprises the design and execution of Viral- and Prion Clearance Studies.

If you are interested in becoming a part of the ViruSure team, please see our current career opportunities.

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