Immel Resources LLC is a management consulting and publishing company specializing in regulatory compliance, quality assurance, and training for the pharmaceutical, biologics, medical device, and related industries. Since 1996, we have helped many organizations introduce innovative new products, pass major inspections,  improve their quality systems, and return to compliance after regulatory action. Clients and subscribers include global multinational firms to small start-up companies. We are quality systems experts.

President

Barbara K. Immel is president of Immel Resources LLC, and editor of the Immel Report^TM. She has 26 years of industry experience. She worked in compliance and training, documentation and labeling, and corporate quality assurance for Syva, Chiron, and Syntex for more than 12 years before starting the company.

Barbara served as a regulatory compliance columnist with BioPharm International Magazine for more than 10 years (1996 - 2007). She has published more than 50 articles on a variety of industry topics in Pharmaceutical Technology, Medical Device & Diagnostic Industry, BioProcess International, Nutraceutical Business and Technology, Pharmaceutical Technology Europe, and BioPharm. She is the author of the Quality Assurance of Pharmaceuticals chapter for the Dekker Encyclopedia of Pharmaceutical Technology.

Barbara has presented at hundreds of national and international meetings, and has taught well-respected compliance classes for 20 years. She has taught industry subjects at the University of California, Berkeley, the University of Wisconsin at Madison, the University of Georgia, and Stanford University. She was elected by her peers to serve on two national training committees for the trade associations, PhRMA and PDA, where she helped plan and organize educational conferences for industry trainers for eight years. She created and taught two biotechnology courses for UC Berkeley Extension for five years, and was asked to help them re-design their Drug Development Course and serve as co-director for the course. She is a graduate of the Buckley School of Public Speaking, the Stanford Professional Publishing Course, and the University of California, Santa Barbara. She serves as conference chairperson for FDAnews' annual FDA Inspections Summit. Honors and awards include Who's Who in the World, Who's Who in America, Who's Who in American Women, Who's Who in Medicine and Healthcare, and Who's Who in Finance and Business.

Publisher and Vice President

After earning his Ph.D. in biology from the University of California at Santa Barbara (UCSB) in 1981, Joe Immel engaged in post-doctoral scholarship at Stanford University and the University of California at San Francisco (UCSF). As a postdoctoral fellow his interests centered on the vertebrate visual system and his research activities included investigations in retinal morphology and physiology.  In 1986, Joe joined Axon Instruments, a manufacturer of instruments for research in physiology and biophysics, and as chief Technical Evangelist developed the Technical Support division from a single scientific liaison (Joe) to a bustling department of several PhDs and support staff. When a more "hands-on" approach beckoned, he moved to Sutter Instrument Company in 1991 where as a Research and Development Engineer he developed several instruments for the academic and commercial research community. Increasingly called upon to assist Barbara Immel in the growth of Immel Resources LLC, Joe moved to the position of Publisher of the Immel Report. Today Joe oversees day-to-day requirements of Immel Resources LLC from financial matters to publications.

Executive Director

Erica Burns-Gooler brings over twenty years of diverse business experience to her role of Executive Director at Immel Resources LLC. In addition to owning several successful small businesses, which included a flower shop, a pre-school center, and a mobile espresso business, Erica was previously the office manager for Sun Micro Systems in San Francisco.

Erica is heavily involved in the local Petaluma community. For more than 10 years, Erica has single handedly managed and directed the Petaluma Farmers' Market. In addition, for the past eight years, Erica has served as Committee Chairman for the Carousel Fund and is responsible for the silent auction. Erica is also an active member of the Petaluma Visitor Program Advisory Board.

Erica attended Santa Rosa Junior College, Santa Rosa, California where she majored in Child Development, and also Brookdale College, Lincroft, New Jersey, where she majored in Accounting and Business Management.