Jennifer Riter
Senior Director, Business and Technical Operations, Services and Solutions
Jennifer L. Riter is Senior Director, Business and Technical Operations for the Services and Solutions organization at West Pharmaceutical Services, Inc., Exton, PA. She joined West in August 1996 as an Associate Chemist in the Quality Control group. Jennifer has held many roles within the West organization and has experience and expertise in several areas from Technical Customer Support, Business Development, Sales and Marketing and Quality. Her most recent role is Senior Director, Business and Technical Operations, Services and Solutions. Jennifer is responsible for the Analytical Services organization which has four primary areas of focus and thought leadership in Extractables & Leachables, Container Closure Integrity, Packaging and Device/Combination Product Performance and Particle Analysis. She is also responsible for the Business Operation group in the Services and Solutions organization. Her experience blends knowledge of West’s components, containment and delivery systems with hands-on experience of providing technical support and analytical solutions for packaging, delivery systems and combination products to West’s multi-national customers. Ms. Riter has also spoken at several symposiums on analytical testing of parenteral packaging components, devices and combination products as well as on extractables and leachables analysis. Ms. Riter is a member of the Board of Directors for the Lock Haven University Foundation, American Association of Pharmaceutical Scientists, Parenteral Drug Association, and Healthcare Businesswoman Association. She earned a Bachelor of Science Degree in Biology/Chemistry from Lock Haven University, Lock Haven, PA and an MBA in Pharmaceutical Business at the University of the Sciences in Philadelphia, Philadelphia, PA.