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Omer Cimen

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Co-Founder & CEO at Validfor

Amsterdam, North Holland, Netherlands

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About

Omer Cimen is the co-founder and CEO of Validfor, a company developing validation lifecycle management tools for pharmaceutical and life sciences organizations. He has over 20 years of experience in pharma and life sciences, having led validation, quality, and digital transformation initiatives at organizations including Novartis, GSK, Mundipharma, and Sandoz. His areas of work include SAP and S/4HANA programs, computerized system validation, GxP, GAMP 5, 21 CFR Part 11, and risk-based validation across multiple countries.

Co-Founder & CEO at Validfor

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Curiosity VCBenelux · since 2026DOMiNO VenturesAmsterdam · $220K – $1.1M checks · since 2026

Co-founders at Validfor

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Ugur MetinolCo-Founder & COO
AOAykut Ozturkmen
Aykut OzturkmenCo-Founder

Experience

  1. ValidforCo-Founder & CEOcurrent2024 — present
  2. MundipharmaProgramme Validation Stream Lead (Cambridge/UK)2021 — 2024United Kingdom
  3. CONVAL groupHead of Business Development2007 — 2024Istanbul, Turkey
  4. NovartisProgramme Quality Manager (Basel/Switzerland)2017 — 2021Switzerland
  5. NovartisProgramme Quality Manager (Ljubljana/Slovenia)2015 — 2017Slovenia
  6. NovartisProject Quality Manager (Basel/Switzerland)2015Switzerland
  7. NovartisProject Quality Manager (Schaftenau/Austria)2014 — 2015Austria
  8. NovartisProject Quality Manager (Tokyo/Japan)2013 — 2014Japan
  9. SandozProject Quality Manager (Munich/Germany)2013Germany
  10. SandozProject Quality Manager (Cairo/Egypt)2012 — 2013Egypt
  11. SandozProject Quality Manager (Dhaka/Bangladesh)2012Bangladesh
  12. Turkish AirlinesProject Quality Manager (Istanbul/Turkiye)2011 — 2012Türkiye
  13. Lek PharmaceuticalsProject Quality Manager (Skopje/North Macedonia)2011 — 2012North Macedonia
  14. SandozValidation Consultant (Mumbai/India)2010 — 2011India
  15. SandozValidation Consultant (Munich/Germany)2009 — 2010Germany
  16. Lek PharmaceuticalsValidation Consultant (Warsaw/Poland)2008 — 2009Poland
  17. SandozValidation Consultant (Istanbul/Turkiye)2007 — 2008Türkiye

Skills & more

SAP R/31SAPLIMS1Risk Assessment4Application Lifecycle Management3Project Management2Software Lifecycle Management1Yazılım Yaşam Döngüsü1Proje YönetimiRisk DeğerlendirmesiFRAUygulama Yaşam Döngüsü Yönetimi
+12 moreIndustrial EngineeringComputer System ValidationQuality ManagementGAMP21 CFR Part 11GxPChange ControlValidationV&VGMPCAPASop

Languages Arabic · English · Turkish

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Who is Omer Cimen?
Omer Cimen is the co-founder and CEO of Validfor, a company developing validation lifecycle management tools for pharmaceutical and life sciences organizations. He has over 20 years of experience in pharma and life sciences, having led validation, quality, and digital transformation initiatives at organizations including Novartis, GSK, Mundipharma, and Sandoz. His areas of work include SAP and S/4HANA programs, computerized system validation, GxP, GAMP 5, 21 CFR Part 11, and risk-based validation across multiple countries.
Where does Omer Cimen work?
Omer Cimen is Co-Founder & CEO of Validfor.
What companies did Omer Cimen found?
Omer Cimen founded Validfor.
Where did Omer Cimen go to school?
Omer Cimen studied at Istanbul University (BS, Industrial Engineer).

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