Reliant Life Sciences is a talent solutions firm supplying time and materials consultants to biotech, pharmaceutical, and medical device companies. Combining staffing expertise and life sciences knowledge, our team is prepared for the unexpected that can pop up during your projects. Since our founding, we’ve utilized a flexible engagement model that adapts to your ongoing needs including onsite, off-site, traveling roles, or long-term.
Vice President, Client Services
Underpinning Reliant’s commitment to expertise and strong relationships in the life sciences, Ben Locwin provides subject matter expertise to help you approach your work more effectively.
Ben has worked on the development of new therapeutics for oncology, immunology, neurology programs, vaccines, and infectious diseases, where he has been a senior leadership member for large, mid-size, and small companies in Quality, Regulatory, Development, and CMC functions.
He brings over 25 years of industry experience, including working closely with FDA, MHRA, EMA, and many other global regulatory agencies to navigate successful paths for approval for small & large molecule therapies, as well as medical devices.
Sr. Business Development Manager
Patrick Hickey is a creative and customer-centric professional adept at creating cohesive project teams and individual SMEs. With over 30 years of business development and sales experience, he specializes in medical device clients. Patrick currently lives in Arizona with his wife and rescue dog and is an avid hiker, particularly in the local mountains.
Executive Recruiter
Christine is an Executive Recruiter with over 15 years of experience helping life sciences companies—pharmaceutical, biotech, and medical device—find the right talent to achieve their business goals. Her passion lies in building strong relationships and delivering tailored hiring solutions that make an impact.
Throughout her career, Christine has partnered with organizations to fill critical leadership and specialized roles, ensuring compliance and operational excellence in highly regulated environments. She thrives on understanding client needs, identifying top-tier candidates, and creating win-win connections that drive growth and innovation.
If you’re looking for a strategic recruiting partner who understands the life sciences landscape and can deliver results, let’s connect!
Executive Recruiter
Raymond (RJ) Noel is a seasoned Recruiting Executive with over 8 years of experience specializing in talent acquisition across the Pharmaceutical, Biotechnology, Cell and Gene Therapy, and Medical Device industries. He has a proven track record of successfully filling complex and niche roles in areas such as Quality, Regulatory, Validation, and more. RJ’s deep understanding of industry-specific functions allows him to expertly distinguish between Quality, Regulatory, Clinical, Validation, and R&D profiles, ensuring that candidates are not only qualified but also contextually aligned with the roles that best suit their expertise and career goals.
Transforming Quality into a decision and governance system
Mandy Gervasio is an enterprise quality and risk executive with more than 20 years of experience across biotech, pharmaceutical, and medtech organizations. She is known for building and evolving quality systems that work in practice—supporting both regulatory expectations and the realities of how organizations operate and scale.
Her approach is grounded in designing fit-for-purpose systems that bring clarity, accountability, and better decision-making into day-to-day operations. She focuses on connecting quality, risk, and data in a way that makes governance more effective and less reactive—particularly in complex, outsourced environments.
Mandy has held senior leadership roles across sponsor and CDMO organizations, where she built quality infrastructure from the ground up and established governance across global partners and supply networks. Her experience includes commercial readiness, combination product oversight, and leading global audit and inspection programs.
She works closely with executive teams to translate regulatory complexity into practical, risk-based approaches that support growth, resilience, and performance. Mandy is the creator of the Automating Quality podcast and a frequent speaker on quality transformation and the evolving role of AI in regulated environments
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