Douglas E. Prete
Doug
Prete is Talisman’s Director, New Site Acquisition. In this position
he is responsible for the marketing and sales of Talisman’s software
and systems. Prior to joining the Company Mr. Prete was an independent
consultant in the areas of Quality, Regulatory and Training in the
blood and tissue industries.
Mr. Prete holds an undergraduate degree in Business
Administration from Virginia Commonwealth University. He has over 25
years of experience in the blood bank industry in roles ranging from
CEO of an independent transfusion service, COO of a community blood
center to senior vice president for quality and regulatory compliance
in both the blood and tissue industries. He was the first to lead a
three center quality, regulatory and training resource sharing group
made up of three independent blood centers. Mr. Prete also chaired the
ABC Subcommittee on Quality that was instrumental in the development
and implementing America’s Blood Center’s cGMP “Train the Trainer”
Program (now in its fourth iteration as IMPAQ II) and Regulatory
Resources’ CITINGS, a blood bank inspection monitoring project. Mr.
Prete served on a FDA committee that consulted on a FDA funded project
on computer–assisted blood donor screening. Mr. Prete was one of the
founders of the Mid-Atlantic Association of Blood Banks and received
the Mary C. Door Meritorious Service Award for outstanding service to
that association.
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