Karl F. Popp, RPh., MBA
Vice President and Co-Founder/Board Member
Pharmapotheca A, Inc.
Karl Popp founded KPopp Consulting, LLC in 2010 as a consulting firm providing services to pharmaceutical, cosmetic and allied industries. He is licensed to practice pharmacy in New York.
During his career he has been responsible for the development of products that have generated over $2 billion in sales.
From 1989 to 2008 he was associated with Stiefel Laboratories as Director of Product Development, and later as Senior Director of Special Projects coordinating external manufacturing, global research activities, and managing the corporation's intellectual property estate.
Prior to joining Stiefel in 1989, he was a Scientist and Project Manager for the Sterling-Winthrop Research Group. He earned his B. S. in Pharmacy from the Albany College of Pharmacy, and his M.B.A. from Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute.
He has been active in the SCC in coordinating local educational seminars and served as the local chairperson (2013), served on the National Committee on Scientific Affairs (1994-96), as Vice President-Elect (1997), Vice President (1998), and as the Society's President in 1999. Karl was elected a Fellow of the Society in 2002. He is an inventor, an author and a scientist.
Karl Popp has lectured around the globe on new product development activities, GMPs and process validation, product life cycle management, and management of intellectual property. He has also served as an expert witness in matters before the U.S. federal courts.
