Bill Crates is an accomplished global supply chain quality assurance (QA) executive with a 42-year history with Cardinal Health. Throughout his career, he has led all aspects of QA, including policy and procedure, inspections and audits, regulatory compliance, risk mitigation, product management, and QA training. He has extensive experience in managing global regulatory bodies, integrating acquisitions into the QA infrastructure, and leading business units through crisis situations. He is recognized by state and federal agencies as a subject matter expert on regulatory issues and policy. He also is the compliance lead at ActionPPE, a nationwide collective buying initiative created by doctors for doctors.