Speaker Profile

Valarie King Bailey
Founder & Chief Executive Officer, OnShore Technology Group, Inc.

Valarie King-Bailey is the CEO of OnShore Technology Group, an independent Chicago-based consultancy founded in 2004 specializing in Independent Validation and Verification (IV&V) services and solutions. OnShore’s flagship product, ValidationMaster™ is the first Lean Enterprise Validation Management & Quality System (EVMQ) on the market.

ValidationMaster™ was recognized by CIO Review Magazine as one of the top 20 most promising technologies for life sciences in 2016. Valarie has worked for leading global companies such as QUMAS Limited (Ireland), EMC/Documentum, Abbott Laboratories and has been recognized as a leading global validation and compliance expert. She was recently honored as "Speaker of the Year" by the Institute of Validation Technology (IVT) and has received numerous awards for outstanding service in validation. Ms. King- Bailey holds an M.B.A. in Information Systems from Keller Graduate School of Management (1985) and a B.S. in Civil and Environmental Engineering from the University of Wisconsin - Madison (1982).

Valarie is a Distinguished Alumni and Lifetime Achievement Awardee of the U.W. College of Engineering. She is an active member of ISPE, the American Society of Civil Engineers, Society of Women Engineers, National Girls Collaborative Project for STEM education, and a U.W. College of Civil Engineering Advisory Board Member.