Rob Becker, Vice President, Quality at Edwards Lifesciences, has more than 25 years of experience in manufacturing and operations quality in a variety of industries including satellites, appliances, and disk drives prior to transitioning into the medical device industry. His background includes a mix of high and low volume manufacturing, supplier management, project management, and roles in both quality engineering and quality assurance. For a significant portion of his career, he has been engaged in the transfer of design into manufacturing and the subsequent scale up and continuous improvement of operations on a global scale.