Richard H. Collier, Ph.D.
Dr. Collier joined Landis in 2004 and has served as Director, Vice-President and now Senior Vice-President of Regulatory Affairs. He is a results-oriented, innovative leader with Ph.D. in Biochemistry and over 40 years of experience in product development, regulatory science, registration, and information systems in academia and the private sector. Dr. Collier has a proven record of individual accomplishment and team leadership with high impact results aligned with business goals. His primary strengths lie in a broad range of regulatory science disciplines, leadership of technical and regulatory teams to deliver focused high-impact results, and innovative scientific and administrative solutions to difficult challenges.
In his 7-year tenure at Landis, Dr. Collier has developed successful registration packages for new and existing chemicals for a broad range of clients, defense strategies against petitions to cancel registrations and to release trade secret information under freedom of information regulations, and in-depth science summaries to achieve reassessment of tolerances and tolerance exemptions. He represents client’s interests in four industry-wide task forces, including service in leadership positions in these task forces.
Dr. Collier has led national trade association legislative activities at federal and state levels, served as an expert witness in data compensation arbitration and regulatory litigation, and led efforts in the Americas of a global joint venture to register a new active ingredient.
