Valarie King-Bailey

Valarie has more than 34 years of international experience in the life sciences technology industry. She is the CEO of OnShore Technology Group, Inc., an independent Chicago-based consultancy founded in 2004 specializing in Independent Validation and Verification (IV&V) services and solutions.

OnShore’s innovative software application, ValidationMaster™ is the first fully integrated Enterprise Validation Management System (EVMS) on the market. ValidationMaster™ was recognized by CIO Review Magazine as one of the top 20 most promising technologies for life sciences in 2018. In 2017, CV Magazine recognized ValidationMaster as the BEST IV&V Solution for 2017 and designated OnShore as the 2017 Best Software Testers. As a strategic partner with Microsoft, OnShore developed the FIRST and only U.S. FDA Validation Toolkit for their flagship Enterprise Resource Planning (ERP) system used by life sciences companies across the globe. This toolkit was extended a new Validation Accelerator branded as CloudMaster 365℠ For Microsoft Dynamics 365 for Finance and Operations powered by OnShore’s ValidationMaster™ Enterprise Validation Management and Quality system.

Prior to her tenure as CEO of OnShore Technology Group, Inc., Valarie has worked for leading global companies such as QUMAS Limited (Ireland), EMC/Documentum, Abbott Laboratories, and U.S. Steel – South Works. At QUMAS, an Irish-based software company, she served as Chief Marketing Officer where she was responsible for all global tactical and strategic marketing initiatives in addition to the development of their validation toolkit.

She also made a significant impact at Abbott Laboratories in Chicago where she served as Director of Document Management and Quality Systems leading a $16MM division-wide validation initiative. As recognition for outstanding performance, Valarie received Abbott’s Chairman’s Award – the highest honor bestowed by Abbott on its employees by the CEO and Board of Directors. Remarkably, she received Abbott’s Chairman’s award for 2 consecutive years saving the company over $40MM in annual cost savings. In 2008, Valarie received the Distinguished Alumni Award from the U.W. College of Engineering in 2008 and in 2010, she received a Lifetime Achievement Award from the U.W. College of Engineering.

Valarie 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). She is a member of the American Society of Civil Engineers, Society of Women Engineers, National Girls Collaborative Project for STEM education, Regulatory Affairs Professional Society (RAPS), and a U.W. College of Civil Engineering Advisory Board Member.

Valarie is also the founder/lead author of the blog “The Validation Post”. She is a frequent guest speaker at the Institute of Validation Technology (IVT) and most notably was honored as IVT Speaker of the Year in 2015.

She is the recipient of numerous awards – from Titan 100 to the 2024 Entrepreneurial WPO Women of Impact Award – and recently authored a book, “Never, Never Quit.”