Scott Eaker joined Prolacta in 2007 and currently serves as the Chief Operations Officer (COO). Scott is responsible for the manufacturing, milk resourcing, quality, supply chain and regulatory affairs. He has over 20 years of experience in the bioscience and nutrition sectors. Scott began his career in the microbiology laboratory at Baxter’s first recombinant factor-VIII manufacturing facility. He supported the start-up of the bulk manufacturing and fill/finish operations, implemented numerous test protocols, led failure investigations, and rapidly became a supervisor of laboratory operations. Scott also held a role serving as the subject matter expert in the areas of microbiology and aseptic processing for Baxter. In this position he was responsible for developing and deploying standardized quality systems across multiple biologic and medical device manufacturing facilities in the US and Europe. Scott was also responsible for quality in the plasma fractionation area and ultimately served as director of quality technical support for the bioscience division at Baxter. Scott received a bachelor of science degree in microbiology from the University of California at Davis.