Meet Our Team
Karen Greene
CPP, President
Life Pack Labs
Ms. Greene, CPPL, is currently President of Life Pack Labs. Ms. Greene was also the Vice President of Life Packaging Technology LLC, a packaging engineering consulting and services firm. She has been a packaging engineering industry professional for over 30 years.
Ms. Greene holds a Bachelor of Arts, Biology, degree from Holy Cross College in Worcester, MA and a professional certificate in engineering management from University of CA, San Diego. She is a certified packaging professional, CPPL, past Co-President of the Southern California Chapter of the Institute of Packaging Professionals and past committee chairperson of the IoPP Medical Device Packaging Technical Committee and past Board Member of IoPP National.
Ms. Greene is a member of the ASTM F02, Flexible Barrier Packaging committee. She is an ISTA 7E (thermal design and validation) certified auditor.
Ms. Greene has been elected for a 3-year term to the ISTA board of directors, April 2024- April 2026
Ms. Greene also holds the position of Vice President Client Solutions for Network Partners.
Ms. Greene is a lead industry consultant for medical device and pharmaceutical package development, validation, and production implementation projects and has solved problems related to sterile barrier package integrity, package design, test method development and test method validation and packaging quality related issues, utilizing testing expertise throughout. Her expertise extends to cold chain packaging issues, as well. She has held leadership positions with Edwards Life Sciences and IMED Corporation for teams responsible for packaging engineering, documentation, configuration management and label development functions within the medical device industry.
Mobile: 760 835 2260
Steve Greene
VP Operations
Life Pack Labs
Mr. Greene is a founding member of Life Pack Labs. He is a 1981 graduate of The College of the Holy Cross where he earned a Bachelor of Arts degree in Physics. Mr. Greene brings quality systems and execution expertise to Life Pack Labs.
Mr. Greene has also served on active-duty as an officer in the United States Navy for 30 years, retiring at the rank of Captain.
While in the Navy, Mr. Greene was designated a naval aviator and qualified as a helicopter pilot, instructor pilot, maintenance check flight pilot, and shipboard officer-of-the-deck. He served in the highest unit level executive positions in the Navy, commanding operational and training helicopter squadrons, and an amphibious assault carrier.
Mr. Greene also managed helicopter squadron maintenance and aviation quality assurance. Since retiring from the Navy, Mr. Greene has held a civilian position in the Department of the Navy in aviation policy, plans, requirements and strategic communications.
mobile: 760 505 2724
