We are delighted to welcome Matt Hofacre, Senior Director of Technical Services for the Equipment and Services group at STERIS, to the latest Pharma Tech Talks podcast episode.   Matt joins our host, Christian Dunne, for an insightful and in-depth conversation about the importance and benefits of bio-decontamination in the pharma and life sciences sectors.   The pair delve into key topics, including the challenges of implementing these critical systems, how the industry has significantly changed over recent years, future trends and emerging developments, and how Annex 1 has impacted bio-decontamination systems.   Matt manages an international team of experts in the sterilization, washing, and bio-decontamination industry.   Having worked at STERIS for 25 years, Matt specializes in multiple sterilization modalities, washing, high-purity water, pure steam, and VHP bio-decontamination equipment for the life science and medical device industries.   He is also a presenter and trainer at corporate, industry, and academic conferences in North America, Europe, and Asia including The Parental Drug Association (PDA), International Society of Pharmaceutical Engineers (ISPE), INTERPHEX, ACHEMA, and the University of Tennessee-Memphis Medical Center, amongst others.   Matt served as co-author for PDA Technical Report 48: Moist Heat Sterilization Systems and has contributed to numerous other articles on steam sterilization, vaporized hydrogen peroxide (VHP) bio-decontamination and sterilization, pharmaceutical washing, WFI water systems, and pharmaceutical equipment selection.   Matt has a B.Sc. in Chemical Engineering from the University of Cincinnati and an MBA from Cleveland State University.