David Phillips has been involved with biological safety cabinets (BSCs) for over 40 years. He was a BSC field certifier until 2007, when he joined Thermo Fisher Scientific’s BSC product team. He is on the NSF Joint Committee for NSF/ANSI 49 and has been an NSF Accredited BSC Field Certifier under the Enhanced program for over 24 years. He has a doctorate in management from the University of Maryland. His key areas of interest are improving BSC sustainability and effective access to BSCs globally.