Basile joined ASTM International in 2004 and has participated in multiple committees. He is very active in the committee on primary barrier packing (F02). He also serves on the F02.90 executive subcommittee through his position as the F02.80 subcommittee chair on liaisons. Additionally, he cochairs a task group on the cleanliness of medical devices (F04.15.17) and is the technical contact for the development of multiple standards of the committee on medical and surgical materials and devices (F04) related to cleaning methods for reusable medical devices.

Basile completed a bachelor’s in political economy at Kalamazoo College in 1981 and an MBA in marketing from the University of Michigan in 1988.