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2012 Speakers Include:
Dr. Lamar Alani
Dr. Lamar Alani
Vice President Pharmaceutical Products and Technology Development
Alcon Laboratories

A visionary leader and scientist with more than 20 years experience in the pharmaceutical industry, Laman Alani has led both small, basic research efforts and complex, global commercial initiativ... [ view bio ]

Greg Liposky
Greg Liposky
General Manager / VP Frederick Manufacturing Site
MedImmune

Mr. Gregory Liposky is currently the Vice President and General Manager, Site Operations of MedImmune, Frederick Manufacturing Center. This organization is responsible for providing and supporti... [ view bio ]

Chester Zelaya
Chester Zelaya
Plant General Manager – Baxter BioScience
Baxter

Michael Kamarck
Michael Kamarck
President, Merck BioVentures & Senior Vice President, Vaccines and Biologics Manufacturing
Merck

Michael E. Kamarck, Ph.D. joined Merck in 2009 as President of Merck BioVentures and SVP of Vaccines and Biologics Manufacturing. As leader of Merck BioVentures, Mike is responsible for Merck's g... [ view bio ]

Sarah Thomas
Sarah Thomas
Vice President, Quality
Human Genome Sciences

Bernard Huyghe
Bernard Huyghe
Senior Director, External Supply - Pharmaceutical Sciences, Biotherapeutics & Vaccines Outsourcing
Pfizer

Roberto Darienzo
Roberto Darienzo
Former VP Latin America
Merck Inc.
USA

Robert Lechich
Robert Lechich
Director, Operational Excellence
Pfizer

Paul Stojanovski
Paul Stojanovski
Executive Director, Quality & Compliance
Teva

Paul Stojanovski has an Honors Bachelor of Science in Biochemistry and Chemistry degree from the University of Toronto and is a Chartered Chemist within the Province of Ontario. He has worked in... [ view bio ]

David Greeley
David Greeley
VP of GMP Compliance
CIS

Justin Neway
Justin Neway
Senior VP and Chief Science Officer
Aegis Analytical Corporation

Troy Fugate
Troy Fugate
Vice President
Compliance Insight

With approximately 25 years industry experience and as President of Quality Assurance, Troy Fugate works with companies nationally and globally in the dietary supplements, cosmetics and food indu... [ view bio ]

Gene Sacco
Gene Sacco
Director Operation Management
Pfizer -Global External Supply

James Evans
James Evans
Associate Director
Novartis/MIT Center for Continuous Manufacturing

Thomas Friedli
Thomas Friedli
Managing Director Chair of Production Management
University of St. Gallen

Mark Sutcliffe
Mark Sutcliffe
Senior Vice President
CDC Software International

John MacKay
John MacKay
Senior Director Field Marketing
Waters Corporation

Prabir K. Basu
Prabir K. Basu
Executive Director
National Institute for Pharmaceutical Technology and Education

John Hollenbach
John Hollenbach
President & CEO
Doe & Ingalls

John Sauers
John Sauers
Program Manager, Business Learning Solutions, Business Excellence
Abbott Laboratories

Paul Dupont
Paul Dupont
Director, Business Development North America
Ropack Inc

Cheryl Li
Cheryl Li
Director of External Technology, Innovation & Strategic Partnership
Johnson & Johnson

TBC
TBC
TBC
Kepner Tregoe

Melissa Seymour
Melissa Seymour
Senior Director, Global Quality
Biogen Idec

A Senior Representative TBA
A Senior Representative TBA

National Health Surveillance Agency (Anvisa)
Brazil

Thomas Daszkowski
Thomas Daszkowski
Vice President, Process Technology Healthcare
Bayer

 

2011 Speakers Included:
Alan Glazer
Alan Glazer
Director, Business Systems and Strategy
Baxter Bioscience

Alan Glazer has been with Baxter since 1999 in several positions in the areas of Quality, Manufacturing, and Operational Excellence. He is currently responsible for the creation and management of... [ view bio ]

Nazeli Dertsakian
Nazeli Dertsakian
IQP Head BiopharmOps
Novartis Pharma
USA

Nazeli Dertsakian has over 15 years of experience in the biotech industry and has been with Novartis Pharmaceuticals Corporation since 2008 as the head of Operational Excellence. In her career, N... [ view bio ]

David Powell
David Powell
Partner
A.T. Kearney, Inc.

David M. Powell is a Vice President and Partner of A.T. Kearney, Inc. He has 17+ years of industry and consulting experience primarily in the Consumer Goods, Pharmaceutical and Medical Device ind... [ view bio ]

David Hanfland
David Hanfland
Partner
A.T. Kearney, Inc.

David Hanfland is a senior partner in A.T. Kearney’s Healthcare and Operations practices. He has been advising clients on topics including supply chain management, manufacturing strategy, m... [ view bio ]

Dr Francis Beideman
Dr Francis Beideman
R&D Project Manager
SGS Life Science Services

Francis Beideman is Research and Development Project Manager at SGS Life Science Services in Fairfield, New Jersey. Dr. Beideman has over 30 years experience in the development, validation and i... [ view bio ]

Nelson Lugo
Nelson Lugo
Sr. Director, Manufacturing
Amylin Pharmaceuticals
USA

Nelson M. Lugo is the Senior Director, Manufacturing for AMYLIN Pharmaceuticals, Inc., a San Diego, California based biopharmaceutical firm particularly focused on the therapeutic potential of ne... [ view bio ]

Aaron Vernon
Aaron Vernon
Director, Cost & Schedule Engineering
MedImmune
USA

Aaron Vernon is the Associate Director of Cost & Schedule Engineering for MedImmune, LLC. Currently responsible for implementation of processes and procedures regarding project inception, pr... [ view bio ]

Michael W. Curran-Hays
Michael W. Curran-Hays
Senior Partner, Life Science
Kepner-Tregoe
USA

Michael coordinates Life Science operations for Kepner-Tregoe (KT) globally with focus on Pharmaceutical, Medical Device, Biotechnology, Generic and the Health Care provider industries. Michael s... [ view bio ]

David Greeley
David Greeley
VP, Manufacturing Compliance
Compliance Implementation Services, LLC

David Greeley is VP, Manufacturing Compliance at CIS. David brings more than 20 years of global pharmaceutical experience to CIS including sales, marketing and account management. He has been re... [ view bio ]

Roberto Darienzo
Roberto Darienzo
Former VP Latin America
Merck, Inc
USA

Roberto Darienzo graduated in 1982 as Industrial Engineer from FEI University in Brazil and MBA from Mackenzie University in 1985, started his career in Rhone-Poulenc Chemical and Textile divisio... [ view bio ]

Dr Fadia AlKhalil
Dr Fadia AlKhalil
Head of Global Business Development
SGS Life Science Services

Sean O'Reilly
Sean O'Reilly
Air Filtration Segment Specialist, Cleanroom and Bio-Pharma Applications
Camfil Farr

Sean is the Global Director of Cleanroom and Bio-Pharma Segment for Camfil Farr. In 1983, Sean started his career with Ireland-based Allied Filters and Pumps in the manufacturing area. Allied Fil... [ view bio ]

Tomm Frungillo
Tomm Frungillo
VP Focus Markets & Latin America Sales
Camfil Farr

Tomm is currently Camfil Farr APC's VP of Focus Markets and Latin America Sales. He has been employed at CF APC since 2000, serving as a general industry Regional Manager for his first three year... [ view bio ]

Mark Sutcliffe
Mark Sutcliffe
Senior Vice President
CDC Software International
USA

Mark Sutcliffe has served as Senior Vice President of CDC Software International and President of CDC Factory, one of CDC Software’s Enterprise Divisions, since October 2006. Mr. Sutcliffe ... [ view bio ]

Jason Dickens
Jason Dickens
Manager, Real Time Release
GSK

Dr. Dickens has been with GlaxoSmithKline since 2004 as a key leader in the development of process analytical technology strategies and enabling of real-time analysis capabilities across R&... [ view bio ]

Jeff C. Basham
Jeff C. Basham
Vice President, Business Development
Metrics, Inc.
USA

Dr Tobias Massa
Dr Tobias Massa
VP, Global Regulatory Sciences, Chemistry Manufacturing & Control (CMC)
Bristol-Myers Squibb
USA

Tobias (Toby) Massa, Ph.D., is Vice President Global Regulatory Sciences-CMC and Global Regulatory Operations for the Bristol-Myers Squibb Company. He is responsible for establishment and execut... [ view bio ]

Robert Patullo
Robert Patullo
Vice President
O'Brien & Gere
USA

Mr. Patullo has over 29 years of design and construction experience. His expertise includes construction management for design-build, project management, planning, scheduling, procurement, opera... [ view bio ]

Steven Mongiardo
Steven Mongiardo
Senior Director of Facilities Management
Merck & Co., Inc.
USA

Steve Mongiardo has been with Merck & Co., Inc. for 25 years, currently as Senior Director of Facilities Management, West Point, PA. He is responsible for Facilities, Infrastructure, and Uti... [ view bio ]

Wim Spook
Wim Spook
Pharmaceutical Development Director
Matcon IBC
USA

Wim Spook (BSc Engineering) is a professional powder handling specialist working in hygiene business environments for many years, and for the last 3 years for Matcon Ltd in the UK focusing on the... [ view bio ]

Peter Thompson
Peter Thompson
AVP
Sanofi Pasteur
USA

Peter Thompson has held leadership positions in technology development and transfer, project management, and operations within the pharmaceutical and vaccine industry for over 20 years. He has b... [ view bio ]

Dan Ruble
Dan Ruble
VP Sales & Marketing
Matcon Inc.
USA

Dan Ruble has more than fifteen years of experience in providing solutions for handling and processing powders. A primary focus of Dan’s work in recent years has been helping clients to br... [ view bio ]

Larry Balcom
Larry Balcom
Senior Technical Consultant
Invensys
USA

Larry is a Senior Technical Sales Consultant with over 25 years of experience in manufacturing support, control system design and integration, technology development, reactor design, and pilot pl... [ view bio ]

Brian Vogel
Brian Vogel
Director, Global Information Software Solutions Team
Rockwell Automation
USA

Brian Vogel brings nearly 20 years of broad-based technology adoption experience within the health care and related consumer goods fields. Brian is responsible maintaining senior client relations... [ view bio ]

Tim Largen
Tim Largen
Director of Operations, Technology Transfer
Dendreon Corporation
USA

Tim Largen is a technical operations and manufacturing start-up leader serving Dendreon Corporation as the company rapidly expands its cellular immunotherapy manufacturing capabilities and pipeli... [ view bio ]

Robert Mancuso
Robert Mancuso
Director Operations, Quality
Sanofi Pasteur
USA

Robert Mancuso has been employed at Sanofi Pasteur Limited (Connaught Campus - Canada) since 01 Jan 1997. The positions that he has held include Auditor, Manager, Senior Manager and Deputy Direc... [ view bio ]

John MacKay
John MacKay
Senior Director, Americas Marketing
Waters Corporation

John MacKay holds a Ph.D. from the University of Vermont in chemistry. During the late 70’s and early 80’s he held positions at several colleges and universities teaching organic, bio... [ view bio ]

John Hollenbach
John Hollenbach
President & CEO
Doe & Ingalls
USA

John Hollenbach is President & CEO of specialty chemical service provider and supply chain service consultancy Doe & Ingalls. During his 18+ years at the company, he has helped hundreds o... [ view bio ]

Anne Renton
Anne Renton
Senior Quality Consultant
Eli Lilly
USA

Anne Renton joined Eli Lilly in October 2002 as a Quality Engineer. She was promoted to a Quality Consultant in 2007. With over fifteen years experience in Quality and manufacturing prior to join... [ view bio ]

David Mills
David Mills
Senior Director, MES & Automation
Xcellerex
USA

Frederico França Giunchetti
Frederico França Giunchetti
Director, Engineering & Process Improvement
Sandoz

Frederico Giunchetti graduated in Electrical Engineering and post-graduated and gained a Master of Science in Automation and Industrial Electrical Systems. He currently functions as Engineering a... [ view bio ]

Corby Nicholson
Corby Nicholson
Director, Operations
Nordion
Canada

Corby Nicholson has over 19 years of diverse industry experience and for the last 12 years has been at the Nordion Ottawa site in various roles including Director of Manufacturing Support and Dir... [ view bio ]

James Evans
James Evans
Associate Director, Novartis/MIT Center for Continuous Manufacturing
MIT

Dr Evans received his PhD in Chemical and Process Engineering from Herriot Watt University and an MS in Instrumentation and Analytical Chemistry from UMIST. In addition to this he completed postd... [ view bio ]

Anne-Marie Schember
Anne-Marie Schember
Director
Mannkind Corporation
USA

Anne Marie Schember is Director of Transportation & Logistic Services reporting into Supply Chain at MannKind Corp. She is a global professional with a comprehensive record of success improv... [ view bio ]

Kevin Stultz
Kevin Stultz
Director, Operations and Sales
UniFirst Corporation
USA

Presently Director of Operations and Sales at UniClean Cleanroom Services. Have held positions in sales, quality, operations, and management at UniClean and other companies during my career. ... [ view bio ]

Tim Kvanvig
Tim Kvanvig
Senior Director, Oracle Industry Business Unit - Life Sciences
Oracle

Tim Kvanvig is life science industry director for Oracle and has thirty years of experience in pharmaceutical information and technology. He has held senior executive IT leadership roles includi... [ view bio ]

William Stearns
William Stearns
Oracle Supply Chain Consultant
Essex Grove Consulting
USA

Bill Stearns is an Oracle Supply Chain Consultant working primarily with Life Sciences companies. Bill is extremely well versed in the Oracle Process Manufacturing product and brings a unique pe... [ view bio ]

Grant Brock
Grant Brock
Director of Manufacturing and Engineering
Teva Pharmaceuticals
USA

Enrique Dilone
Enrique Dilone
VP, Technical Operations
Amicus Therapeutics
USA

Dirk E. Stevens
Dirk E. Stevens
VP of Quality and Regulatory Compliance
Covidien

Dr. Stevens has 25 years of experience in the medical products industry and has been with Covidien-Pharmaceuticals (Mallinckrodt) for over four years where he has held positions in both manufactu... [ view bio ]

Mike Wise
Mike Wise
Partner
AT Kearney

Michael Wise is A.T. Kearney’s lead for Sustainability in the Americas, and the lead partner for the Boston office. He has fifteen years of consulting experience, spanning strategic and ope... [ view bio ]

Axel Erhard
Axel Erhard
Principal
AT Kearney

Axel Erhard is a Principal with A.T. Kearney’s Pharma & Healthcare Practice in the New York office. He is with the firm for 11 years focusing on strategy and operational improvement pro... [ view bio ]

Elizabeth Dunn
Elizabeth Dunn
Director, Validation
Boehringer Ingelheim
USA

Elizabeth Dunn is a Quality/Validation professional with over 26 years experience in the pharmaceutical and biotechnology industries. She is a graduate of the University of Missouri with a deg... [ view bio ]

Paul Stanley
Paul Stanley
Sr. Director, Quality
Genzyme
USA

Yasmeen Muhammad
Yasmeen Muhammad
Senior Consultant, Global Pharmaceutical Manufacturing and GMP
Compliance Implementation Services, LLC

During the past nine years, Yasmeen has worked as a quality assurance associate, quality control lead chemist and quality control analyst. She has worked at two manufacturing sites where she gain... [ view bio ]

Sue Oaks
Sue Oaks
Partner
A.T. Kearney, Inc.

Beth Junker
Beth Junker
Sr Scientific Director
Merck, Inc

Beth Junker is currently Senior Scientific Director in the BioProcess Development group at Merck Research Laboratories. She has 22 years experience in the pharmaceutical industry in process devel... [ view bio ]

Randy Tatlock
Randy Tatlock
Manager of Customer Development
Aegis Analytical Corporation
USA

Randy Tatlock is currently the Manager of Customer Development at Aegis Analytical Corporation. He has more than 25 years of experience in manufacturing, process control, manufacturing informati... [ view bio ]

Thomas Friedli
Thomas Friedli
Managing Director Chair of Production Management
University of St.Gallen

Thomas Friedli’s main research focus is the Management of Manufacturing Enterprises. His area of expertise is in Operational Excellence in the Pharmaceutical Industry, Collaboration Managem... [ view bio ]

Gary Butler
Gary Butler
Head of Asset Management Europe
AstraZeneca

Gary Butler is currently Head of Asset Management Europe at AstraZeneca. The Asset Management Europe group is accountable for asset maintenance and utilities operations for a range of Pharmaceu... [ view bio ]

Kari Sandvold
Kari Sandvold
Head of Production and Director Process Development & Technology Transfer
Orexo

Kari Sandvold, M.Sc. Pharm. joined Orexo 2003 as a Technology Transfer Project Manager. Orexo is a Swedish Pharmaceutical Company based in Uppsala. Was promoted to Head of Production and Director... [ view bio ]