About Your Speakers
LogiPharma 2009 Confirmed Speakers Include:
Paul Clayton is a graduate of the University of Guelph where he received his BSc degree in Biochemistry. A native of Canada, Paul joined GlaxoSmithKline (GSK) in 1982 as a Laboratory Supervisor of Finished Products. Since then, Paul has held a number of increasingly responsible positions at the Company in the areas of New Products & Global Supply Logistics, European & North American Logistics, Information Technology for Research & Development, Commercial and Manufacturing. He also ran Manufacturing Management and Quality Control. Some of his previous roles have been, Head of Materials Management, Global ERP Head for SAP and Vice President, North American Logistics. Paul is currently located in Research Park, North Carolina and holds the position of Vice President, Global Logistics.
Bill McLaury is responsible for the supply chain management process used by Novartis as he leads the groups with operational responsibility for physical distribution, warehousing, transportation, international trade management, and also all supply chain project management (i.e. product launches, acquisitions, divestitures, etc.) He has been with Novartis for over 20 years in various supply chain management positions with increasing levels of responsibility.
John is a senior operations leader with over 20 years experience in the Pharmaceutical and Consumer Goods industries. He has a proven track record in improving customer service, delivering gross margin improvement and increasing asset effectiveness across a global supply network. This in-depth experience provides a unique perspective on utilizing branded and private-label product operations as strategic assets in driving company growth and profitability.
John is focused on assisting start-up and small high-growth companies in establishing and building viable virtual supply chain networks. As Vice President – Supply Chain for Myriad Pharmaceuticals, John is responsible for establishing operational processes and procedures and coordinating all supply chain matters for the company both internally and externally.
John was previously with Novartis as SVP / Head of Global Operations for the ‘Over the Counter’ business unit supporting sales across all global markets. Prior to this role, John was responsible for supply chain management of over $35B in global sales at Pfizer managing teams through two corporate transitions and continually improving customer service across a broad extended supply network. He also has extensive experience leading previous management consulting engagements with AT Kearney and Gemini focused on production and distribution process improvements.
John has a bachelor’s degree in Electrical Engineering degree from the University of Texas at Austin and an MBA from Southern Methodist University. He currently resides in Salt Lake City, Utah with his family and enjoys participating in a variety of civic activities.>
Dave is responsible for the standardization & optimization of quality systems (cGDPs), cold chain management and import-export compliance activities (FDA, USDA and EPA). He has been with Abbott for over 20 years, with the majority of time spent in bulk (API) manufacturing operations, manufacturing QA and plant maintenance & engineering.
Virginia Herold became executive officer of the Board of Pharmacy in January 2007. Prior to this appointment, Ms. Herold served as assistant executive officer of the Board for 16.5 years, and interim executive officer for seven months.
A graduate of the University of California, Ms. Herold holds Bachelor of Science and Master of Science degrees. Her education involved a blend of consumer protection, economics and textile chemistry. She has focused her career on consumer protection. Before coming to the Board, she served as publications editor for the Department of Consumer Affairs and manager of the Department of Consumer Affairs Legislation Office.
As executive officer, Ms. Herold works closely with and advises the 13 Board of Pharmacy members in the development of policy and in the administration of the board’s enforcement, licensing and regulatory programs to further the board’s consumer protection mandate. The Board regulates over 113,000 licensees in 14 separate regulatory programs including pharmacists, pharmacies and drug wholesalers. Since 2006, much of her time at the Board has been spent preparing for implementation of California’s electronic pedigree requirements for prescription drugs to prevent counterfeit drugs from entering pharmacies.
Brad has worked in the pharmaceutical industry for nearly 20 years. His current responsibilities include the Global Logistics Security program development and implementation for Pfizer, establishing standards and oversight of the movement of materials in over 130 countries around the world and with a multitude of third party logistics providers. In addition to cargo physical security programs, he has established the Customs-Trade Partnership Against Terrorism (C-TPAT) program in two major Pharma Tier 3 companies, and is working closely with TSA to establish the Certified Cargo Screening Program at Pfizer and in the pharmaceutical industry. Brad has also worked in other areas of Customs Compliance, including import / export operations establishing the Importer Self Assessment Program, and managing 9 active Foreign Trade Zones at his previous employer. Prior to working in the pharmaceutical industry, Brad served in the Army, and has a Masters Degree in Engineering Management from the University of Pennsylvania and an undergraduate degree from the United States Military Academy as West Point.
Geoffrey Glauser is currently working with Wyeth Pharmaceuticals in the Biotech Technology and Engineering area. Previously, he had worked in the Department of Health and Human Services on Project Bioshield as a Sr. Consultant with Tunnell Consulting Inc. In industrial positions, he has directed supply chain, biological, sterile and chemical manufacturing activities with Merck & Co. Inc. and Fisher Clinical Services for in-line, new product and clinical biological and pharmaceutical entities both domestically and internationally. A former Naval engineer, Mr. Glauser has a microbiology degree from Indiana University.
Joseph F. Shedlawski, CPIM is Operations Manager at Sultan Healthcare, one of the world’s leading manufacturers of infection control products, dental materials, preventives and oral therapeutics. As an active member of the senior management team, Joe’s focus is to drive growth, by adherence to the company’s mission statement and quality objectives. His responsibilities include Purchasing, Inventory, Supply Chain, and Customer Relations for inter-company as well as external customers. Joe has over 25 years of leadership experience in the field of Operations Management, in both plant and headquarters environments, in the pharmaceuticals, vaccines, consumer products, and medical devices businesses. Joe has extensive background in demand and capacity planning, supply chain management, procurement, logistics, customer service, and inventory management. He has led successful launches of major new products as well as company-wide performance metrics initiatives. He has implemented and continuously refined Sales and Operations Planning processes, thereby improving both customer service and the bottom line. Joe has a Bachelor of Science degree in Biology from Bucknell University, Lewisburg, PA, and an MBA in Finance with Honors from Iona College, New Rochelle, NY.
Joe is a long-time active member of APICS, the Association for Operations Management, and served on the Board of Directors for nine years, including a year as President and Chair of the Board in 2007. He is an APICS-certified CPIM Instructor as well as Train-the-Trainer Instructor. Joe teaches certification preparation courses and is also an Adjunct Lecturer at Bloomfield College. He has conducted many seminars and presentations for the Operations Management community, both nationally and internationally.
Jack Repsha joined the Novartis Pharmaceuticals Corporation (NPC) in September 2004 and headed up the Investigations section of the Security Department. In May 2008, Jack was appointed as the Director of Security for NPC. Jack’s responsibilities now include oversight and management of physical security, technical security, investigations, information security, records management, and executive protection. Prior to joining Novartis, Jack retired in September 2004 as a Captain from the New Jersey State Police, after serving for 25 years. Jack’s assignments included commanding the Major Crime Unit, the Criminal Investigation Bureau, and the Street Gang Bureau.
Ms. Dallas began serving her country as a United States Air Force Academy graduate, using her Biology/Pre-Medicine degree as a Healthcare Administrator and Medical Logistician with the United States Air Force, still serving her country as a Major with the 514th Aeromedical Evacuation Squadron today. While with the Air Force, her experiences led her to develop skills in Managed Care, Patient Administration, Resource Management, Medical Logistics, Facility Management, and Marketing…to include a Humanitarian Deployment to Haiti in support of Operation Uphold Democracy in 1999.
Joining the Defense Logistics Agency in 2000, Dana worked at length with vendors and beneficiaries alike in support of the National Mail Order Pharmacy program…focusing on information systems, data analysis, beneficiary eligibility, and customer support. Joining the Pharmaceutical Technical/Quality branch in 2003, Dana very quickly took over program management for DLA’s Vaccine and Cold Chain Management Programs. Taking on such initiatives as the Department of Defense Seasonal and Pandemic Influenza programs, as well as the Pharmaceutical and Medical-Surgical Prime Vendor programs has established DSCP as an industry benchmark for Cold Chain, as well as Ms. Dallas as the Department of Defense subject matter expert in Cold Chain Management.
Bob Celeste is a Director of GS1 Healthcare US. Mr. Celeste has more than 25 years of experience in business process and supply chain management in the healthcare, pharmaceutical and a variety of other industries. GS1 Healthcare US focuses on driving the adoption and implementation of GS1 standards in the healthcare industry to improve patient safety and supply chain efficiency.
Previously, Mr. Celeste lead the EPCglobal Inc. Healthcare and Life Sciences Industry Action Group focused on driving the adoption of Electronic Product Code™/Radio Frequency Identification (EPC/RFID) technology in the pharmacy, biologics, medical/surgical, and hospital sectors
With GS1 Healthcare US, Mr. Celeste is responsible for working with the U.S. healthcare industry to help improve patient safety and increase supply chain efficiency through the adoption and wide-scale implementation of GS1® global standards, with an emphasis on providing guidance on the adoption of EPC/RFID.
Prior to joining GS1 US, Mr. Celeste consulted to the retail, pharmaceutical, chemical, telecommunications, banking, investment, aerospace, manufacturing, research lab and utility industries on business process modeling and software development.
Walter Berghahn is Vice President – Packaging Technology, AmerisourceBergen Packaging Group (ABPG). From 2004 to the present, Walter supports ABPG companies in efforts to evaluate regulatory changes affecting operations and acts as liaison to Trade Associations and industry work groups on behalf of ABPG, including the HDMA Bar Code Task Force, GS1 Healthcare Users Group, Healthcare Compliance Packaging Council, leading efforts to evaluate serialization, pedigree and Track and Trace technologies as well as state and federal regulations for their implementation.
He serves as Chairman of the Board of Directors of the Healthcare Compliance Packaging Council – 1999-present, A not for profit trade association promoting the benefits of unit-of-use and compliance prompting packaging. He is currently leading HCPC’s effort to launch a compliance packaging study with MD Anderson Cancer Center, University of Texas, Houston.
Walter graduated from Rutgers University – College of Engineering – Packaging Engineering 1985. He has been working in the packaging industry for 24 years, the last 14 years solely within pharmaceuticals.
Jim Gannon is a security executive at Novartis Pharmaceuticals Corporation with over twenty five years of law enforcement experience interacting with local, state, federal and international law enforcement and intelligence communities. Jim maintains operational security under complex conditions and balances a combination of investigative expertise, management and leadership experience with excellent communication skills. Diplomatic, he is successful in high-level National Security and other Intelligence investigations and is a recognized expert in Major Case Management with extensive domestic and international training experience. He is an expert in Inter-Agency Liaison, Interviewing/ Interrogation, Strategic Investigations, Evidence Gathering, Intelligence Analysis, Utilization of Confidential Human Sources, Anti-Terrorism Techniques, Electronic Investigations, Undercover Investigations and Supervision/Motivation.
Michele Johnson, joins LogiPharma for the first time to moderate a very hot topic in the industry - managing your contracted relationships.
With more and more parts of the pharmaceutical supply chain being outsourced, this puts a strain on your current supply chain procedures and sometimes cause more challenges than it does help. This session will discuss: The importance of continually managing contracted relationships; remaining increasingly aware of supply chain developments within the industry; ensuring each node of your supply chain is in tact and running as efficiently as possible.
Michele Johnson has over 20 years of experience in the pharmaceutical industry of which 15 has focused on the management of supply chains both in a commercial and clinical environment. At Merck, she has been responsible for the selection, establishment and execution of supply chains utilizing both internal and external capabilities for new products. Michele has direct experience in capacity and capital management, inventory management, end-to-end supply chain optimization, ensuring trade and regulatory compliance during supply chain execution. Additionally, Michele developed manufacturing strategies for two new therapeutic areas as part of executive level global business strategy teams. She also has led various strategic initiative teams for Merck one of which earned best use of six sigma tools in the corporate awards program. After spending 15 years in the commercial side of supply chain management, Michele joined Merck’s research organization in February of 2009 to lead clinical supply management. Michele achieved her APICS certification in Production and Inventory Management and earned her MBA from Duke University’s Fuqua School of Business. She is involved in various professional and non-for-profit organizations including the Healthcare Businesswomen’s Association and ChemPharma. She also serves on the Montgomery County [PA]Workforce Investment Board and is a member of the executive committee for the Montgomery County Commission on Women and Families.
Discuss Business Continuity planning for the fall 2009 Flu season. The Threat of the Pandemic Swine flu has caused many organizations to put plans in place if large number of employees are unable to come to work due to being ill, or having to care for ill family members. Share best practices with your colleagues or come to learn what other organizations are doing to protect their employees, their customers and their businesses.
Michael Trocchia joined Novartis in 1984 as a process engineer at the facility in Summit NJ. He progressed to senior Process engineer in Chemical Development, overseeing the manufacture of Drug Substance used in clinical testing. Michael then took on the management of Commercial Drug Substance operations, then moving on to direct all Commercial Manufacturing at the Summit site before closing the site and moving operations to alternate facilities. Michael moved to the Suffern, NY site as head of Quality Management and Training. His current role is Supply Chain Project Management Director for all Product launches, Production transfers, and Life cycle management changes for the Novartis US Pharmaceutical business.
Andrew is the Health Industry Distributors Association's (HIDA) Vice President for Policy and Research. In this capacity he is responsible for leading and managing the government affairs, advocacy, communications, and research capacities of the association. Prior to joining HIDA, Andrew spent six years at The Advisory Board Company, a public, for-profit hospital/acute care consulting firm based in Washington, D.C. As a Director, Andrew worked with hospital management teams and boards of directors to deliver, present, and implement financial, operational, and human resource based consulting work and research. In addition to his experience at The Advisory Board Company, Andrew spent two years at the United States Department of Labor where he focused on health care and unemployment insurance issues.
Andrew received his bachelor's degree from Northeastern University in Boston and his master's degree in Economics from the University of Dublin, Trinity College in Ireland.
Joshua Bolin is the Field Services Senior Manager for the National Association of Boards of Pharmacy. NABP is an international organization whose membership includes every state board of pharmacy in the United States including the District of Columbia, boards of pharmacy in Guam, Puerto Rico, and the Virgin Islands, eight provincial pharmacy regulating agencies in Canada, two state boards of pharmacy in Australia, New Zealand, and South Africa.
The purpose of NABP is to: (1) assist the state boards of pharmacy in protecting the public health and welfare, (2) serve as an information and disciplinary clearinghouse for the interstate transfer of licensing among the state boards of pharmacy, and (3) provide model regulations in order to assist the state boards of pharmacy with the development of uniform practice, educational, and competency standards for the practice of pharmacy.
Josh joined NABP in late 2005 and is currently in charge of the Field Service Department. The Department provides: (1) field support to NABP's existing and future Accreditation programs by managing and overseeing surveyor activities; (2) legislative and regulatory support to the Boards of Pharmacy relative to NABP's accreditation programs and services; and (3) strategic planning and development for future NABP programs from a state relations perspective
Ron Lanton is the Industry Analyst at H. D. Smith whose primary responsibility is to oversee government relations and related activities for the corporation. Prior to joining H. D. Smith, Mr. Lanton worked for Stateside Associates; a government relations firm located in Arlington, Virginia. Mr. Lanton has several years of government relations experience which includes experience on the municipal, state and federal levels. He has a Bachelor of Arts degree from Miami University and a Juris Doctor from The Ohio State University Moritz College of Law. He is originally from Xenia, Ohio and now resides in Springfield, Illinois.
Kyle received his Doctor of Pharmacy from Purdue University. He is currently a Project Improvement Manager for PharmaTAP, which is an engagement program of the Purdue School of Pharmacy and Pharmaceutical Sciences and the Purdue Technical Assistance Program (TAP). His previous background includes staff pharmacy operations and multidisciplinary process improvement projects. He has actively participated and led many efforts in perioperative patient safety, medication reconciliation, and several Community Pharmacy patient safety initiatives. He is currently leading a large, two year, multi-center research grant regarding bar code medication administration (BCMA) technology implementation. Kyle’s experience and areas of focus include pharmacy practice and operations, committee leadership, group facilitation, and management and pharmacy operations process improvement.
Senior Special Agent Craig Thurber is currently assigned to the National Intellectual Property Rights (IPR) Coordination Center in the U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE), Department of Homeland Security, Washington D.C. The IPR Center is a multi-agency center responsible for coordinating a unified U.S. Government response regarding IPR enforcement issues. Particular emphasis is given to protecting the public health and safety of U.S. consumers, investigating major criminal organizations engaged in transnational IPR crime, and pursuing the illegal proceeds derived from sales of counterfeit merchandise
Agent Thurber transferred to Washington in 1998 as the National Program Manager in charge of State and Local Joint Operations. Agent Thurber also served as the ICE Interagency Coordinator at DHS Headquarters, West Coast Field Operations Manager and spent 2 years with the Washington D.C. based Special Investigations Unit.
Prior to transferring to Washington D.C., Agent Thurber was with the U.S. Customs Service in San Francisco, where he specialized in Commercial Fraud and Smuggling undercover operations. In the late 80’s and early 90’s Agent Thurber pioneered techniques in IPR investigations culminating with the first successful conviction for money laundering in a fraud case against a Chinese counterfeiter in (U.S. vs. YUKA INTERNATIONAL).
Agent Thurber has been with the federal government for more than 26 years, beginning his career as an officer in the U.S. Coast Guard stationed in Washington D.C. and Seattle. In 1987 he joined the U.S. Customs Special Agent in Charge office in San Francisco and has investigated marine smuggling, commercial fraud, trade embargo, money laundering and asset removal cases. In addition Agent Thurber spent 11 years as a U.S. Customs Vessel Commander.
Stuart H. Warnock is an Assistant Professor in the Department of Management, School of Business, Metropolitan State College of Denver. He earned his Ph.D. in Operations Management and is a certified Professional in Human Resources (PHR). His research focuses on the behavioral aspects of operations management and he has authored numerous articles, software, and contributions to texts in business statistics, human resource management, and industrial relations.
Paul Seaback is Vice President of Global Supply Chain at Medicis Pharmaceutical Corporation where he is responsible for planning and scheduling, warehousing, distribution and logistics, central purchasing, and oversight of contract manufacturing. Paul has been in supply chain and operations management in the pharmaceutical industry for 15 years at both specialty and generic companies such as Sandoz, Cardinal, Mayne and Hospira, serving in leadership roles at the plant level. His experiences include the implementation of successful strategies that address contemporary challenges facing pharmaceutical companies in the areas of drug product, API, devices, and biologics.
Mark Wiesman has more than 20 years of broad staff and line management experience including finance, public accounting, consulting, information technology, operations management and general management. Wiesman has a master’s in business administration from Northwestern University’s Kellogg Graduate School of Management. He has extensive experience in strategic planning, mergers and acquisitions, financial modeling, systems implementation and manufacturing and distribution management. Prior to joining DDN in 2007, Wiesman was vice president and general manager of a plastics medical products business.
Michael Bartholomew joined DDN in 2006. He has more than 17 years of broad life science sales and management experience including primary care sales, hospital sales, sales training, government account management, managed care, large Group-Purchasing Organization account management, and developing specialty sales teams. Bartholomew worked for Pfizer, Pharmacia, and Baxter before becoming vice president of sales & marketing at a small commercial concern in Wisconsin. He led them to considerable growth, which allowed them to be acquired. Bartholomew served as DDN's Director of Sales & Account Management before his promotion in 2007. Bartholomew proudly served in the United States Air Force as an aviator, holding the rank of Captain. He flew 33 combat and close-combat support missions during Desert Storm. He received his bachelor’s degree in economics from Indiana University and his master’s of science degree in (healthcare) administration from Central Michigan University, where he graduated with honors.
As Vice President of Life Sciences, North America, Scott Cubbler is responsible for operational performance and developing the growth strategy for Exel’s Life Sciences business unit. Prior to assuming this role in 2006, Scott worked for the company’s Consumer business unit as senior director of Western region operations and director of operations in the Northeast.
Scott came to Exel in 2001 after serving as vice president, operations, for Webvan Group. Previously, he spent 12 years at McMaster-Carr Supply Company in several positions including director of physical distribution.
Scott graduated from the University of Pennsylvania with a Bachelor of Science in Industrial Systems Engineering. He is a member of the Consumer Healthcare Products Association and the Healthcare Distribution Management Association.
Jürgen has 17 years of management consulting experience advising multinational clients on Business Transformation, IT Strategy and Systems Integration. He has worked for multinationals in Europe and in the USA in Life Sciences (Roche, Novartis, Serono, Warner Lambert, Allergan) High Tech (Intel, Siemens, AEG) and Telecommunications (Deutsche Telekom).
Jürgen has a profound consulting leadership expertise with global management responsibility as board member at Lodestone and at Big 5 Consulting Company leading a strategic account. In addition he managed the pharmaceutical and technology strategy practice in Switzerland. He is recognized as a trusted adviser for his c-level clients in IT and Business.
Dean Hart serves as Executive Vice President of NanoGuardian, a division of NanoInk, Inc. A pharmaceutical industry veteran with over 25 years of experience, Mr. Hart most recently served as Senior Vice President Sales at Takeda Pharmaceuticals North America where he led a sales force numbering in excess of 2,500 in successfully meeting sales and profit goals. Prior to joining Takeda, he served as President of Sequest Technologies, a healthcare software company, and as National Sales Director for Eisai, Inc., where he built the sales organization and successfully launched Eisai’s first product in the U.S. pharmaceutical marketplace. Mr. Hart began his career at Bristol-Myers Squibb where he held positions of increasing responsibility in the sales and marketing departments. Mr. Hart received a B.S. degree in Business Management from Indiana University and a Masters of Business Administration degree from the Kellogg school of Management at Northwestern University.
Pat Anderson has been with Take Supply Chain for over three years and has over 25 years experience in software product development, consulting, manufacturing, and supply chain management. He brings a wealth of industry knowledge and business acumen to Take Supply Chain.
Prior to joining Take Supply Chain, Pat held management positions in various manufacturing and distribution companies. His career has also including working with two of the “Big Six”, Computer Sciences Corporation and Oracle Corporation. He received his Bachelor of Science and Masters of Business Administration degrees from Eastern New Mexico University and resides in the Austin Texas area.
Nick Basta is founder and editor of Pharmaceutical Commerce, a recently launched business publication focused on business strategies for pharmaceutical marketing, distribution and reimbursement. The magazine is published by Healthcare Commerce Media Corp.
Nick has been involved with business publishing for over 25 years. Previously, he was Vice President, Editorial, at VerticalNet, Inc., one of the early business-to-business Internet startups, where he managed a staff of 55 editors overseeing 57 business and professional websites. Before that, he was a senior editor and business manager at McGraw-Hill Cos., where he analyzed engineering and technical issues on process manufacturing, information technology and other topics. Over his career, he has been a prolific writer on business and technology issues, including six books, and was an adjunct professor at the Columbia University School of Journalism and the New School for Social Research.