Dr. Harvey Rubin & Alice Conant
Energize the Chain
Dr. Harvey Rubin, MD, PhD, Director, Energize the Chain Dr. Harvey Rubin is Professor of Medicine at the University of Pennsylvania with secondary appointments in the Departments of Microbiology, Biochemistry and Computer and Information Sciences. His research on the basic biolog...

Crimson & Co

John Spink, MSU A-CAPPP, PhD, Douglas C. Moyer, CPP, PhD-ABD & Justin Heinonen, PhD
Anti-Counterfeiting and ProductProtection Program (A-CAPPP), Michigan State University
John Spink, MSU A-CAPPP, PhD (SPINKJ@msu.edu), Douglas C. Moyer, CPP, PhD-ABD (MOYERDO1@msu.edu), and Justin Heinonen, PhD (Heinone4@msu.edu).  

Kevin Payne & Peter Norton
Intelleflex Corporation

John Ackerman
Chairman, South African Refrigerated Distribution (SARDA)
 

Elena Adusei
Supply Chain Director Russia & CIS, Johnson & Johnson
Elena Adusei is supply chain accomplished leader with efficient change management skills and 8?years track record of inspiring teams and delivering significant results in highly regulated markets environment. Currently Elena holds position of Supply Chain Director Russia & CIS of Jan...

Dave Alberts
Director, Crimson & Co
With over 20 years of experience designing, managing and delivering complex change programmes, with a focus on manufacturing and planning, Dave Alberts works at all levels to develop and deliver change programmes on time, within budget and with sustainable results. Dave's project e...

Claude Ammann
Director, Claude Ammann Consulting
Claude is Managing Director of Claude Ammann Consulting, a company to assist pharmaceutical and biotech firms that wish to enhance their quality capabilities. He holds a Ph. D. in Sciences from the EPFL, Lausanne, Switzerland and has over 25 years of experience in the Pharmaceutical a...

Claude Ammann
Managing Director, Claude Ammann Consulting
Claude is Managing Director of Claude Ammann Consulting, a company to assist pharmaceutical and biotech firms that wish to enhance their quality capabilities. He holds a Ph. D. in Sciences from the EPFL, Lausanne, Switzerland and has over 25 years of experience in the Pharmaceutica...

Jim Bacon
SSenior Director, Global Demand Planning & Customer Operations, Grifols Inc.
Jim is Senior Director, Global Demand Planning & Customer Operations at Grifols, Inc, in Research Triangle Park, North Carolina.  Reporting to the President – Sales & Commercial Operations, Jim has responsibility for Global S&OP Demand Management, international customer operat...

Jim Bacon
Senior Director, Global Demand Planning and Customer Operations, Talecris Biotherapeutics
Jim is Senior Director, Global Demand Planning & Customer Operations at Talecris Biotherapeutics, Inc., at their head office in Research Triangle Park, North Carolina. Reporting to the EVP Global Commercial Operations, Jim has responsibility for Global S&OP Demand Management, interna...

Fadi Badr
Logistic Manager, Mersaco

Luiz Barberini
Industrial Supply Chain and Logistics, Nycomed, Brazil
Luiz Barberini, works in Supply Chain and Logistics at Nycomed Pharma in Brazil, responsible for the transportation and distribution of temperature sensitive pharmaceuticals in South America. Luiz has worked in companies such as Rhone Poulenc, Souza Cruz / British American Tobacco, Pf...

Luiz Barberini
Industrial Supply Chain and Logistics, Nycomed, Brazil
Luiz Barberini, works in Supply Chain and Logistics at Nycomed Pharma in Brazil, responsible for the transportation and distribution of temperature sensitive pharmaceuticals in South America. Luiz has worked in companies such as Rhone Poulenc, Souza Cruz / British American Tobacco, Pf...

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Hassan Bibi
Regional Regulatory Affairs Director NEWAAT, Janssen Pharmaceutical companies of Johnson and Jo

Lindsay Botham
Cold Chain Manager, Department of Health South Africa

Chris Brogan
Author, Trust Agents
Chris Brogan is President of New Marketing Labs, a new media marketing agency and home of the Inbound Marketing Summit conferences and Inbound Marketing Bootcamp educational events. He works with large and mid-sized companies to improve online business communications like marketing...

Riekert Bruinink
Group Chairman of the PIC/S GDP Working Group, Member of the EMEA GDP Draft, Dutch Health Care Inspectorate
Riekert Bruinink was awarded a MSc degree and a PharmD degree by the University of Utrecht, the Netherlands. From 1981 until 1987 he worked as pharmasist in several public pharmacies. In 1987 he joined the Drug Inspectorate and in 1995 the Health Care Inspectorate in the Netherlands....

Mr. Riekert Bruinink
Group Chairman of the PIC/S GDP Working Group, Member of the EMEA GDP Drafting, Dutch Health Care Inspectorate
Dr. Riekert Bruinink is Chairman of the PIC/S GDP Working Group and Member of the EMEA GDP Drafting Group at the Dutch Healthcare Inspectorate, currently supporting the re-drafting of the EMEA Good Distribution Practices (GDP) regulations. Dr. Bruinink held various positions, includ...

Rien Bruinzeel
Green Harbour Advisory
Rein Bruinzeel, a logistics practitioner in the pharma industry for 20 years, explains a step by step thought process how to choose the right packaging and the right forwarding partner for your perishable pharmaceutical. Many risks exist, many factors to consider. Mr Bruinzeel shar...

American Airlines Cargo Business Insights

Jim Butschli
Editor, Healthcare Packaging
A veteran journalist with 28 years of trade publication experience, including 23 in packaging, Jim Butschli is responsible for editorial planning, writing, and editing for print, Web, and electronic publications produced by Healthcare Packaging and Packaging World, published by Chi...

Carlos Castro
Cold Chain / Transportation Project Manager, Bayer Healthcare
Carlos is the Cold Chain / Transportation Project Manager for Bayer Healthcare at Berkeley and provides expertise in temperature-controlled logistics, transportation, packaging and supply chain. He has more than 12 years of combined experience in the US, Europe and Latin America. C...

Boriana Cavicchia
PRTM Management Consultants
Boriana Cavicchia is the Director of Systems Quality at the American Red Cross, Biomedical Division. She is responsible for providing compliance oversight related to all major projects within the organization. Boriana has over 15 years of experience in quality, validation, compli...

David L. Chandler
MIT News Office

Andrea Charles
Editor at Cold Chain IQ

Andrea Charles
Editor, Pharma IQ

Karan Chechi
Research Director, TechSci Research

Jim Chrzan
Publisher, Healthcare Packaging
Jim is the Publisher of Healthcare Packaging. Follow Jim on Twitter at @packagingtrends Jim can be reached at jchrzan@summitmediagroup.com or 847-830-2915

William Cohen, Ph.D.
President, The Institute of Leader Arts
Bill Cohen was Peter Drucker’s first executive Ph.D. graduate at what is now the Peter F. Drucker and Masatoshi Ito Graduate School of Management. His latest books are Drucker on Leadership (Jossey-Bass, 2010) and Heroic Leadership: Leading with Integrity and Honor (Jossey-Bass, 20...

Steve Crom
Valeocon, Valeocon
Steve Crom is a partner at Valeocon and a recognised expert on supply chain management and innovation. He is based in New York and can be reached at Steve.Crom@valeocon.com.  

Maria D'Orazio
Distribution Manager, Bristol Myers Squibb, Italy
Maria D’Orazio holds the position of Distribution Senior Manager, EMEA & Asia Pacific New Launches/Cold chain Expert in Bristol Myers Squibb. In this position she ensures that all actual distribution and transportation activities for new product launches in EMEA, AsiaPac and all othe...

Nitin Dahad
Senior technology marketing and media specialist, consultant, advisor and non-executive director, TechSpark Limited
Nitin Dahad is Senior technology marketing and media specialist at TechSpark Limited Nitin is an established business communicator, knowing how to turn complex business/technology issues into messages that can be understood by both financial and technical audiences.

Eelco de Jong
Founder and Managing Director, Antaris Solutions
Mr. De Jong is leading the sales and marketing activities at Antaris Solutions. Mr. De Jong founded Antaris after serving as Director Marketing & Business Development at Ambient Systems, the global pioneer in wireless sensor networking. At Ambient Mr. De Jong developed a global cha...

Monika Derecque-Pois
Director General, GIRP

Dr. Modibo Dicko
Coordinator, Optimize Project,, World Health Organization
Dr Modibo Dicko is an engineer with a doctoral degree in thermodynamics and energetics from the University of Perpignan, France, and a MSc degree in energy engineering from the Polytechnic Institute of Belarus, Minsk, Belarus (former USSR). He was trained in solar energy at the Univer...

Dr. Ruxandra Draghia-Akli
Director of the Health Directorate at the Research DG, European Commission
Dr. Ruxandra Draghia-Akli (MD, PhD) is Director of the Health Directorate at the Research DG of the European Commission. Previously, Ruxandra Draghia-Akli served as Vice President of Research at VGX Pharmaceuticals (now Inovio) and VGX Animal Health. Dr. Draghia’s research...

Sumit Dutta
Digital Marketing Manager
Sumit Dutta is the Digital Marketing Manager for IQPC's online B2B communities: the IQ portals. Since 2010, Sumit has launched, established and managed the Pharma IQ, Cold Chain IQ, Energy IQ and Oil & Gas IQ sites and communities. Follow Sumit Dutta on Twitter Sumit Du...

Jacques Dysli
Supply Chain Operations SA
Jacques Dysli has 20 years of experience covering several industries, 3 continents and various functions. During his career Jacques has been awarded operational responsibilities in both Operations and Commercial departments, giving him a unique understanding of all the processes ar...

Mark Edwards
Global Freight Manager, Actavis
Mark is currently the Global Freight Manager for Actavis and is responsible for all freight activity as well as being involved in setting the strategy in this area. Mark is also responsible fo Actavis marine insurance, Incoterms and some aspects of security. H...

Richard Ellinger
President, Temperature Assurance Group
Richard Ellinger is currently President of Temperature Assurance Group, a cold-chain consultancy. He is the former Global Director of Marketing and Business Development at ThermoSafe Brands. He holds an MBA from the University of Notre Dame, and is an Executive Advisory Board member a...

Richard Ellinger
President, Temperature Assurance Group
Richard Ellinger is currently President of Temperature Assurance Group, a cold-chain consultancy. He is the former Global Director of Marketing and Business Development at ThermoSafe Brands. He holds an MBA from the University of Notre Dame, and is an Executive Advisory Board member a...

Richard Ellinger
President, Temperature Assurance Group
Richard Ellinger is currently President of Temperature Assurance Group, a cold-chain consultancy. He is the former Global Director of Marketing and Business Development at ThermoSafe Brands. He holds an MBA from the University of Notre Dame, and is an Executive Advisory Board member a...

Richard Ellinger
President, Temperature Assurance Group
Richard Ellinger is Principal at Temperature Assurance Group, a Cold Chain Research, Training, Consulting and Packaging Solutions organization. He has been active as a Cold Chain Supplier since 2005 working first with ThermoSafe Brands and now with TAG.  His sup...

Jean-Pierre Ph.D. Emond
Director, Cold Chain Research, Georgia Institute of Technology

Cristina Falcão
- Lawyer – Portuguese Catholic University Lisbon (own practice – 1992 – 2003) Published Law Articles (in Portuguese) http://www.box.net/shared/ru12sn0tgk - Pharmaceutical Manager /Chief Science Officer/ Change Manager (2003 – current)  At Farmácia F., Portug...

Shirley Ann Feld
Associate Director, Global Quality, Supply Chain, Sanofi-Aventis
Shirley Ann Feld qualified as a pharmacist in England and worked in community pharmacy for several years. In 1989 she became Head of the Regulatory Affairs department of a CRO (clinical research organisation) in Germany. In 1992 she started working for Hoechst in Frankfurt, Germany...

Laurent Foetisch
Managing Director, Supply Chain Operations
Laurent Foetisch is Founder and Managing Director of Supply Chain Operations SA, formerly Vice President of Global Supply Chain for Merck Serono and Serono for over 20 years. Laurent founded Supply Chain Operations SA in June 2011 to provide operational supply chain suppo...

Dr Mary Foster
Chair, Packaging and Storage Expert Committee, Unites States Pharmacopeia
In May 2011, Dr. Foster began working with Aphena Pharma Solutions as the corporate VP Quality and Regulatory Affairs. Aphena is a contract pharmaceutical manufacturer and packager. Prior to this she was the VP Quality for Catalent, also a contract pharma manufacturer and packager. ...

Mary Foster
US Pharmacopeia

Christoph Frick
Head of Quality Assurance and Pharmaceutical Development, KohlPharma

Pat Furlan
Market Development Engineering Manager, STMicroelectronics
Pat Furlan is with STMicroelectronics based in Schaumburg, Illinois.  In his role as Market Development Engineering Managerfor theHealthcare Sector, Pat is responsible for  aligning ST’s technology portfolio and product roadmap into system solutions for the Healthcar...

Geoffrey Glauser
U.S. Department of Health & Human Services (HHS)
Geoffrey Glauser is a K.W. Tunnell Contractor in support of the Manufacturing, Facilities, and Engineering Division of the Biomedical Advancement Research Development Authority (BARDA) in the Office of the Assistant Secretary for Preparedness and Response (ASPER) within the U.S Dep...

Geoffrey Glauser
Biomedical Advanced Research and Development Authority (BARDA),, U.S. Department of Health & Human Services (HHS), USA
Geoffrey Glauser is supporting the Manufacturing, Facilities, and Engineering Division of the Biomedical Advancement Research Development Authority (BARDA) in the Office of the Assistant Secretary for Preparedness and Response (ASPER) within the U.S Department of Health and Human Serv...

Geoffrey Glauser
Biomedical Advanced Research and Development Authority (BARDA), U.S. Department of Health & Human Services (HHS), USA
Geoffrey Glauser is supporting the Manufacturing, Facilities, and Engineering Division of the Biomedical Advancement Research Development Authority (BARDA) in the Office of the Assistant Secretary for Preparedness and Response (ASPER) within the U.S Department of Health and Human Serv...

Paul Glossop
Head of Logistics, Teva Runcorn
Paul heads the Supply Chain for Teva Runcorn, delivering sterile products to the USA and globally. He is introducing innovative policies to improve supply chain velocity, increase customer service and reduce inventory. A drug discovery chemist by academic background, Paul has delivere...

Andrea Graf-Gruber
Manager Business Process & Standards, International Air Transport Association (IATA)
Mrs. Andrea Graf-Gruber joined the International Air Transport Association (IATA) in 2008 as Manager Business Process & Standards in the Cargo Division and is responsible for delivering the electronic document standards for the air cargo supply chain, including the development, mainte...

Maryann Gribbin
Manager Industry Compliance and Regulatory Affairs, Johnson & Johnson

Tom Grubb
Manager of Cold Chain Strategy, American Airlines
As Manager of Cold Chain Strategy, Grubb leads global time and temperature sensitive logistics services for American Airlines Cargo. A 21 year veteran of American’s Cargo division, Grubb previously served in Operations as Manager of Customer Service Strategy where he was pivotal in...

Ian Holloway
Manager, Defective Medicines Reporting Centre, MHRA, UK
Mr Ian Holloway is manager of the UK Defective Medicines Report Centre for the MHRA (UK Regulatory Agency) located in London. The centre liaises with manufacturers, distributors, hospitals and pharmacies to direct recalls, issue timely notifications and oversee corrective actions for ...

Rosemarie Hunziker, Ph.D
Program Director, Division of Discovery Science and Technology, National Institutes of Health (NIH)
Rosemarie Hunziker, Ph.D. is the Director of Tissue Engineering and Regenerative Medicine at the National Institute of Biomedical Imaging and Bioengineering (NIBIB) within the National Institutes of Health (NIH) in the US Department of Health and Human Services (DHHS). In that capa...

Saddam Huq
QA Senior Manager, Global Logistics and Cold Chain, GSK Vaccines
Saddam Huq is QA Senior Manager, Global Logistics and Cold Chain at GSK Vaccines in Belgium. Previously Cold Chain Technology lead at Wyeth Biotech/Pfizer in the UK, Saddam is a Subject Matter Expert for Cold Chain Shipment, Road Freight, Air Freight, Controlled Temperature St...

Saddam Huq
Manager QA Logistics & Cold Chain, GlaxoSmithKline, Belgium
Saddam Huq is Manager of Global Logistics and Cold Chain QA at GlaxoSmithKline in Belgium. Previously Cold Chain Technology lead at Wyeth Biotech/Pfizer in the UK, Saddam is a Subject Matter Expert for Cold Chain Shipment, Road Freight, Air Freight, Controlled Temperature Storage an...

Saddam Huq
Manager QA Logistics & Cold Chain, GlaxoSmithKline, Belgium
Saddam Huq is Manager of Global Logistics and Cold Chain QA at GlaxoSmithKline in Belgium. Previously Cold Chain Technology lead at Wyeth Biotech/Pfizer in the UK, Saddam is a Subject Matter Expert for Cold Chain Shipment, Road Freight, Air Freight, Controlled Temperature Storage and ...

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Brian Johnson
Sr. Director Supply Chain Security, Pfizer
Brian Johnson is the Sr. Director Supply Chain Security at Pfizer.  He is responsible for Pfizer’s corporate supply chain security program.  This program was developed to combat growing supply chain threats related to product theft, product diversion, economic adulteratio...

Dr. David Kaplan
Stern Family Professor of Engineering, Tufts University
Dr. David Kaplan holds an Endowed Chair, the Stern Family Professor of Engineering, at Tufts University. He is Professor and Chair of the Department of Biomedical Engineering and also holds faculty appointments in the Department of Chemical and Biological Engineering, Department of...

Ümit Kartoglu
Scientist, World Health Organization

Todd Keefe
Founder, For Immediate Release Public Relations
Todd Keefe is the founder of For Immediate Release Public Relations, an agency specializing in the telecommunications industry. He has worked with TMC since 2008 to promote ITEXPO and its many collocated events. Prior to ITEXPO, Todd served as the primary publicist for the VON trad...

Martha Kliss
US Distribution, Import & Export Manager, UCB
Martha Kliss has held multiple roles through various company mergers and acquisitions during her 19-year Pharmaceutical experience. Her diverse core responsibilities include: International Relations, Import & Export Compliance, International Policy, Financial Reporting and most recent...

Viliam Kovac
Vice President, Global Supply Chain Quality, Roche
Viliam Kovac is Vice President Global Supply Chain Quality to Roche Diagnostics, holding two University Degrees in Economics (International Commerce & Business Management). Competent and experienced Manager in Business & Quality & Regulatory subjects within the International Supply...

Julia Kuzeljevich
Features Editor, Transportation Media Group

Gilles Labranque
CEO, Sofrigam
Gilles Labranque, a graduate from the French Institute of Industrial Refrigeration of Paris, has started his career as a Commercial Engineer in Air Conditioning and Refrigeration for 7 years. He joined Sofrigam in 1991 as Chief Project Manager in the field of Chemical Refriger...

Humberto Laserna
Quality Coordinator, Pfizer, Peru
Humberto Laserna is the Quality Coordinator at Pfizer Peru, with 5 years of experience in quality system and cold chain process and a pharmacist by training, graduating from Cayetano Heredia University.. He participates as a speaker in different conferences in Latin-American, includin...

Humberto Laserna
Quality Coordinator, Pfizer Peru
Humberto has gained 7 years of experience in quality system, cold chain process and project of continuous improvement, during his previous position as quality assurance inspector at Wyeth Pharmaceutical. His current position is a quality coordinator and Pfizer, based in Peru. He hold...

Humberto Laserna
Quality Coordinator, Pfizer, Peru
Humberto has gained 7 years of experience in quality system, cold chain process and project of continuous improvement, during his previous position as quality assurance inspector at Wyeth Pharmaceutical. His current position is a quality coordinator and Pfizer, based in Peru. He ho...

Daniel Liebermann
Director, Luxembourg Ministry of the Economy and Foreign Trade

John Lloyd
Senior Technical Advisor, PATH
John Lloyd is a senior technical advisor for PATH. He advises the PATH/WHO

Peter Lockett
Director, TP3 Global Ltd

Jim Lucie
Senior Manager for Material Control, AMAG Pharmaceuticals
James Lucie received a Bachelor of Science in Chemical Engineering from the University of Massachusetts-Lowell and a MBA from Bryant University. Since graduating he has gained experience as a Project Engineer and Manager working for Ingersoll-Rand in the pulp and paper industry; as...

Niamh Madigan
Online Editor, IQPC
Niamh Madigan is Editor of Pharma IQ and has worked at IQPC since 2008, initially as a Conference Producer on Pharmaceutical and Shared Services & Outsourcing events. Due to her journalistic experience, Niamh moved on to work as an Online Editor for the Shared Services and Outsourc...

Mary Mazur-Melnyk
Chief Scientific Officer, Innovalinks
Dr. Mary Mazur-Melnyk was educated in Toronto and holds a M.Sc. in Medical Sciences and a Ph.D. in Molecular Biology. She brings to the table over 20 years of experience in Biologics, Medical Devices and Biopharmaceutical industries. She has held senior level position in the areas of ...

Mary Mazur-Melnyk
Chief Scientific Officer, Innovalinks
Dr. Mary Mazur-Melnyk was educated in Toronto and holds a M.Sc. in Medical Sciences and a Ph.D. in Molecular Biology. She brings to the table over 20 years of experience in Biologics, Medical Devices and Biopharmaceutical industries. She has held senior level position in the areas of ...

Mary Mazur-Melnyk
Chief Scientific Officer, Innovalinks
Dr. Mary Mazur-Melnyk was educated in Toronto and holds a M.Sc. in Medical Sciences and a Ph.D. in Molecular Biology. She brings to the table over 20 years of experience in Biologics, Medical Devices and Biopharmaceutical industries. She has held senior level position in the areas of ...

Mary Mazur-Melnyk
Chief Scientific Officer, Innovalinks
Dr. Mary Mazur-Melnyk was educated in Toronto and holds a M.Sc. in Medical Sciences and a Ph.D. in Molecular Biology. She brings to the table over 20 years of experience in Biologics, Medical Devices and Biopharmaceutical industries. She has held senior level position in the areas of ...

Mary Mazur-Melnyk
Chief Scientific Officer, Innovalinks
Dr. Mary Mazur-Melnyk was educated in Toronto and holds a M.Sc. in Medical Sciences and a Ph.D. in Molecular Biology. She brings to the table over 20 years of experience in Biologics, Medical Devices and Biopharmaceutical industries. She has held senior level position in the areas of ...

Angela Mazzeo
Quality Analyst, Butantan Institute
Angela Mazzeo holds a Bachelor of Science degree in Pharmacy and a Post Graduate Diploma in Quality Management, Project Managment . Currently, she attends a Post Graduate course in Production Engineering. Also, she works at Butantan Institute with Transport Validation.  

Lisa Mazzoni
Project Lead, Temperature Controlled Supply Chain, Roche
Lisa Mazzoni has over 20 years of supply chain experience in the pharmaceutical/biotechnology industry. In 2006, she joined Genentech in San Francisco USA to direct its multi-distribution center operations, shipping primarily cold chain products. There she initiated a Cold Chain Commi...

Steve McCarney
Cold Chain Technologies Specialist - Project Optimize, PATH, France
Job role on Optimize: Cold chain technologies specialist Steve McCarney is a cold chain technologies specialist for project Optimize in PATH's Technology Solutions Strategic Program. Mr. McCarney has expertise in solar energy commercialization; product design and development, safe wat...

Ewan McGregor
UNICEF UK Ambassador
Actor Ewan McGregor has had success in mainstream and indie films alike, from Trainspotting and Begginers to Star Wars and Moulin Rouge!. In 2004 during his motorbike adventure Long Way Round Ewan and his friend Charley Boorman visited UNICEF projects in Ukr...

Bibhu Bhusan Mohapatra
Head-Commercial, Indian Immunologicals Ltd

Sameer Murdeshwar
Analyst, ValueNotes Sourcing Practice
Sameer Murdeshwar, Analyst, ValueNotes Sourcing Practice  

Gwyn Murdoch
Eli Lilly and Company, Eli Lilly and Company

Neritan Mustafa
Associate Director, Logistics, Genzyme, USA
Neritan Mustafa is Associate Director, Logistics at Genzyme. Neritan Mustafa’s background is in GMP Good Cold Chain Management more specifically in Validation, Supply Chain Audit, Thermal Package System Design and Testing, Project Management, start-up and New Product Development. Inno...

Cornelia Nopitsch-Mai
Federal Institute for Drugs and Medical Devices, Federal Institute for Drugs and Medical Devices

Kevin O'Donnell
Technical Director, ThermoSafe
Kevin O’Donnell is Technical Director at ThermoSafe Brands; a company specializing in insulated packaging solutions for temperature-sensitive drug products. He retired in 2005 as a Principle Packaging Engineer after a 26-year career at Abbott Laboratories and his contributions to in...

Kevin O’Donnell
Senior Partner, Exelsius &, Chair IATA Time & Temperature Task Force
Kevin O’Donnell is Senior Partner at Exelsius Cold Chain Management - US an international provider of consulting, research and training services to manufacturers, airlines, forwarders and other stakeholders in the life science logistics sector. With its unique cross-sector knowledg...

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Jim Panos
Senior Supply Chain and Information Technology Exe, Groupe Danone
Jim Panos is a senior supply chain and information technology executive with industry and top-tier consulting experience leading transformation for consumer products and pharmaceutical companies. He most recently worked with the Groupe Danone in the U.S. (The Dannon Company) as Dir...

Rajesh Pednekar
Head, Supply Chain, Pfizer, India
Topped SSC Merit List in Science of Maharashtra State ,B.Tech in Engineering, Research at IIT - Bombay ,MBA (Operations) from NITIE – Mumbai, Regional Logistics Manager for ICI (Paints), Head – Logistics for Nutricia (India), Global Supply Chain Manager (Pharma) for GS Pharmaceuticals...

Huo Peiqiong
Head of Supply Chain and Quality, Guangdong Zhongjian Medicine Company

Luis Eduardo Ribeiro
Logistics Manager, bioMérieux
In 2010, elected the Logistics Professional of the Year by the prestigious magazine Mundo Logística. Also Member of the CRA´s Special Comission of Logistics. More than 13 years of experience in logistics, leading large teams and supply chain operations in warehouse...

Benjamin Romero
Senior Engineer, Pharma and Packaging Development, Genentech
Benjamin Romero is a Senior Engineer in the Pharmaceutical & Packaging Engineering department of Genentech. He has over 12 years of regulated packaging experience, most of which focused in the field of thermal package design, validation and manufacturing for the biopharma industry....

Ben Romero
Senior Engineer, Pharma and Packaging Development, Genentech, USA
Benjamin Romero is a Senior Engineer in the Pharmaceutical & Packaging Engineering department of Genentech. He has over 13 years of regulated packaging experience, most of which focused in the field of thermal package design, validation and manufacturing for the biopharma industry. He...

Harvey Rubin
Director of Strategic Threat Analysis and Response, University of Pennsylvania
Dr. Rubin received his PhD in Molecular Biology from the University of Pennsylvania in 1974 and his MD from Columbia University in 1976. He was a House Officer in Medicine at The Peter Bent Brigham Hospital in Boston and did his fellowship in infectious diseases at Harvard and the ...

Dr. Sandra O. Rumiano
Advisor & GMP Expert, WHO (World Health Organization)
Dr. Sandra O. Rumiano Resume December.2012 :Senior Quality Manager GXP, ISO Systems. Education.Degree in Pharmacy and Biochemistry , University of Buenos Aires. Master in Business Administration Belgrano University, Buenos Aires. Argentina. Leader Auditor ISO: 9001 IRCA...

Johannes Schoen
Senior Manager, Anti-Counterfeiting, Boehringer Ingelheim
Johannes is responsible for Boehringer Ingelheim’s global anti-counterfeiting program covering aspects of response, monitor and prevention. He joined BI in 2000 to head a QC laboratory for packaging materials and devices and a team performing validation and transfers of p...

Shawn Siegel
Online Content Manager, Customer Management IQ

Sarah Skuce
Compliance Specialist, Health Canada, Canada
Sarah Skuce is a Compliance Specialist at the Drug GMP Inspection Unit in the Compliance Coordination and Licensing Division at the Health Products and Food Branch Inspectorate in Health Canada. Sarah holds an Honours Bachelor of Science (B.Sc.) in Biopharmaceutical Sciences with a...

Alan F. Spear
Director, Cargo Security Loss Control, US/Canada, AIG
Positions A. Current:  Assistant Vice President, Marine Loss Control, Chartis Global Marine:  Director, Cargo Security Loss Control (North America) and Manager, Mid-West Loss Control B. 2000-2006:  President, MRC Investigations (USA), Inc.:  Responsible...

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Geraint Thomas
Technical Director, Laminar Medica
For further information contact Laminar Medica, Unit 4, Tring Industrial Estate, Icknield Way, Tring, Hertfordshire, HP23 4JX. Tel: 01442 828664. Fax: 01442 827056. Email: enquiries@laminarmedica.co.uk. Website: www.laminarmedica.co.uk

Robin Turner
Director, Global Packaging Development, Medtronic, USA
Robin Turner is the Director of Global Packaging and Labeling at Medtronic Spinal and Biologics. Robin came to Medtronic in 2000 to establish a packaging development department. Since then, the responsibilities of the team have grown to support sterile, non-sterile, surgical instr...

Ronald Van Zitteren
Sr. Director, Head of Global Distribution & Logistics, UCB Pharma

Ursula Vértiz Combe
Technical Project Manager, Salog S.A., Peru
Ursula Vértiz Combe is Technical Project Manager at Salog S.A., Peru, a State / Pivate Sector joint venture to construct infrastructure and manage the distribution of medicines and hospitals materials for the government health service.(www.EsSalud.gob.pe). Ursula is an Industrial Engi...

Ursula Vértiz Combe
Technical Project Manager, Salog S.A., Peru
Ursula Vértiz Combe is Technical Project Manager at Salog S.A., Peru, a State / Pivate Sector joint venture to construct infrastructure and manage the distribution of medicines and hospitals materials for the government health service.(www.EsSalud.gob.pe). Ursula is an Industrial Engi...

Ryan Viegas
Vice President-Supply Chain and Procurement, Watson Pharmaceuticals
Ryan Viegas is Vice President – Supply Chain & Procurement at Watson Pharma. A graduate in Chemistry and an MBA  with over 25 years experience in all areas of Supply Chain Management, Ryan has been associated with companies like Teva, Bayer, Sandoz, Matrix (Mylan) and Lup...

Chris Wallace
Distribution Director, Europe, Genzyme

RuiQi Wang
Affiliate Quality Officer, Sanofi-aventis

Rodney Wee
CEO, Asia Cold Chain Centre
Dr. Rodney Wee PhD. is the CEO of the Asia Cold Chain Centre (ACCC), which provides expertise in Cold Chain and Post-Harvest Operations. He has been managing businesses for more than thirty years in various companies and countries. Wee has spoken, chaired and facilitated semin...

Shirley Williams
Principal Consultant and Owner, Social Media Pearls
Shirley William's professional career spans Biotechnology, Brand & Generic Pharmaceuticals,  IBM Business Consulting Services, Healthcare and now Social Media. She is a certified practitioner and professional in Change Management (Prosci), Project Management (PM...

Carolyn Williamson
Scientist II, Manufacturing Science and Technology,, Bristol Myers Squibb
Carolyn Williamson is a Scientist at Bristol Myers Squibb Biologics facility in Syracuse, New York since 1997. She currently is a Scientist in the Manufacturing Sciences and Technology department. Her current focus is on the validation of Freeze-Thaw processes and Shipping for biologi...

Tony Wright
CEO, Exelsius - Cold Chain Management Consultancy
Tony Wright is  Managing Director of Exelsius Cold Chain Management. Tony has many years experience in the distribution and temperature controlled air cargo sector, having worked as senior executive with the British Airways World Cargo, and subsequently, as senior Vice Pr...

Yuvarajah
StreamYX
Yuvarajah retired from military duty to take up the corporate challenge as an HR practitioner. He took an early interest in leadership and what makes people tick. He strongly believes it takes great leadership to bring great performance and success. Hence, he has been championing the ...