Dave joined Abbott in December 2006 following the Kos acquisition, He led the activities to close the Edison site and transfer production to Puerto Rico before moving to a Supply Chain role in Lake County. He moved to his current position in 2013 with responsibilities for the planning, programs, pipeline and 3rd party relationships.

Dave started his career in various operations positions with Ciba-Geigy in the UK and Switzerland before moving back to the UK to join 3M Health and then to the US to start up the manufacturing and supply chain operations for Kos.  Dave is a registered Pharmacist and has a BSc (Hons) from Liverpool School of Pharmacy and an MBA from Kingston University in London.

Alex Hasson was named Vice president, Global Logistics for Merck and Co in 2013. In this role, he is responsible for the Logistics operations for Human Health, and for Consumer Care outside the U.S. Alex joined Merck in 2006 as Executive Director, MMD Lean Six Sigma. He led the implementation of the Merck Production System (MPS) and contributed to the implementation of QbD (Quality by Design). He was promoted to Associate Vice President, Supply Chain Development in 2011. His responsibilities included the implementation and business realization of SAP in the Supply Chain, and the management of the Artwork Process across Merck. Prior to joining Merck, Alex worked for 22 years at General Electric where he held positions of increasing responsibility in R&D, Product Management, Quality, Lean Six Sigma, and Supply Chain and Operations Management. He served in the Board of Directors of the Global Silicones Council and the Green Earth Cleaning joint venture between GE, Procter and Gamble, and private investors. He holds nine U.S. patents.

David joined Shire in Feb 2011 as Vice President for Supply Chain Strategy and Product Commercialization in the Specialty Pharmaceuticals Division and was promoted to Senior Vice President Global Supply Chain and Quality in June of the same year. The Specialty Pharmaceuticals Supply Chain at Shire operated a fully outsourced business model. Following a reorganization which removed the divisional structure within Shire a Global Technical Operations organization has been formed and David now has responsibility for the end to end supply chain and for external manufacturing. Previously David has worked for Ciba-Geigy, SPIMACO, Rhone Poulenc Rorer, Eli Lilly and Genzyme with a total of 29 years of experience covering both Pharmaceutical and Biotech Manufacturing and Supply. David has experience living and working in Europe, Middle East, Japan and the USA. David has a degree in Pharmacy from the University of Wales Institute of Science and Technology. He is on the Strategic Committee of the FDA Xavier Pharmalink Conference and is a member of the faculty of Supply Chain Management World.

Highlights of my career at Panasonic Corporation of North America (PNA) which spans 36 years:
Initial focus:
•    Finance & Accounting - During the first 15 years in my career at Panasonic I worked thru the various areas in Finance & Accounting leading to General Manager of Finance within the Industrial Sector in PNA where a major emphasis was placed on Managerial Accounting tools that helped Business Management understand how varying Operating Models impacted their Costing & Profitability.
After which I transitioned into:
•    Information Technology - Held a Liaison position supporting the Consumer Sector in PNA developing & implementing a Systems Strategy to support "Go to Market" Strategies which included Customer Relations Management, Promotions Management, Supply Chain Management tightly integrated with a new ERP Environment.
This then lead to:
•    Supply Chain Management - Responsible to Leading & transforming PNA's Consumer Sector from a Monthly Operating pattern focused on "Sell in" to a Weekly "Sell thru" Operating pattern based on POS analytics. This required comprehensive retooling of Competencies, Processes, Systems & Business Rules.
After this transformation:
•    Business Operations - As Vice President of Business Operations in PNA, responsible to look across Business Sectors and standardize Operational Processes by Customer Segments to improve Customer Service, Costing & assisting profitability improvements in Consumer, B-2-B, Enterprise & Housing & Health care Sectors.
Currently responsible for:
•    North America Logistics Strategies, Governance & Operations. Additionally, performing as the Chairperson for Panasonic's Global Logistics Committee

Michael Altman assumed the position of Vice President, Supply Chain, Demand Management & Customer Service in November 2013. He is responsible for integrating the North America regional functions of production planning, distribution, demand planning and customer service to ensure strong end-to-end supply management. Michael joined Sandoz in May 2012 from Teva Pharmaceuticals, where he served as Senior Director, New Product Commercialization. Prior to that, he held various roles in Supply Chain Optimization & Project Management at Bristol-Myers Squibb. Michael also spent 13 years at FMC Corporation, in roles of increasing responsibility, including Director, Supply Chain Management

Todd Applebaum leads the supply chain, manufacturing and quality operations at Ovascience, building the company’s operations infrastructure as they develop and commercialize new fertility treatments.  In this role, Mr. Applebaum brings more than 25 years of experience in manufacturing, supply chain management, strategy and information technology consulting. He has led strategic and operational initiatives at both large and emerging life sciences and healthcare clients, and is recognized for his expertise in manufacturing, operations, commercialization planning and inter-enterprise supply chain collaboration.

Prior to joining OvaScience, Mr. Applebaum served as VP of Research in Gartner's Supply Chain Research group, focused on healthcare and life sciences. In this role, Mr. Applebaum advised Gartner's life science and healthcare clients (pharma, biotech and device manufacturers, wholesalers, pharmacies, payers, and providers) on business and technology strategies and best practices.

As a founder and vice president at Maxiom Consulting Group, a provider of supply chain management, operations and commercialization services to life sciences companies, Mr. Applebaum delivered a range of services to life sciences companies across technical operations, product development and product supply. Before focusing exclusively on life sciences, Mr. Applebaum served as a partner at Benchmarking Partners, where he played a key role in the development and delivery of the Value Chain Strategies and Partnership Strategies service lines across the consumer products, electronics and industrial industries. While at Benchmarking Partners, he was also part of a team of practitioners that taught a Massachusetts Institute of Technology course for executives and graduate students titled, "Developing the CEO Team's Value Chain Network Strategy." Mr. Applebaum's work with manufacturers began in the automotive industry at General Motors and TRW, in operating roles including production management, materials management, planning and scheduling, product development, and system integration. As a manager in the Manufacturing Practice of Deloitte Consulting, Mr. Applebaum went on to work with a spectrum of multinational manufacturers on business process re-engineering, technology assessment and selection, and best-practice implementation efforts.

Kevin Cook is currently Executive Director for Supply Chain Development at Merck, responsible for process, system and inventory management improvements at Merck. Kevin’s team leads the global deployment of improved supply chain management processes, deploys new SAP-based capabilities and leads Inventory management planning for the company. Kevin’s team leads the process community of practices at Merck and last year delivered over $300MM in inventory savings annually. Kevin has over 28 years in the industry working at Bristol Myers Squibb, Johnson & Johnson and currently at Merck, across Pharm, Device and Consumer sectors. Kevin has held leadership and operating roles in Supply Chain management, Global Logistics, Marketing and IT.

I am currently the Executive Director, Regional Supply North American responsible for the interface between Operations and the Commercial Organization providing 3 prime functions: 
•    Direct demand management efforts with the North American commercial groups.
•    Provide account management, acting as the prime point of contact for all interactions commercial has with the Global Operations organization
•    Supporting the supply planning processes within Operations, including issue resolution when supply to market is put at risk

David is Sr. Director, Network Supply Operations for Pfizer with over 25 years of pharmaceutical industry experience. He is currently responsible for Pfizer’s Global API Planning as well as Supply Chain processes for manufacturing sites in the emerging markets. David is also process owner for Pfizer's Global Supply’s drug shortage reporting efforts. Previously at Wyeth, David had responsibility for Strategic Sourcing of biologics and API’s, was Asia Pacific Supply Chain lead where he oversaw the introduction of new product launch and S&OP processes, and relocated to Japan to lead local supply operations. Earlier at SmithKline Beecham, David worked in project engineering and management roles with focus on process improvements, validation and technology transfers for oral dosage, parenteral manufacturing and packaging technologies. He also managed a high-containment lyophilization operation for cytotoxic products, where he partnered with R&D on product development projects and clinical supply. David has a BS degree from Drexel University in Commerce and Engineering Sciences and a MS degree from the University of Tennessee in Engineering Management, along with a Quality Engineer Certification from American Society of Quality.

Ed Ram joined Sagent Pharmaceuticals in February 2013 as Senior Director, Supply Chain. Ed has over 20 years of supply chain and strategic sourcing experience working with Baxter Healthcare, Allegiance Healthcare, and Cardinal Health. He has a track record of change and innovation employed to create improved supply chains between business partners. These accomplishments include utilization of score carding, vendor managed inventory (VMI), electronic data interface (EDI), freight lane and network optimization, and business modeling. His supply chain work at Baxter is featured in the book – Supply Chain Optimization. Previous to Ed’s association with the healthcare industry, he was with Accenture in their distribution products practice. His client engagements included Sears and North American Philips. Ed has also completed 22 years of service in the U.S. Navy and U.S. Naval Reserve Supply Corps achieving the rank of Commander. He has received awards for his logistics and procurement work including the Navy Commendation Medal and the Joint Services Achievement Medal. He has a BS in Economics from The Wharton School, University of Pennsylvania and an MBA in Finance and Marketing from Booth GSB, University of Chicago.

Jared Weiner is Vice President of Weiner, Edrich, Brown (WEB), one of the world’s leading futurist consulting firms. Jared evaluates emerging social, technological, economic, political, demographic and environmental trends in the global marketplace – and identifies the strategic implications (the “So what?”) of those trends for several of the most influential Fortune 500 companies, trade associations and public sector clients.

Bob Weronik is the Senior Director of Global Security for Alexion Pharmaceuticals.  Alexion is a biopharmaceutical research and development company specializing in developing therapies for ultra rare diseases.  Bob is responsible for security, risk management and business continuity of all company employees and assets located in 28 countries – and rapidly growing as therapies gain regulatory approval. 

Prior to Alexion, Bob was the Assistant Chief Security Officer for The General Electric Company.  Bob was responsible for management of the global crisis management, business continuity, supply chain security and security-related regulatory programs and policy for all GE businesses worldwide.  GE is the third largest company in the world and has over 330,000 employees.

Bob also served GE as the Security Consulting Manager for the GE Security Solutions Team. Using his extensive experience in security management and consulting, Bob was responsible for developing client security solutions based upon specific customer needs and dedicated to project management, quality control and client relationships.

During his tenure in private sector security, Bob also served as a Senior Security Specialist with Progress Energy, a Security Consultant with Risk Management Associates and the Director of Security at Backus Hospital. 

Bob began his public safety career as a Police Officer in the Town of Rocky Hill, Connecticut, and served for ten years prior to entering private sector security.

Bob has a Bachelor’s Degree from Central Connecticut State University in CJ and a Master’s Degree in Security Management from Webster University. 

Bob is the former Chairman of the Connecticut Chapter and Treasurer for the Florida Chapter of IAHSS and is board certified as a Certified Healthcare Protection Administrator (CHPA). Bob is a member of the ASIS and is board certified as a Certified Protection Professional (CPP) and member of the CSO Roundtable.    Bob is a member of the U.S. DHS Critical Manufacturing, Health and Human Services and Cross-Sector Supply Chain Private Sector Coordinating Councils as well as a Governance Board Leader and Crisis Management Track Leader of the Supply Chain Risk Leadership Council.

Paul Clayton is a seasoned senior professional committed to flawless implementation and organizational effectiveness. A global management strategist with over 30 years of in-depth experience within the pharmaceutical industry, specifically within a blue-chip global organization – GlaxoSmithKline Inc. Key strengths are strategic thinking, people development, team leadership and synergistic relationship-building with global teams in multiple countries around the world. Technical savvy, change management leadership and shaping organizational culture are professional passions.

Chuck Forsaith joined Purdue Pharma LP in 2001, after 21 years of service as both a New Hampshire municipal and State Police officer - and also having formally directed security operations for a United States military installation.

His responsibilities with Purdue Pharma include managing all domestic and international supply chain security efforts, as well as regulatory compliance with all Federal and International supply chain security programs. He also acts as the Chairman of the Pharmaceutical Cargo Security Coalition (PCSC), which consists of members from a wide variety of disciplines who monitor the security of pharmaceutical goods, in both transit and storage, all over the world.

He has lectured domestically and internationally in the disciplines of Pharmaceutical Supply Chain and Site Security for such organizations as the Federal Bureau of Investigation, the Food & Drug Administration, the Drug Enforcement Administration, the United States Department of Justice, United States Customs and the Department of Homeland Security. He can be reached at charles.forsaith@pharma.com

Prashant Kulkarni works with Allergan, Inc as Director, Supply Chain Applications.  He is a senior professional with over 25 years of progressive experience in Business Transformation, Project Management, Systems Engineering, Sales & Marketing and Consulting fields. Prashant’s industry and consulting experience spans among Pharmaceuticals, Life sciences,  Chemical, Manufacturing,  and other industries including Automobile, Aerospace, Consumer Durables, Media & Entertainment, Hi-Tech and Retail. He has provided leadership on several global, full life cycle business transformation and SAP focused ERP implementation. He has also worked on large scale engineering projects and has worked on projects from various countries including USA, Canada, Mexico, India, China, Japan, Germany, Middle east and UK, to name a few.

Prashant is active in various professional forums such as PMI and ASUG. Several of his articles have been published in leading industry publications and he has been invited to speak at various industry focused seminars / conferences.

Before joining Allergan, Prashant worked as Director / Manager with Big 4 Consulting firms and Fortune 500 companies.

Prashant holds Bachelor of Engineering in Process Control and Instrumentation. He is PMI certified PMP.

From a background in physics, software engineering and consulting Carlo joined Baxter Bioscience in 2001. He currently leads the supply chain planning organisation.

Brad Elrod is the Director for Global Conveyance Security at Pfizer. Brad has over 25 years of pharmaceutical industry experience, and has worked fourteen of those years with cargo security programs; ever since 9/11 events raised the concern and awareness. Brad has established cargo and supply chain security programs for Pfizer globally, working closely with partners in the United States, Europe, Latin America and Asia in support of government programs and with Law Enforcement agencies to prevent tampering and disruption of supply chains. His responsibilities include managing the CBP Customs-Trade Partnership Against Terrorism, TSA Certified Cargo Screening Program, and the new FDA Secure Supply Chain Pilot Program within Pfizer. Pfizer is a Tier 3 CTPAT Partner, and has 9 sites validated under the Certified Cargo Screening Program. Brad has served on the Board of Directors for the Transported Asset Protection Association, and is active with the Pharmaceutical Cargo Security Coalition and Rx-360. He also represents Pfizer’s Global Logistics & Supply organization as a member of their Supply Chain Security Leadership Team. Prior to work in the pharmaceutical industry, Brad served as an Infantry Officer in the US Army at various assignments. He is a graduate of the United States Military Academy at West Point and has an Executive Masters of Technology Management Degree from the University of Pennsylvania.

Michele has over 20 years of experience in the pharmaceutical industry during which 15 years have been focused on supply chain management. Currently she is at Sandoz where she is the Director, Supplier Relationship Management. She has responsibilities for both program management and supplier relationships. Prior to Sandoz, Michele was an industry consultant utilizing her expertise in supply chain and project management. During her consulting days, she also became a leader in the management of temperature sensitive products. Michele started her career with Merck. During her tenure at Merck, she was Executive Director, New Products Management, where she led a group of experienced professionals in the management and execution of new product supply chains supporting launches of products world-wide.

Mr. Julio Feliciano is Associate Vice President, in the Supply Chain Management organization for the Manufacturing Division of Merck & Co., Inc.  Julio has currently responsibility for development and implementation of Global Supply Network Rationalization plans.
Julio joined Merck in 1990 and has held various positions of increased responsibility: 
•    Eight years in Quality Management in three different European sites, and acting as Qualified Person.
•    Eight years as Plant Manager in Spain, transforming the local site into a global supplier of key medicines.
•    Six years of Global Supply Chain Management responsibilities, implementing lean standard work in Regional Planning Hubs, upskilling capabilities and leading Global Supply Planning Integration post merger with Schering Plough.

Marcelo has 20 years experience in the health care and consumer/ high tech industry with Bristol-Myers Squibb and other Fortune 500 companies. He has held management positions in the areas of logistics, operations management, supply chain planning, customer service and international trade both in South and North America. His current role at BMS is Regional Director, Global Logistics Services responsible for distribution strategy, logistics compliance, 3PL management, best practices implementation and customer service.

Priya Gopal is a Associate director, strategic planning and projects for Novartis.  She is a program manager for serialization and product tracking for Novartis, US.  She has been with Novartis for more than ten years playing various global roles in strategic planning and in program management. Priya was one of the key players in integrating of newly acquired companies Nektar and Chiron to Novartis. Priya has US lead for global wide supply chain optimization program.

Priya has her MBA in finance and is a board member of PDSA (Pharma drug security alliance)

Mike started his career with Novartis in 1984 as a process engineer at the then Ciba-Geigy facility in Summit NJ.  Mike steadily progressed to senior Process engineer in the Chemical Development group,  overseeing the manufacture of  Drug Substance used in clinical testing.
 
Mike then went on to manage the Commercial Drug Substance operations at the Summit site.  His next assignment was to direct all Commercial Manufacturing operations at the Summit site before the site was closed and operations moved to alternate Novartis facilities.

Mike then moved to the Suffern, NY site as head of Quality Management and Training where he laid the groundwork for the very successful LEAN manufacturing implementation at the plant.  In 2001, Mike moved to the Supply Chain Management organization at the East Hanover, NJ site.
 
Mike managed the  Project management group in Supply Chain for all new Product launches, Production transfers, and Life cycle management changes for the Novartis US pharmaceutical business.

Mike’s latest role is Global Pharma Supply Chain lead for Cell Therapies. Mike has a BE degree in Chemical Engineering from Stevens Institute of Technology, a Master’s certificate in Project Management from The George Washington University,  holds the APIC’s CPIM certification and is a licensed professional engineer in the state of NJ.

Feargal has a medical laboratory background and has worked in the public sector healthcare system for 20 years in both medical laboratory and project management roles and as a leader in change management. His current project has seen the implementation of serialised GS1 barcoding on medication, allowing realtime track and trace of the drug from the manufacturer through to the patient home, including the use a smartphone app for patients to scan their medication at home, which is the first of its kind. Feargal has been an active member of a number of GS1 work groups. He is currently co chair of the GS1 Healthcare Provider Advisory Council and a member of the GS1 Healthcare Leadership Team. Feargal holds a Fellowship in Laboratory Haematology from the Institute of Biomedical Science along with a Post Grad Diploma in Management and Employee Relations from the National College of Ireland (NCI).

Jeff has 30 plus years of experience in the Pharmaceutical Industry, first as an Industrial Engineer for 15 years and then in various Supply Chain positions since. He is a licensed Professional Engineer and APICS certified; CPIM and CSCP, holds a bachelor degree in Industrial Engineering and a master’s degree in Management. Jeff has also been a LogiPharma Advisory Board member for the last 8 years and an active participant before that.

Setting the right internal culture to adapt to the Supply Chain of the future through continuous improvement & innovation
-    It is critical that everyone understand what the Supply Chain mission is currently and where it needs to be for the future.
-    A buy in to the concept that to meet the future needs of the business Supply Chain needs to be adaptive and able to react to change
-    By its nature, continuous improvement means that you are continually reviewing the current situation and looking ahead at ways to improve, becoming better prepared to face the challenges that lay ahead.
-    Innovation is the competitive edge. If you’re doing just what others have done then you have no competitive advantage over them.
Session statement: If your organization doesn’t understand what Supply Chain’s mission is and where you’re going you don’t have a chance of getting there. Continuous Improvement and Innovation are critical by reviewing your current operations and looking at innovative ways to improve it and thus your organizations competitive edge.

Bob Celeste has more than 25 years of experience in business process and supply chain management in health care, pharmaceuticals and a variety of other industries. Mr. Celeste is responsible for working with the U.S. health-care 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 regarding the adoption of EPC RFID technologies.

Matt Davis currently is a Faculty Affiliate at Penn State's Center for Supply Chain Research and a board member for the Supply Chain Council.  He was previously a Research Director at Gartner where he was lead analyst for supply chain segmentation, cost to serve and supply chain strategy.  Matt has over 75 supply chain strategy publications with more than 15 first authorships on the topic of supply chain segmentation.  Prior to joining Gartner, Matt spent nine years in different rotations across Dell’s supply chain organization.  This experience included strategy roles in supply chain design, demand management, fulfillment and customer service.  Matt is a certified Six Sigma Black Belt and a Lean Change Agent.  He has a B.S. in Business Logistics from Penn State and an MBA from the University of Texas.

Based in Ann Arbor, Michigan at the U.S. EPA’s National Vehicle and Fuel Emissions Laboratory, Tracie Jackson Hall is the Program Development and Marketing Strategist for the EPA’s SmartWay program. Tracie supported the creation and launch the SmartWay Transport Partnership in 2004, in collaboration with major freight industry leaders and nonprofit groups. Prior to SmartWay, Tracie led the analysis that resulted in EPA’s voluntary policies for mitigating air quality impacts of land use and transportation, and provided data analysis for the EPA’s MOBILE 6 emission-factor model. Tracie’s earned her Bachelors of Science in Environmental Resource Ecology and Management from The University of Michigan School of Natural Resources and Environment, with additional graduate studies in Environmental Policy and Environmental Health at The University of Michigan.

• An experienced pharmaceutical operations leader at the Plant Management and Executive level.
• Extensive technical operations experience with a wide array of pharmaceutical dosage forms including the equipment, utilities and facilities used to produce them.
• Optimized production supply chains by evaluating and implementing various sourcing strategies including increasing production efficiencies/capacities, site transfers and outsourcing.
• Managed and coordinated new product developments, technical transfers, scale-ups, regulatory filings, product validations and subsequent launch plans to assure on time market introductions.
• Established and sustained favorable compliance statuses with FDA, DEA, OSHA and DEP.
• Certified in Lean/Six Sigma manufacturing methodologies, process improvement skills and project management techniques.

Fortunate to have had the pleasure of working for Johnson & Johnson for 36 years, over half of which in executive positions. He is now President at Lifecare Services LLC, where he is a Management consultant specializing in Healthcare Marketing, Brand Protection and Strategic Planning

Nick Basta is founder and editor of Pharmaceutical Commerce (www.PharmaceuticalCommerce.com), a 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 30 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.

David Guzmán is Chief Information Officer for H. D. Smith, the largest, National distributor of pharmaceutical products. He is responsible for developing and implementing information technology initiatives to enhance the customer experience as well as to advance H. D. Smith’s supply-chain and cost-management systems. David, an information technology veteran with 30+ years service at Fortune 500 companies in financial, retail and health-service industries, joined H. D. Smith in 2011 from Acxiom, one of the country’s largest information-service providers.  David has previously served at the Chief Information Officer-level at a number of technology, healthcare and retail giants including Acxiom, Owens & Minor and Office Depot.  Managing multi-million dollar information technology system budgets, improving service while reducing related expenses, he understands the nexus between economics and service.  At Owens & Minor, David oversaw the development of revenue-generating platforms and services for hospital customers that helped the Company grow to an $9 billion dollar healthcare distribution business, twice leading Owens & Minor to #1 on the InfoWeek 500.

Chandra is Supply Chain / ERP Thought Leader for Biogen and has been playing a key role in Supply Chain Transformation and ERP Roadmap at Biogen. He has over 20 years of experience in supply chain, & Manufacturing across various industries. He also brings in more than 15 years of experience managing sales, global engagements and solution engineering with focus in the area of Oracle ERP & Supply Chain. He has worked with several global organizations in the past to assist them in their supply chain transformations especially in the area of Global Supply Chain Planning and S & OP. He holds a Bachelor of Technology in Mechanical Engineering from IIT Bombay.

David Houle is a futurist, thinker and speaker.   Houle spent more than 20 years in media and entertainment. He has worked at NBC, CBS and was part of the senior executive team that created and launched MTV, Nickelodeon, VH1 and CNN Headline News

 Houle has won a number of awards.  He won two Emmys, the prestigious George Foster Peabody award and the Heartland award for “Hank Aaron: Chasing the Dream”. He was also nominated for an Academy Award.

Houle is consistently ranked as one of the top futurists and futurist keynote speakers on the major search engines and in the world today.  In the last five years he has delivered keynotes on six continents and twelve countries. He is often called “the CEOs’ Futurist” having spoken to or advised 2,500+ CEOs and business owners in the past seven years.
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 In February 2010 he also became a featured contributor to Oprah.com and his column can be found at www.oprah.com/davidhoule .  His eight-year old blog www.evolutionshift.com, with the tag line “A Future Look at Today” is one of the world’s most respected futurist blogs.  In 2013 he launched www.futurewow.com a curated visual look into the future.

 Houle is a successful author of six books. His first book, the influential and highly acclaimed “The Shift Age” was published in 2008.  His second book, “Shift Ed: A Call to Action for Transforming K-12 Education” was published in April 2011 by Corwin.   “The New Health Age: the Future of Healthcare and Medicine in America” was published by Sourcebooks in December 2011 and became a #1 category best seller on Amazon.  His fourth book, “Entering the Shift Age” was published by Sourcebooks in January 2013 and reached #1 best seller in the category of Business Planning and Forecasting. He published the already influential short eBook “Is Privacy Dead?  The Future of Privacy in the Digital Age” in November 2013.  In September 2014  “Brand Shift:  The Future of Brands and Marketing” written with co-author Owen Shapiro was published.

Houle is Futurist in Residence and Guest Lecturer at the Ringling College of Art + Design

Having completed a 33-year career with the Procter & Gamble Company, Jake became a principal and CEO with BlueWorld Supply Chain Consulting, where he now provides consulting support to a cross section of top Fortune 500 companies. 

At P&G he directed the Global Supply Network Design effort and helped design an E2E (End to End) Planning Transformation for the Company. He is recognized as one of the architects for P&G’s demand driven supply chain strategy.

Jake began his career with P&G in Finance in Risk Analysis and then moved into Operations.  He has experience in building supply network capability globally through leadership assignments in Asia, Latin America, and North America. 

He currently serves as a Research Associate for MIT; a member of Supply Chain 2020 Industry Advisory Council; Member of Gartner’s Supply Chain Think Tank; Consumer Goods Advisory Panel; and as a Board member of Industry Global Supply Chain Talent & Academic Initiative. Selected as 2013 Transformational Leader of the Year at SCM Leaders on Demand Summit. A P&G lifetime inductee of the Magnus Society for Supply Chain excellence.

Henry Ames serves as the VP of Strategy and Business Development for Sensitech.  He joined Sensitech in 2004 as the Director of Strategic Marketing where he focused on global market analysis and strategic marketing initiatives for the life science vertical. 

Prior to Sensitech, he was a Principal at Megunticook Management, a venture capital firm in Boston with $150 million under management and investments in promising communications, media, and technology companies.  While at Megunticook, Ames focused on supply chain-related investments.  Before that he was Manager of Business Development for Yantra, a leading provider of distributed order management and supply chain-fulfillment software. 

Ames earned an MBA from the F.W. Olin Graduate School of Business at Babson College, and a double major in Business Management and Entrepreneurship from Florida State University.  Since 2003, Ames has served as a member of the Board of Overseers of the Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center in Boston, MA and has served on the Committee for Patient Care Safety and the Community Benefits Committee.  Additionally, Ames serves as a member of the International Air Transport Association’s (IATA) Time and Temperature Task Force (TTTF), the Consumer Healthcare Products Association’s (CHPA) Logistics Committee, and is a member of the Parenteral Drug Association’s (PDA) Pharmaceutical Cold Chain Interest Group (PCCIG) Steering Committee. 

Peter Blok leads Collaborative’s Life Sciences Supply Chain services. Over his 32 year career, Peter has had firsthand experience in setting up and operating international supply chains, including Regulatory Remediation and Consent Decree Programs, Temperature Control Programs, CMO and 3PL Networks, Quality Systems and IT Management.  He has drug product launch experience in the US, European and Latin American markets.  Peter’s background includes innovative use of technology including the design and implementation of ePedigree systems, as well as the deployment of multiple Paperless Manufacturing Systems and global ERP systems.

Formerly, Peter was Vice President of Global Supply Chain for Celgene Corporation and Director, North American Operations Planning for Novartis Pharmaceuticals. He holds PhD in Chemical Physics from New York University and has formal business training from NYU Stern and The Wharton School of Business.  Peter holds a CSCP supply chain certification from APICS and a PMP project management certification from PMI.  He is currently serves as EVP of the Princeton Chapter of APICS.

Mr. Carr is responsible for the Life Sciences vertical at GT Nexus. He has significant manufacturing and supply chain software experience spanning nearly 20 years. Mr. Carr has engaged in Supply Chain projects with Pfizer, Johnson and Johnson and AbbVie among others. Before joining GT Nexus, Mr. Carr was with SAP where he was an award winning sales leader in supply chain solutions focusing on Life Sciences, Consumer Products, Chemicals and Manufacturing in the Northeastern United States. Throughout his career, Mr. Carr has held various sales leadership roles with SAP and its subsidiary companies. Mr. Carr received his undergraduate degree from Villanova in accounting and his MBA from Penn State University.

Tom is the Chief Supply Chain Officer and Chief Information Officer overseeing PL Developments’ information technology and supply chain. He has 19 years of experience in manufacturing and distribution, spending 12 of those years in large jewelry manufacturing. Tom has implemented multiple information management systems to improve internal controls and efficiencies across multiple industries. He holds a Bachelor’s degree in Business and Communications from Barry University, Andreas School of Business in Miami, Florida.

John Danese is Senior Director of Life Sciences in the Oracle Industry Business Unit (IBU). John's experience spans over two decades working in and with the pharmaceutical, biotechnology and medical device segments, during which time he has held various leadership roles in consulting, product development and sales. He has run industry customer councils and brought solutions to market to address industry-driven needs including 21 CFR Part 11 compliance, manufacturing execution, dispensing and pharmaceutical and device supply chain integrity. In the Oracle IBU, John remains dedicated to understanding the needs of and defining Oracle's strategic solution direction for the commercial operations of the life science industries.

David DeJean, Vice President, is responsible for Systech’s Center of Excellence, which supports and educates customers and stakeholders on best practices for implementing Enterprise Serialization, Track & Trace and Authentication solutions. DeJean brings a wealth of market knowledge, hands-on experience in serialization solution development and project methodology. His role includes staying abreast of international regulations, business and industry drivers, and supporting customers and stakeholders, defining high performance, cost-effective solutions that are integrated and expandable to meet future needs. DeJean is a serialization subject matter expert, previously holding various roles within Systech including, Engineering Management, Product Marketing, Professional Services and Sales Management.

John DiPalo, the COO for Acsis Incorporated, leads the development of the next generation of products for Acsis. Working in close consultation with some of the world’s leading manufacturers and distributors, John will ensure that their best practices are incorporated into the Acsis’ product roadmap.

John has more than 25 years of process and systems analysis and design experience. Over his career John has implemented many manufacturing and warehousing systems across multiple ERP, midrange and client server environments.

While at Acsis, John has served in a number of technology and customer facing positions. Most recently John served as Senior Vice President of Product Development and previously, Vice President of Solutions Engineering. Prior to joining Acsis in 1998, John was with Deloitte Consulting as a team lead for their SAP Integration product group as well as the director of SAP consulting for both IMI Systems and IntelliCorp Corporation

Don Harrison joined Envirotainer as Global Partner Manager in September of 2010. He is responsible for relationship management with high profile Global Partner airlines and freight forwarders such as United Airlines and DHL Global Forwarding. Don specializes in assisting airlines and freight forwarders in developing Cold Chain logistics and products to service the temperature sensitive pharmaceutical markets. Don brings 15 years of transportation logistics experience in the airline industry, ground logistics and warehouse management. Prior to Envirotainer he worked for United Airlines, Air Wisconsin Airlines and Air Tran Airways in a variety of management capacities.

Master of Business Administration Stefan Hockenberger studied business administration in the Berufsakademie Mannheim, University of Cooperative Education. From 2002 to 2009 Stefan worked as Solution Sales Executive at SAP Germany AG & Co. KG and had the overall Pre-Sales responsibility for the "SAP Solutions for Auto-ID and item Serialization (SAP AII/OER)" within all industries in Germany, Austria and Switzerland. In 2009 Stefan Hockenberger joined Movilitas Consulting AG to head up the company’s Track & Trace Solution offering. In addition, Stefan has participated in several publications and wrote and released the book "Track & Trace with SAP Solutions" in 2012.

Robin Hooker is responsible for developing and executing UPS’s healthcare marketing strategy to serve the unique logistics needs of the healthcare sector focusing on creating special capabilities and solutions that bring value to the healthcare supply chain.

Hooker and his team formulate healthcare solutions designed serve manufacturers, distributors, providers, labs and clinical research organizations, and dispensers to leverage UPS’s healthcare logistics expertise to improve efficiency. Hooker focuses on solutions that leverage UPS’s expanding distribution network, technology, inventory management and expertise in handling healthcare products while maintaining regulatory compliance.

Prior to his current assignment, Hooker served as Director of Global Strategy, Healthcare Logistics, where he coordinated the UPS Pain in the Chain Survey which focused on the top issues, strategies and insights facing healthcare supply chain executives.  In addition to being involved in producing the UPS Healthcare Forum, he also shaped UPS’s ongoing healthcare logistics strategy and tracked the financial performance of the sector.  Hooker held previous positions in Marketing and Finance for UPS in Dallas, Nashville, Seattle, and Sacramento where he started his career.

Hooker has been with UPS for over 26 years and received a Bachelor of Arts degree in Economics from California State University Sacramento.

Mr. Kamal comes to Frequentz having spent the last seven years as the Vice President of Business Development of rfXcel, a cloud-based software company in the drug, medical device, and food safety verticals. There, he was responsible for the growth and sales of their SaaS business. Having been in the industry from inception, Mr. Kamal is a trusted advisor in the field of Traceability and Serialization. Prior to rfXcel, Mr. Kamal also served as Director of the company, Agentrics, a cloud- based platform of supply chain applications, where he held autonomy over the Collaborative Supply Chain business unit. His success in building the business unit led to successful merger and later acquisition. He’s also widely seen as a Subject Matter Expert (SME) in the fields of ERPs, Supply Chain, and Change Management.

Gary joined FusionOps in April 2012 as CEO. Previously, Gary was CEO of Synplicity, Inc., a public company in the electronic design software tools market, which he originally joined as Vice President of Sales in 1998. In 2004, Gary was promoted to CEO and dramatically grew revenue and successfully sold the company to Synopsys, where he served as Vice President and General Manager through 2010. Earlier, Gary worked at LSI Logic Corporation for nearly 10 years in senior sales and marketing roles. Gary holds a BSEE, summa cum laude, from the University of Maryland and an MBA from UCLA, serves on the board of Exar Corporation (NYSE:EXAR) and has previously served on the boards of Mentor Graphics (Nasdaq:MENT), Oasys Design (acquired) and SpiraTech (acquired).

As vice president of Thought Leadership, Trevor serves as an expert source for Kinaxis customers, prospects, industry analysts and journalists. Known throughout the supply chain field, he has published many articles, presented at various industry events, and is the primary contributor to the Kinaxis 21st Century Supply Chain blog. Trevor helps Kinaxis seek new market opportunities within the company's distinctive competence and is instrumental in the company's competitive and market intelligence. He helps key customers achieve the operational control tower vision, guiding their priorities and architectures to realize the full potential of RapidResponse.

Having lived, worked, and studied in Canada, the United States, Europe and Africa, Trevor brings a global perspective to market needs and customer requirements. Prior to joining Kinaxis, Trevor worked for i2 Technologies where he held a number of sales & marketing roles and worked with global industry leaders such as Continental, Volkswagen, Nokia, and Thomson. Previous to i2, he worked for Coopers & Lybrand performing several studies in supply chain reengineering for companies such as Levi's, Burmah Oil, TNT Logistics, AGA Gas, and Schneider Electric, among others. Trevor has degrees in Chemical Engineering and Industrial Engineering.

Keith Oates is part of Exel’s Life Sciences & Healthcare North America customer development team.  In this role, Keith works closely with both existing and prospective customers in the strategic design and execution of supply chain solutions that meet business priorities and objectives.

Since joining Exel in 1997, Keith has held progressive levels of responsibility throughout his career.  Prior to his current role, Keith was Director, Transportation Operations, at Exel’s Mechanicsburg PA TMC, maintaining responsibility for site operations and delivering effective and efficient transport solutions within North America for customers across Exel’s Consumer, Life Science & Healthcare, Auto & Industrial, and Retail business units.

His experience includes Solution Design, Implementation and Project Management, Quality programs, Human Resources, TMS, Operations Workflow, Sourcing, Supplier Management, and Business Administration.

Keith holds a Bachelor of Science degree in Supply Chain Management from Penn State University, and resides with his wife and two children in Mechanicsburg, Pennsylvania.

Diane is the Vice President of Manufacturing Industry Solutions at GT Nexus, combining industry expertise and technology to deliver the best possible solutions for our customers. Diane’s career has been focused on the manufacturing sector, specifically FDA-compliant industries. For the last 13 years, Diane has used SaaS and cloud technologies to find ways to converge ERP and supply chains in emerging markets. Prior to GT Nexus, Diane was General Manager for an SAP partner specializing in developing products for subsidiary manufacturers in emerging markets. Diane has an MBA from the University of Minnesota.

John is an experienced, international sales and marketing executive who, for the past 12 years, has been focused on healthcare technology for large multi-national and entrepreneurial ventures.  Prior to joining Frequentz, John was EVP of Sales & Marketing at Health Market Sciences, where he led the sales and marketing teams across all healthcare verticals including life sciences, distribution and the pharmacy sectors. Prior to that, he was SVP of Sales & Marketing at Inovalon, and also spent 8 years at IMS Health, one of the largest technology providers to the pharmaceutical industry.  John was also with IBM in Sales, Marketing and Services both in the US and in Europe.

Ketan Shah is a Principal in the Chicago Office of McKinsey & Company. He has been with McKinsey for 11 years and leads the Pharmaceutical and Medical Products Supply Chain service line. Ketan is also a leader of the Pharmaceutical and Medical Operations practice and the Supply Chain practice in North America. He serves pharma and non-pharma clients on supply chain topics such as end-to-end transformations, benchmarking, diagnostics, future state supply chain design, supply chain risk and integrity, warehousing and logistics excellence, network design, inventory reduction, service recovery/improvement, S&OP and other planning topics. He also has hands-on experience leading multi-site operational excellence programs in pharma/biologics companies. He is the author and editor of McKinsey's latest book on Pharmaceutical supply chain "Finding Opportunity in Uncertainty." Ketan also has been invited for guest lectures at the Kellogg School of Management on the topic of supply chain. Prior to McKinsey, Ketan was the Managing Director of a chemical manufacturing company in India where he led the company turnaround from a bankruptcy situation. Ketan has a M.S. degree in Engineering from North Carolina State University and a MBA from Kellogg School of Management at Northwestern University.

Keith currently leads BT’s supply chain practice in the Americas, working closely with customers to continually innovate the company’s BT Trace portfolio. He has led the design, development and delivery of multiple customer-focused solutions, including BT Global Trace which provides customers with end-to-end visibility across their supply chain, and BT Trace for Retail, an RFID Inventory Management solution. Keith’s wealth of experience includes the development of new businesses in new markets, taking many opportunities from green field through to significant growth, and the refocusing of existing businesses to derive new growth opportunities.  Keith has considerable international experience and is a football enthusiast.

Brajinder Singh is a Partner with Clarkston Consulting. He has 29 years of industry and consulting experience delivering business solutions for life sciences and consumer products companies. Brajinder has managed every phase of client engagements, including business development, project management, business reengineering, system planning and implementation, organizational change management, and regulatory compliance.

Prior to joining Clarkston, Brajinder worked at Osprey Consulting and Sara Lee Hosiery. At Osprey Consulting, he was responsible for delivering SAP based solutions for consumer product companies, and at Sara Lee Hosiery he spent twelve years in progressive IT leadership roles supporting their global planning and manufacturing operations.

Brajinder received his B.S. in computer information systems from High Point University.

Mitchel Syp is a seasoned supply chain logistics professional with over 18 years of industry expertise.  Mitchel’s consultative knowledge in the life science supply chain industry is coupled with his successful tenure as a senior business development executive for the USA Healthcare Industry Vertical group at Panalpina, Inc.  His primary knowledge in transportation logistics in addition to his in-depth healthcare knowledge of GDP in a compliance driven industry has led to many successful partnerships between Panalpina and key life science manufacturers in the industry.

Wayne leads the Business Development group for DHL/Exel in North America.  His team develops value added solutions across the entire supply chain for companies in the Pharmaceutical, BioPharma, Consumer Healthcare and Medical Device space.   Prior to assuming his Business Development responsibilities, Wayne led the Contracts Management group for the Americas.  Before joining DHL/Exel, Wayne worked for Ernst & Young LLP where he obtained his Certified Public Accounting designation and was subsequently a successful entrepreneur starting up several venture capital backed companies.

Wayne holds a Bachelor of Science degree from The Ohio State University.