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MPO
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Clay
Anselmo
President,
Reglera, LLC
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Clay
Anselmo, President of Reglera, has over 20 years of
experience in operations and management in the Medical
Device and Tissue Banking industries. Clay co-founded
and developed Reglera.
Before joining Enscicon / Reglera, Clay worked for COBE
Laboratories / GAMBRO Healthcare. Rising quickly from
a top technical contributor to a position as Corporate
Director of Quality Assurance, Clay’s organization
led the company to establish world-class quality systems
and successfully resolved chronic problems with the
FDA that threatened to close the company’s US
operations. Before his work at GAMBRO, Clay worked with
Alcon Laboratories and helped develop and introduce
two of the most successful ophthalmic surgical instruments
ever brought to the market. |
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Greg
Frazier
Executive
Vice President, Global Supply Chain Services, Avnet,
Inc.
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Greg
Frazier serves as a member of the Avnet Electronics
Marketing global executive team and is a vice president
of Avnet, Inc. He is responsible for the design of supply
chain strategies for Avnet's global suppliers and customers.
He also has oversight of Avnet's global supply chain
team, which helps those customers who are transitioning
their business to different global regions. Additionally,
Mr. Frazier identifies strategic business development
opportunities in the supply chain space.
Mr.
Frazier is a recognized expert in global electronics
supply chain management and is frequently asked to speak
on this topic at industry events and conferences. He
was named a 2006 Practitioner Pro to Know by Supply
& Demand Chain Executive magazine and was listed
among Electronic Buyers' NewsHot 25 Executives in 1998. |
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Scott
W. Holmes
Vice
President Strategy
& Portfolio Management, Covidien Kendall
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Scott
Holmes is Vice President of Strategy and Portfolio Management
at Covidien, a leading global healthcare products company.
He has more than twenty years of marketing, sales and
executive management experience in the medical device
industry. In his current role, he is responsible for
creating the strategic plan for the Medical Supplies
Sector.
Mr.
Holmes began his career at Covidien in 2002 and has
held various roles with increasing responsibility. During
his time at Covidien, he has successfully instituted
a strategic growth plan which includes a portfolio expansion
plan consisting of the launch of nine significant products.
His plan has resulted in the increase of operating income,
service levels and the effectiveness and retention of
the sales force. Additionally; he has played a key role
in the creation and implementation of several educational
and marketing programs.
Mr.
Holmes is an active member of the American Marketing
Association and served as a Diversity Council Representative
for Tyco International. He also serves as the Chairman
of the Supplies Sector Product Development Team. He
received a bachelor’s degree from Wright State
University (Ohio).
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Rick
Hoole
Partner,
PRTM
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Rick
joined PRTM in 1977 and has been helping companies integrate
their supply chains and achieve excellence in operations
for over 30 years. His current focus is operations excellence
in the medical device and diagnostics industry, but
he has worked globally across industries throughout
his career. Rick’s work has included overall strategy
formulation, cost reduction programs, strategic sourcing
outsourcing, M&A support, demand forecasting and
planning, among many other areas.
Rick
developed and managed PRTM’s competitive benchmarking
practice, which led to the creation of PRTM’s
benchmarking subsidiary.
Additionally, he formed the first multi-company supply
chain benchmarking consortium that ultimately evolved
into the Supply Chain Council, with over 800 members
today.
Rick
received his MBA from the Stanford Graduate School of
Business and his BS in industrial engineering from Northeastern
University. |
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Terence
O'Hagan
Director
of Business Development & Strategy, Radius Product
Development
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Terence
O’Hagan is the Director of Business Development
& Strategy for Radius Product Development, an international
product design and development firm that provides integrated
design strategy, user research, industrial design, engineering,
and manufacturing implementation for clients in consumer
and healthcare markets. In his current role, Terence
works with clients in the medical device industry to
formulate product development plans which support the
client’s strategic, technical and organizational
objectives.
With
a product strategy and development career spanning more
than 20 years, Terry has successfully developed and
executed new product development, market entry and sales
strategies for technology, consumer product and medical
device companies seeking to gain a competitive edge
in domestic and international markets. Terry has a BS
in Plastics Engineering from the University of Lowell
and a Masters in Business Administration from Worcester
Polytechnic Institute. |
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Kevin
Quinley
President,
Kevin Quinley & Associates
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Kevin
M. Quinley is a risk management consultant and expert
in medical device product liability claims. The co-author
of Marketing Medical Devices in the United States (Euromed
Communications, Ltd.), he has worked with hundreds of
life science firms in reducing their cost of risk. He
has a BA from Wake Forest University and an MA from
the College of William & Mary. He holds the Chartered
Property & Casualty Underwriter (CPCU) designation
and specialty designations from the American Insurance
Institute in Risk Management (ARM), in Claims (AIC),
in Reinsurance (ARe) and in Management (AIM).
Kevin has written over 600 published articles and ten
books. Kevin teaches classes in insurance and risk management
for the Washington D.C. Chapter of the Society of CPCU.
He is a frequent writer and speaker on topics relating
to medical risk management and claims-handling. |
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Andrès
Rochwerger
Global
Sourcing Manager, Contract Manufacturing, Boston Scientific
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Andrés
C. Rochwerger is a Global Sourcing Manager at Boston
Scientific Corporation (BSC). Andrés has fourteen
years of experience in operations and supply-chain management
with a strong focus on contract manufacturing relationships
in the medical-device, electronics, and industrial sectors.
Since joining BSC in 2003, he has been responsible for
managing the operational relationships with key corporate
suppliers; he has led several outsourcing programs and
continues to facilitate co-development initiatives.
Within BSC, Andrés is a champion for Best Practices
in Sourcing Management for Medical Product Outsourcing.
Andrés
received his MBA from Queen’s University in Canada
and holds a B.A.Sc. in Engineering Science from the
University of Toronto. He has also received Diplomas
in Project Management and Negotiation & Dispute
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Amar
Sawhney, PhD
President
& CEO,
I-Therapeutix
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Amarpreet
Sawhney is the President and CEO of I-Therapeutix, Inc.
a company focused on unmet needs in ophthalmic surgical
wound closure and drug delivery. Previously, he was
Founder and CEO of Confluent Surgical (acquired by Covidien),
a biosurgery company. He was also the Chairman of MarketRx
(acquired by Cognizant), a provider of pharmaceutical
marketing and sales analytics and intelligence. Before
Confluent, Dr. Sawhney was the technology founder of
Focal, Inc. (acquired by Genzyme). Dr. Sawhney’s
innovations are the subject of almost 100 issued and
pending patents. He is a member of the board of directors
of, Soteira, Square One, TiE Boston, Access Closure,
I-Therapeutix, Augmenix, and Incept LLC and is also
a Founder of the last four companies. Additionally Amar
volunteers his time with other entrepreneurial organizations
such as TiE Boston, MassMedic, and the E&Y Entrepreneur
of the Year program.
Dr.
Sawhney and Confluent have been recognized by several
awards including the MassMedic best startup company
award, Frost and Sullivan Product innovation award,
MIT Global Indus Technovators Award, the E&Y regional
entrepreneur of the year award, Mass High Tech All Star
award, and the University of Texas Outstanding Young
Engineering Graduate award. Dr. Sawhney holds a Ph.D.
and M.S. in Chemical Engineering from the University
of Texas at Austin and a B.Tech. in Chemical Engineering
from the Indian Institute of Technology, New Delhi. |
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Andre
Tippett
Executive
Director of Community Affairs, New England Patriots
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Mr.
Tippett was drafted by the New England Patriots in the
2nd round in 1982 from the University of Iowa and played
with the team for twelve seasons. Mr. Tippett successful
career included playing in 5 Pro Bowls, All-Pro Honor’s,
Defensive Player of the Year and a member of the NFL
1980’s All-Decade Team. Andre was recently enshrined
into the Pro-Football Hall of Fame.
Tippett became the first player to
work in the front office for the Patriots. From 1994-1996,
he served as the Director of Players Resources, then
in 1997 became the Assistant Director of Pro-Personnel.
From 2003 – 2007, Andre served as the Football
Development & Promotions Director and is now the
Executive Director of Community Affairs.
He is involved in community outreach
programs, including the Boys & Girls Club, UMASS
Boston Advisory Board College of Nursing, and Sports
Museum Board of Trustees. In 2004, he was awarded the
Ron Burton Community Service award by M.I.A.A., and
has served on the Governer Romney Committee on Physical
Fitness and Sports. Andre participates in various charitable
events in and around the New England area since 1982.
Mr.Tippett
has an extensive martial arts background. He has competed
nationally and internationally in open karate circuit
and has won numerous medals. Tippett is an avid Golfer
and his hobbies include motorcycle riding, cooking and
trap shooting. |
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Product Outsourcing event,
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