MPO Symposium 2008 East Coast

 

  

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MPO Symposium 2008 Speakers

Clay Anselmo
President, Reglera, LLC

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.

Greg Frazier
Executive Vice President, Global Supply Chain Services, Avnet, Inc.

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.

Scott W. Holmes
Vice President Strategy
& Portfolio Management, Covidien Kendall

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).

Rick Hoole
Partner, PRTM

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.

Terence O'Hagan
Director of Business Development & Strategy, Radius Product Development

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.

Kevin Quinley
President, Kevin Quinley & Associates

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.

Andrès Rochwerger
Global Sourcing Manager, Contract Manufacturing, Boston Scientific

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 Resolution.

Amar Sawhney, PhD
President & CEO,
I-Therapeutix

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.

Andre Tippett
Executive Director of Community Affairs, New England Patriots

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.

For speaking opportunities or more information about this Medical Product Outsourcing event,
contact Howard Revitch:
phone: 201-880-2243
email: info@mposymposium.com


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