Chris Calabretta is the Global Procurement Lead for Biologic Materials and Vaccines. Chris has been with J&J for 24 years. In this role he is responsible for setting the category strategy, strategic sourcing and supplier management of the raw materials for global production of biologics and vaccines.

Chris’ career with J&J includes Distribution, Plant Management, New Product Launches, Supply Chain, and Strategic Sourcing. He began his career with McNeil Consumer Products in the Fort Washington, PA campus as a Distribution Supervisor and then as a Plant Projects Manager responsible for implementation of new product development, capital installations, and technical improvements. He moved to Johnson & Johnson / Merck Joint Venture to manage new product launches and to manage Supply and Demand Planning.

Chris’ career in Procurement began when he moved back into McNeil managing the Consulting, Capital and IT spends. He then moved into the Pharmaceutical side of J&J and assumed the World Wide Category Manager Role for Marketing Research. Chris then accepted the role of Vice President of the North American Pharmaceutical Procurement & the Global Marketing Procurement Category. In this senior role, he was responsible for the Commercial spend for the North American Pharma businesses and setting the strategy for Marketing Procurement across J&J on a global scope. This includes all Marketing Services, Agencies, Global Strategic Insights, Marketing Operations, Professional Education, Distributors and Consulting.

Chris received his BS from Penn State University and a Masters of Business from Villanova University. He is married to his wife, Louise and has three young sons, Christian, Braden and Andrew.

Ganesh Vedarajan is a Managing Principal on ZS Associates’ executive team and is based in the firm’s San Mateo, Calif. office. Ganesh advises life science clients across a range of issues, including brand marketing, marketing execution effectiveness, managed care marketing and contracting, sales strategy and commercial analytics and operations. He holds a B.Tech from the Indian Institute of Technology Madras, a Ph.D. in mechanical engineering from the University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign and an M.B.A. from the Wharton School of the University of Pennsylvania.

•         Responsible for leading a high-performing Procurement team to support Global Innovative Medicines and MedImmune business units (Research through Early Clinical Development)
•         Developing and optimizing internal and external partnerships
•         Appointed Planning & Resource Lead in 2013.  Developed support model and organization design for internal “consulting” resources to support large complex sourcing, process optimization and/or supplier performance projects.  In addition, manages the Gaithersburg Procurement Ops team in support of NAM tactical buying
•         Joined MedImmune / AZ in 2008 as Director of Sourcing & Procurement.  Then expanded role in 2011 as Sr. Dir. with responsibility for all Source to Settle Processes, IT and Travel
•         Lead BPO Procurement teams at Avaya, Pepsico and Hertz
•         Held various positions during seven year tenure at Schering-Plough including Head of Procurement (Dir.) for North America Commercial (Rx, Animal Health and CPG)
•         Seven years supply chain and procurement at Philip Morris USA

Ahmet Karacaoglu joined Noven Pharmaceuticals, Inc. in November 2012 where he had to build the Strategic Sourcing function and organization from the ground up. As the Head of Strategic Sourcing and Procurement at Noven, he is responsible for the combined procurement function and developing strategic partnerships to help achieve both commercial synergies and competitive advantage. Ahmet and his team develop category specific sourcing strategies and serve as lead negotiators for enterprise-wide spend.

Prior to joining Noven, Ahmet served as the Global Director of Procurement for Commercial and Professional services categories at Shire Pharmaceuticals, where he oversaw a global spend of approximately $700 M/yr. He also has over 15 years of experience in strategic sourcing and supplier management in both direct and indirect categories at a global level.

Ahmet is experienced at transforming decentralized procurement organizations into globally connected, locally wired business functions that drive performance through robust sourcing processes and demand management. He is well regarded as a strategist and change agent who finds innovative solutions to business problems and challenges.

Ahmet holds a Bachelor of Science in Economics from Istanbul University and an MBA in Finance and Information Systems from Drexel University. He resides in Miami Beach with his wife and their son.

Hans C. Engel is the Associate Director of Global Procurement at the National Basketball Association ‘NBA’.  He oversees and manages the P2P process covering the entire league; specifically within Marketing, Professional Services, and IT SaaS & Hardware for the NBA’s global headquarters.  Leveraging his 18+ years of direct and indirect procurement management experience establishing procedural compliance guidelines within the Pharmaceutical sector, Mr. Engel is also a governance officer tasked with establishing Protocols and Policy’s while serving as a lead negotiator achieving cost savings goals with value added incentives across various categories.

Raphael Kleinmann is Head of US Procurement at Ferring Pharmaceuticals.  He is appointed to transform a highly decentralized transactional oriented organization into a proactive and strategic value-adding function for all US companies.  He is responsible to develop, shape and lead the Procurement organization to drive change across the organization in conjunction with internal stakeholders and key suppliers to drive supply cost, innovation, corporate responsibility, operational and ROI enhancements.

Raphael has worked at Fortune 500 companies in the Pharmaceutical, Medical Device Manufacturing, Life and Material Sciences, Biotechnology, Food and Beverage industries.

Raphael holds a dual Bachelor’s degree in Communications and Business Administration from the European University, and a Master of Business Administration degree in International Business and Supply Management from the University of San Diego, CA.  He is fluent in English, French and Dutch.

Lisa Khan is a strategic sourcing and procurement leader at Mylan. She leads Professional Services Sourcing of Marketing & Sales, Consulting Services, Financial Services, Human Relations Services and other global categories.  She and her team partner closely with Mylan stakeholders and outside providers to align business needs with optimal use of supplier offerings. She leads the effort to instill rigorous strategic sourcing techniques to maximize investments made.

Over the last 15 years, Lisa has held responsibilities across a wide range of categories and verticals. She has held critical roles with firms including Pfizer, AT Kearney, and financial roles with PwC and within the Insurance and Financial industries.  She holds a BBA in Accounting from University of Houston and an MBA from University of Texas. 

A native Texan, Lisa recently moved to Pittsburgh and enjoys exploring the city with husband, Jay, and daughters Rachel 11 and Sadie 8. 

Madeleine has been a member of the GSK Procurement organisation since joining the “Future leaders” programme post-university in 2008.  Since then she has held a variety of roles in both the direct and indirect organisation, as well as the Procurement performance team in eSourcing and capability roles.    She moved to the US in 2013 for a role with global responsibility spend on Agency (contingent) workers and recruitment.  She has recently been appointed as a Director within the North America Procurement team and additionally supports the IT Procurement team with key strategic projects and priorities.

Gerry Whitlow has 25 years of experience in various roles including Procurement, Supply Chain, Product Management and Manufacturing. Gerry is currently Senior Director of Global Sourcing with Perrigo Company. Previously Gerry spent 17 years with Bayer AG in Pittsburgh and Leverkusen, Germany.

Vimal Gandhi is an Associate Director, Global Sourcing for AstraZeneca’s Biologics division, formerly known as Medimmune, headquartered in Gaithersburg, MD. Vimal joined AstraZeneca in 2009 and has owned various procurement roles across R&D, early/late stage clinical development through commercial manufacturing within both the biologics and vaccine businesses.

Responsibilities include oversight, development and implementation of best practice sourcing and supplier management strategies of all direct spend categories which include direct materials, external manufacturing, device technologies and packaging across the global biologic portfolio.

Vimal brings almost 20 years of experience and worked as a Management Consultant with PwC and KPMG focusing on corporate strategy, operational process improvement, business transformation and supply chain optimization with various Fortune 500 companies across automotive, consumer products, energy and various other industries. Vimal has an MBA in Finance as well as a Bachelor’s degree in Chemical Engineering from McMaster University in Canada.

Dr. Terence (Terry) Barnhart is the head of Process and Cultural Excellence at Sandoz Inc.  In this role, he facilitates individuals, teams and the organization through transformation to be the best.  To support this work, he researches, tests and implements strategies and methods in (fast)learning and the psychology, sociology and mechanics of innovation, adaptation, improvement and change.

Terry writes and speaks widely on the transformation of innovation, culture, operations and tactics, and has consulted with organizations ranging from the US Marine Corps, Navy and Air Force to major companies including J&J, P&G, Nestle, Lexmark and Boeing.  He has held roles as scientist, Lean sensei, project manager, plant engineer, strategist and consultant at companies including Pfizer, GE, Uniroyal, and McKinsey and Company. 

Frances Grote has been in the biopharma industry for over twenty years.  She has worked extensively in both Clinical Operations and Clinical Vendor Management, including an “ex-pat” in Strategic Sourcing.  Fran has always been an innovator in Drug Development Outsourcing, focusing on leading-edge approaches to maximizing the value of outsourced relationships for both the customer and the provider.  She is currently Senior Director of Clinical Vendor Management at Biogen, where she is focusing on collaborating both internally and externally to implement a best-in-class outsourcing vision and strategy.  Fran is also the mother of four amazing kids, and a novelist.  Her second book was published in 2014.

Tanya Momtahen is Vice President, Global Scientific & Clinical Procurement in Sanofi since September 2014.  Tanya is responsible for all Clinical and Scientific outsourcing and those Markets for Sanofi Group - worldwide.  She ensures internal knowledge and awareness of markets, suppliers, technologies for all relevant categories within that perimeter and manages an international team that develops sourcing strategies balancing risks and opportunities that are aligned with the business needs.  Her team leads key supplier relationships and drives the development of new market opportunities.

Tanya previously worked in Research & Development for more than 25 years.  Most recently as the Vice President, Anti IL-6R Global Project Head in the Immunology & Inflammation area in Sanofi were she transitioned the project from phase 2 through to the first phase 3 results. She lead the project, which is co-developed with Regeneron, for 3.5 years. Over the past 15 years within Sanofi she has held several R&D leadership positions, including the Head of Development & Realization for the previous Fibrosis & Wound Repair Unit and the Vice President of Metabolism Project Direction.

Prior to Sanofi, Tanya was a project leader at Glaxo Welcome in the late ‘90s.  She started her career in medicinal chemistry in Research at Rhone Poulenc Rorer in 1989.  She holds a M.S. in organic chemistry from Villanova University and a B.A. from Immaculate University. 

Ratan Ratnesh is a Director and Head of Clinical Outsourcing at Otsuka Pharmaceutical. He received his Bachelors in Mechanical Engineering from National Institute of Technology, India and an MBA from University of Louisiana. Ratan has broad experience in strategic sourcing, clinical outsourcing, operations and supply chain improvements in Fortune 500 and growth companies. He started his career in management consulting specializing in supply-chain across different industries and moved to clinical outsourcing in early 2000. In Pharmaceutical industry he worked at Wyeth and Novartis prior to joining Otsuka and he has managed different categories related to clinical outsourcing.

With over 18 years of sourcing and procurement experience in international & global roles and in diverse organizations, Daniel has a passion for procurement transformation, leading people & change and negotiations.  

Proven and experienced in all commercial and legal aspects of sourcing and procurement (direct/indirect spend), strategic sourcing, outsourcing (incl. R&D, BPO and IT) & insourcing, mergers & acquisitions, cost reduction programs, procurement transformation, governance and project management. 

As a business leader and coach, Daniel focuses on three core processes:  people, strategy and execution.  Has the ability to get things done through others, follows through and focuses on execution and continuous improvement.

Wali is the Data Services, Senior Manager within J&J’s Procurement Shared Services Group. His teams are responsible for developing and implementing data-driven analytical solutions, ensuring data integrity and maintaining Data Standards and Enterprise Level Business Rules/Mappings. A key deliverable of the Data Services Team is the enhancement of Procurement’s ability to deliver best in class savings and strategic supplier partnerships. Recent projects, include the development and implementation of an Enterprise Data Warehouse for Spend, an Information Portal and Analytics Workbench.

Brett Healy is Director of Global Procurement for Capsugel, a global innovator of dosage solutions for the healthcare industry.  She joined Capsugel in 2012 and focuses on indirect procurement for the company’s manufacturing and R&D facilities around the world.  Brett is based at Capsugel’s headquarters in Morristown, NJ and manages a global team of talented procurement colleagues.  Brett drives the company’s procurement strategy for all indirect spend worldwide, through a complete approach including portfolio optimization, category planning, strategic sourcing, contract management, functional procurement, and supplier relationship management.  Working with company leadership, she develops and prioritizes a portfolio of high-value strategic sourcing opportunities.  In addition to providing hands-on leadership for large multi-million dollar global projects, Brett leads procurement integrations for acquired businesses and manages procurement for facility expansions.   Prior to joining Capsugel, Brett held various procurement leadership roles, in both direct and indirect procurement, during a 12-year career with Ingersoll Rand.  She earned an MBA from the Kelley School of Business at Indiana University and a BS in Business Administration/Supply Chain from Lehigh University.

Kai started his career in procurement with Bunn-o-Matic managing international procurement for the organization. He later transitioned to a management consulting role with IBM before joining the pharmaceutical industry. Kai cut his teeth in pharmaceutical procurement with Novartis and is now leading global indirect sourcing at Alexion.

Brian Bonnell is currently Global Category Manager for Biotech Planning and Resource at AstraZeneca and MedImmune. Brian’s role is focused on accelerating and enabling the research pipeline by leading strategic sourcing, supplier management and process simplification initiatives. AstraZeneca is a global science led biopharmaceutical company that employs around 57,000 people globally and operates in more than 100 countries in order to deliver our innovative medicines to millions of people worldwide.   Our primary focus is on three key areas: Cardiovascular and Metabolic disease (CVMD); Oncology; and Respiratory, Inflammation and Autoimmunity (RIA).  We are also active in the Infection, Neuroscience and Gastrointestinal (ING) disease areas.   Prior to joining AstraZeneca, Brian led the procurement of multiple categories including IT, facilities and direct materials at both small biotech and large pharmaceutical organizations.  Brian holds an MBA in Finance and Supply Chain Management as well as a Bachelor’s degree in Chemical Engineering from Penn State.  

Richard Grueter is a Senior Manager in Strategic Sourcing at Astellas supporting the Marketing & Sales Organizations.  He has over eighteen years of pharmaceutical sourcing experience and previously worked with TAP Pharmaceutical Products Inc and Abbott Laboratories.  Richard has enjoyed the experiences associated in being a part of a very mature procurement organization (Abbott Laboratories) as well as being a charter member of two newly organized procurement organizations (TAP and Astellas).   Richard & his family reside in Burlington, WI.

Elizabeth Shewell, is currently the Sr. Director of Outsourcing at Incyte Corporation in Wilmington, Delaware. In her role, she oversees the sourcing activities for numerous therapeutic indications for Phases 1-4.  She also is the governance lead and relationship manager for all Clinical Incyte vendors. She has been working within the outsourcing capacity for many years and has previously held positions at GSK and J&J. She is currently an active member of the MCC (Metrics Champion Consortium), HBA (Healthcare Business Woman’s Association) and IOAP (International Association of Outsourcing Professionals).

Greg Kresge has more than 20 years of global healthcare industry experience in the research, quality assurance, manufacturing, and indirect procurement functions.

He has managed budgets in excess of $600M and successfully elevated strategic sourcing solutions to focus on increasing and managing the total value of supplier delivered services.  When structuring a sound supplier partnership, its Greg’s perspective that quality, service level, innovation, and cost must all be taken into account.  Under Greg’s leadership, Shire’s Global Procurement’s influence on the commercial business grew from 50% to ~80%.

Greg believes that a leading-edge Global Procurement department must consist of an emotionally intelligent staff with business acumen honed on understanding the corporation, organizational dynamics, and internal processes.  This alignment between the business functions and procurement is critical to establishing a supply network that meets and exceeds the core business needs.

Most recently, he closely partnered with the Shire Procurement Leadership Team to confirm best sourcing practices and benchmarked Shire’s Procurement’s structure. The activity resulted in a restructuring and goal reset for the Department.  Additionally, Greg co-developed the Global Procurement 3 year business plan which was completely aligned with and supported the Corporate Strategy.

If Greg doesn’t answer your calls, he is most likely standing in it up to his waist with a fly rod in his right hand and hopefully, trout in his net.

Arash Azadegan (PhD, W.P. Carey School of Business, Arizona State University) is an Associate Professor at Rutgers Business School and the Director of Supply Chain Disruption Research Laboratory (SCDrl). Dr. Azadegan has over a decade of industrial experience with Fortune 100 companies such as Quaker Oats, Ralston Purina and Ford Motor. His research focuses on supply chain disruptions, and the effect of organizational response and recovery efforts to mitigate them. He has ongoing experiment based research projects on the role of organizational, leadership and supply chain resilience in the face of natural and man-made disruptions. He leads the efforts of a small team of PhD and graduate students at the SCDrl on several studies to assess firm behavior in response and in recovering from disruptions. Dr. Azadegan’s work is published in several top Operation and Supply Chain Management journals including the Journal of Operations Management, Journal of Supply Chain Management, Production and Operations Management Journal, and the Decision Sciences Journal among others. Dr. Azadegan is an officer of the OM Division at the Academy of Management, an active member of the Decision Sciences Institute. He was recently recognized as a Galactic Hero at the Buzz Light Year Ranger Spin at Disney World, Orlando.

Currently responsible for global category leadership in the areas of patient services, secondary market distribution (wholesalers and retail) and market research (including Health Economics and Outcomes Research) for all divisions across Novartis.  Previously, Joe was the Global Oncology Head of Strategic Sourcing and Productivity responsible for the ongoing leadership of the Global Oncology Procurement team. This included developing and implementing the sourcing strategies of all indirect spend categories which included research and development, marketing, IT, and corporate spend categories. Additionally, he developed and implemented the overall Novartis Global Oncology productivity plan using Lean Sigma principles to simplify business processes across the organization.  Prior to joining Novartis, Joe held various leadership roles during a 10-year career with GE Healthcare.  Additionally, Joe was a Captain in the US Army.

He holds a Master Degree in Developmental and Cellular Biology and a Bachelor Degree in Biology from the American University, and an MBA from Babson College. Joe is also a certified Lean Six Sigma Master Black Belt.

Subs Tripathy is the Global Head of Oncology Procurement at Novartis. 

Subs’ responsibilities include developing and implementing the sourcing strategies of all indirect spend categories which included research and development, marketing and corporate spend categories. He has extensive leadership experience across Sourcing and Finance in his 11 years at Novartis. This includes sourcing operations, category management, shared services and financial planning and analysis.

Prior to Novartis, he has worked in Alcoa and other consulting companies across Europe, Asia and the USA. He has an Engineering degree, an MBA and a Masters in eBusiness.

Chantal Sarmanoukian is currently the Head of Global Indirect Procurement for Shire. The Indirect Pillar at Shire includes categories such as Commercial, IT and Technology Enablement, Professional Services, Travel and Fleet. Chantal joined Shire in 2005 as Director R&D Procurement and during her ten year tenure has led many of the other categories listed above.  Shire is one of the world’s leading specialty biopharmaceutical companies—but, more importantly, Shire makes a difference to people with life-altering conditions, enabling them to lead better lives. The patient-focused culture comes to life through its employees, who together form One Shire. Shire has over 5,300 employee with products marketed in over 50 countries. 2014 product sales were $5.8B.  In her role, Chantal and her team are responsible for collaboratively building strategic sourcing solutions for Shire’s businesses around the globe. They manage global activities ranging from strategic category sourcing to supply management to operational procurement. Her team is located in both North America and Europe. Prior to Shire, Chantal held various positions at Bristol-Myers Squibb in the Pharmaceutical Research Institute and in Global Strategic Sourcing focused primarily in the R&D functions. Chantal holds a MBA in Strategic Management and a Bachelor’s degree in Biology both from Rutgers University.

Ray Kane brings 20 years of experience to his current role as Executive Director, Human Capital Solutions for Allegis Global Solutions (AGS). Ray is responsible for guiding companies in their workforce management as he collaborates with them to design and deploy enterprise-wide solutions, advising on best practices and continuously providing thought leadership utilizing his subject matter expertise. As a first point of contact for companies seeking information regarding workforce management solutions, Ray works in partnership with business development leadership to bring in and qualify leads. He attends industry events and develops brand awareness, educates companies on hiring and staffing solutions and strategically aligns potential clients to the appropriate regional contacts. Prior to his current role at AGS, Ray held multiple leadership positions at Aerotek, an Allegis Group staffing company. In fact, Ray began his career at Aerotek as a technical recruiter in 1995 and quickly moved into the Account Executive role. Later, Ray was promoted into Director of National Sales and he utilized experiences gained here to become Vice President of Strategic Sales for Aerotek’s Life Sciences division for seven years and the Eastern Region for another two years before joining AGS. Ray earned his Bachelor of Arts in Psychology from the University of Virginia.

Brenda Miller Is a 25 year industry professional serving in the role as a Global Program Director for a large SMM (Strategic Meetings Management) Client for CWT Meetings & Events. Brenda’s experience spans not only the meetings and travel space but also experience from the customer side within an established procurement community.  As such, Brenda was responsible for negotiating and sourcing global travel and meeting vendors for a $200MM meetings and $350MM travel program.  Brenda since 2010, has been a leader in the development of best in class strategic meetings programs. Brenda currently supports a large pharmaceutical client and manages their SMM program globally including support for over 20 countries, managing 3rd party meeting supplier performance and all regulatory and compliance reporting processes.
 
Brenda holds a BS in Accounting/Finance.  She has held various roles in her career including procurement, project management, contract negotiations/analysis, operations management and program/account management.

Mary brings over 25 years’ experience as a strategic partner and business leader in the research, development and manufacturing procurement functions spanning across  the pharmaceutical, biotech and consumer electronics industries.  Prior to her current role at FORMA, Mary worked at Cubist Pharmaceuticals where she launched the Strategic Sourcing organization in 2011, with a robust change management strategy requiring engagement and participation across the enterprise. Under Mary’s leadership, the Sourcing organization successfully supported Cubist’s growing portfolio and clinical trials pipeline through cost savings initiatives and efforts to build a sustainable supply network. Previous to Cubist, Mary held various leadership positions for 8 years at Pfizer, where she most recently led the Global Scientific Materials organization and supported the outsourcing of clinical trials at Pfizer Global R&D. She also held senior leadership positions at Genzyme, Waters, and Bose Corporation.

Mary is an Executive Member of Linking Leaders Clinical Outsourcing Roundtable and is a member of the Bio-Supply Management Alliance Board of Advisors.  She received the 2013 NESCON Supply Chain Hall of Fame Award and the 2009 Harry J. Graham Award from the Purchasing Management Association of Boston (PMAB), affiliate of ISM, for her generous volunteer work.  In addition, Mary is an Advisor on the PMAB Board of Directors, where she has also served as President.  She is a Certified Professional in Supply Management (CPSM) and a Lifetime Certified Purchasing Manager (C.P.M.).  Mary earned her Master of Science in Management from the Lally School of Management, Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute and her Bachelor of Arts, magna cum laude, from the Carroll School of Management, Boston College.

Since graduating from Wake Forest University, Mike has obtained 25 years of experience in the Human Resources industry.  Early career industry experience included technology and staffing services. 

The last 13 years have been spent with Quintiles in the Healthcare (clinical research) arena.  Mike began as the Manager of Recruitment for North America, a role in which he managed a team that delivered staffing fulfillment of all skillsets to the North American line managers.  He has since progressed through increasing responsibilities, culminating in his current role as Senior Director, HR Staffing Systems.  In this position, he oversees global responsibility for all staffing related systems, including the Taleo applicant tracking system and the Fieldglass contingent labor system. 

Mike’s team has been responsible for the deployment and support of the Taleo system into over 60 countries at Quintiles, translated into 8 languages.  Mike oversees the contingent labor program, including managing the relationships with the MSP management partner and the VMS technology partner, and also overseeing new product/country implementations for expansion.  Lastly, Mike is also in charge of global recruitment advertising for staffing services, which includes contract negotiation, utilization oversight, and account management. 

Mike lives in Raleigh, NC with his wife and 2 children.  When not working or attending family events, he can usually be found on the golf course.

Gary Lynch is the Executive of Excellence, Lead for Strategic Initiatives in the Center for Market Advantage at Rutgers University.  He is also Founder and CEO of The Risk Project, LLC, a global risk advisory and research firm that uses performance-based approaches to help business executives identify, assess and manage their most significant exposures. 
 
Previously, Mr. Lynch was global leader of Marsh Risk Consulting’s Risk Intelligence Strategies and Resiliency Solutions practice from 2004 to 2013. In this position, he led development of the firm’s risk intelligence capabilities, strategic and supply chain risk management, among other key offerings.   Under his direction, Marsh earned distinction as “World’s Best Supply Chain Risk Consulting Provider” by Global Finance magazine and “Top 25 Information Manager” by Information Management magazine.  Appointed to the U.S. Department of Commerce’s Advisory Committee on Supply Chain Competitiveness in 2012, he works with 35 other members to advise the Secretary of Commerce and President.
 
Before joining Marsh, Mr. Lynch served as management consultant and partner at both Booz Allen Hamilton and Ernst & Young. During the course of his career, he also was global research director and market analyst with Gartner Group, launching one of its most successful research offerings, and he was chief information security officer and business continuity executive at Chase Manhattan Bank (now JPMorgan Chase) and The Prudential.
 
The author of two books, At Your Own Risk (Wiley 2008) and Single Point of Failure: 10 Essential Laws of Supply Chain Risk Management (Wiley 2009), he also was a contributor to Supply Chain Disruptions: Theory and Practice of Managing Risk.  In 2012, Mr. Lynch was appointed a senior research fellow for the Supply Chain Management Center at the University of Maryland’s Robert H. Smith School of Business.
 
The U.S. Secret Service recognized Mr. Lynch with a Commendation for 9/11 disaster response and support activity and he received a Silver Medal of Valor from the Nassau County Fire Service.   He earned a B.S. degree in Finance from New York Institute of Technology and holds the Certified Information Systems Security Professional (CISSP) designation.
 
An advisor to the World Economic Forum (WEF) Global Risk Network, he has been a panelist or featured speaker for Asia Pacific Economic Cooperation (APEC), World Customs Organization (WCO), Global Entreopolis@Singapore, National Association of Corporate Directors (NACD), the Risk and Insurance Management Society (RIMS), and Australian Risk Management and Insurance Society.  He also has been a guest lecturer at numerous colleges and universities, including NYU’s Stern School of Management, MIT’s Center for Transportation and Logistics, and Wharton’s Center for Risk Management and Decision Processes.

Mr. Lightman heads ISG's Life Sciences practice whose clients include more than half of the top 20 global pharmaceutical companies. He advises ISG clients on all aspects of the services lifecycle from initial strategy through design and build of governance organizations. As a qualified English attorney he initially focused on the transactional activities and still maintains deep SME knowledge relating to structuring and negotiation of contracts. His experience includes over 50 ISG engagements whose scope comprised ITO, BPO, FSO and KPO elements and has also assisted clients in developing enterprise vendor management functions, in many cases on a global basis. He has supported clients in over 10 countries and is based in New York City.

Jon Leisner is the Assistant Director, Sourcing and Facilities for AMRI, a contract research and manufacturing organization headquartered in Albany, New York. In this role, he is responsible for the procurement of indirect goods and services for AMRI’s global facilities, as well as the logistics and facilities management functions related to AMRI’s R&D and small-scale manufacturing facilities in New York and Massachusetts. Additionally, he also serves in an advisory capacity for the procurement of direct materials and supplies for AMRI’s aseptic manufacturing facilities in Albuquerque, New Mexico and Burlington, Massachusetts. He has been a member of AMRI’s team since 2008.

Prior to joining AMRI, Jon was a Direct Material Sourcing Leader for Momentive Performance Materials (formerly GE Silicones) in Waterford, New York, from 2005 - 2008. In this role, he was responsible for the procurement of key raw materials, fillers, pigments and additives. Prior to that, Jon served as a commissioned officer in the United States Navy, with a specialty in Surface Warfare. Jon served on two warships, the USS MITSCHER (DDG 57) and the USS CAPE ST. GEORGE (CG 73), in divisional leadership roles within the Operations and Engineering Departments. His responsibilities included management of shipboard communications systems, gas turbine engines and generators, and deck seamanship processes.

A native of Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, Jon graduated with merit from the United States Naval Academy in Annapolis, Maryland, with a Bachelor of Science degree in Electrical Engineering. Jon also holds a Master of Engineering degree in Civil and Environmental Engineering from Cornell University in Ithaca, New York.

Carolyn Maloney, Global Program Director, CWT Meetings & Events holds a distinguished record of success in partnering with clients to implement and grow global meeting and event solutions. She has been recognized for leading high performing geographically diverse teams and driving global strategic sourcing strategies.  Her 20 years of industry experience include global account implementation, management and operations for associations and Fortune 100 companies in the life sciences, auto, high tech, power and media industries.

Carolyn’s client partners have been able to enhance attendee experiences, gain visibility into overall meeting spend, minimize financial exposure, develop preferred supplier networks, drive actionable results through business analytics and connect internal departments that touch travel and meetings.

Carolyn is an industry speaker, “meetings mean business” Faces of Travel award winner and alumni of the Dallas Lonestar Customer Advisory Board.

Brandy Colangelo - Director, Buying Services & Deliverables oversees Clinical Content buying and management across all Compas clients and helps to provide innovative solutions to expand reach and distribution to healthcare professionals.  She thrives on ensuring her clients are happy and satisfied by exceeding their expectations. Through Compas’ ContentShareTM offering, Brandy and her team analyze a brand’s audience to create a content strategy and distribution plan that utilizes all available channels to reach prescribers.

Martisse Best is the Global Account Lead for IT Hosting and Storage (ITHS) at GlaxoSmithKline (GSK).  She is a graduate of Washburn Law School, and served in the United States Military for 12 years.  As a second lieutenant, she was commissioned as a Logistics Officer, stationed in Seoul, South Korea, and Fort Lee, Virginia for over six years.  In 2005, she applied and was accepted into the Army’s fully funded legal program, whereby after graduation, she served as a prosecutor in the Judge Advocate Generals Corps at Fort Knox, Kentucky.   She has also held positions as an Administrative, Ethics, and Contract Attorney.  After serving her obligation in the Army, she decided to try something new in the business world and was hired by GSK as a Legal Procurement category manager.  After a year of legal procurement, Martisse moved into the IT space as a category manger for software and services, culminating in her current position as the Global ITHS Procurement Lead for GSK.