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A Speaker Roundtable from NAMES25 — A Conversation About Manufacturing Leadership with SAP, DESTACO, and Boeing
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A Speaker Roundtable from NAMES25 — A Conversation About Manufacturing Leadership with SAP, DESTACO, and Boeing

May 20, 2025

At the 2025 edition of the long-running and successful North American Manufacturing Excellence Summit series we recorded a special episode of Executive Platforms’ BluEPrint Podcast series speaking to the challenges and opportunities submitted by attendees of the event as they filled out their delegate profiles, weighted by popularity.

In this wide-ranging, organic conversation, three manufacturing executives share their thoughts and experiences on the issues and ideas they care about. It is a fantastic deep dive into what is most relevant to manufacturing leaders today. Give it a listen!

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The Fundamentals, Wins, and Successes Manufacturers Can Focus On in Times of Disruption — A Conversation with AlixPartners
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The Fundamentals, Wins, and Successes Manufacturers Can Focus On in Times of Disruption — A Conversation with AlixPartners

May 8, 2025

At the 2025 edition of the North American Manufacturing Excellence Summit series we sat down with some of the team from AlixPartners to talk about what manufacturing leaders can do to move their operations forward at a time when long-term planning is off the table for the time being.

The answer is surprisingly positive!

Making the mental shift from working on the strategic big picture to the tactical best practices that day-to-day operations depend upon opens up many opportunities to give time, attention, and resources to the issues and ideas that are sometimes forgotten about or put to one side as ‘good enough’ or ‘not a priority.’ The truth is there are many easy wins and low-hanging fruits that are not worked on in times of stability and certainty that can add up to substantial improvements in productivity, profitability, and employee job satisfaction when leaders concentrate within their own operations and teams to optimize what they can control while waiting for greater clarity on what is still up in the air in the future.

For an optimistic and impactful conversation about what manufacturers can do right now to make impactful positive changes in their organizations right now, give this episode a listen!

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How Data-Based Simulations Find the Fastest Wins and Best Options for Optimization — A Conversation with ChiAha
MANUFACTURING, VIDEO, PODCAST

How Data-Based Simulations Find the Fastest Wins and Best Options for Optimization — A Conversation with ChiAha

May 27, 2025

At the 2025 edition of the North American Manufacturing Excellence Summit series we sat down with Andrew Siprelle and Tom Lange to talk about something every manufacturing leader with shopfloor experience knows intuitively but has spent a career trying to prove: Sometimes fixing the little things even when everything else is working right pays bigger dividends than the ‘big wins’ that everyone understands but require time and resources to deliver an often temporary solution. Figuring out where to get the most ROI has too often been a thankless task done after the fact whose lessons learned may well be forgotten by the time the next time a proactive maintenance decision or process optimization strategy session comes around.

Recent advances in digital simulations unlocking plant data and demonstrating where the actual dollars and cents are waiting to be saved and earned are taking the pain out of how to prioritize how people spend their time and energy. For a fascinating conversation about making a difficult thing easy while looking for the best results the easiest way, give this episode a listen!

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The Speaker Roundtable from NAHRES25 — A Conversation About HR Issues and Ideas
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The Speaker Roundtable from NAHRES25 — A Conversation About HR Issues and Ideas

May 1, 2025

For this special episode of Executive Platforms’ bluEPrint Podcast series we sat down with two of the top speakers from the 2025 edition of the long-running North American HR Executive Summit series for a wide-ranging discussion about the issues, ideas, challenges, and opportunities that are top of mind for human resources leaders today, as suggested by the attendees of the event. Give it a listen!

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The Ripple Effect: How C-Level Leadership Behavior Shapes Organizational Culture — A Conversation with Barbara Hess of CCS Medical
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The Ripple Effect: How C-Level Leadership Behavior Shapes Organizational Culture — A Conversation with Barbara Hess of CCS Medical

April 22, 2025

At the 2025 edition of the North American HR Executive Summit series we sat down with Barbara Hess of CCS Medical to talk about the power and responsibility HR professionals have to help the C-Suite executives of their organization set a tone and reflect the values they want to see in their company culture. While leading by example is always important and valuable, there are all kinds of tangible dividends that pay out when a workforce sees what its leadership care about and put their energies towards. From productivity to safety to retention to cultural transformations that build positive outcomes in all sorts of ways, big and small, a lot a of great things can come from HR working with senior leadership to build culture. For all this and more, give this episode a listen!

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The Employee Experience and Connecting the HR and Finance Functions — A Conversation with Mark Fordyce of Workvivo by Zoom
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The Employee Experience and Connecting the HR and Finance Functions — A Conversation with Mark Fordyce of Workvivo by Zoom

April 28, 2025

At the 2025 edition of the North American HR Executive Summit series we sat down with Mark Fordyce of Workvivo by Zoom to talk about how a new generation of tools and technologies are changing the way leaders interact with and understand their people. How can HR professionals best leverage these new abilities to improve things like employee job satisfaction, retention rates, skills development, and productivity? We also discussed ways to build better connections between the HR and Finance functions —especially in large organizations— to coordinate and collaborate on impactful projects, demonstrate ROI on some of the soft skills involved in human resources, and make better decisions about how resources are committed to drive positive outcomes. For all this and more, give this episode a listen!

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A Speaker Roundtable from NAFES25 – A Finance Conversation Among Senior Executives on the Issues and Ideas that Matter Most
FINANCE, VIDEO, FINANCE, PODCAST, ROUNDTABLES

A Speaker Roundtable from NAFES25 – A Finance Conversation Among Senior Executives on the Issues and Ideas that Matter Most

April 9, 2025

For this special episode of Executive Platforms’ BluEPrint Podcast series we had some of the top speakers from the 2025 edition of the North American Finance Executive Summit series sit down and speak to the challenges and opportunities submitted by attendees of the event as they filled out their delegate profiles, weighted by popularity.

This wide-ranging conversation will see four senior executives from four very different companies speaking to the issues, ideas, innovations, and inspirations that matter to all of them as prompted by their peers. It is a fantastic deep dive into what is most relevant to finance leaders today. Give it a listen!

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Doing More with Less: The Challenges Non-Profits Face and Address Utilizing Best Practices — A Conversation with Mandy Jacomet of NeighborWorks Toledo Region
FINANCE, VIDEO, FINANCE, PODCAST

Doing More with Less: The Challenges Non-Profits Face and Address Utilizing Best Practices — A Conversation with Mandy Jacomet of NeighborWorks Toledo Region

April 8, 2025

Mandy is the Chief Financial Officer for NeighborWorks Toledo Region located in Northwest, Ohio. NeighborWorks Toledo Region is a chartered member of NeighborWorks America focusing on community development initiatives by providing financial education, promoting homeownership, developing affordable housing, and performing Weatherization services for those who qualify in order to reduce energy costs, promote self-sufficiency, and improve the lives of individuals in our communities.
Mandy has 25+ years of financial and managerial accounting experience in a variety of industries including manufacturing, construction, information technology, higher education and client services. She holds her MBA in Organizational Leadership and Development from Tiffin University and a Bachelor’s in Financial Accounting from the University of Findlay. Additionally, she is a licensed Mortgage Lending Officer and a HUD Certified Housing Counselor.

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Renewable Raw Materials: BASF’s Exciting Sustainability Initiatives
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Renewable Raw Materials: BASF’s Exciting Sustainability Initiatives

February 3, 2025

In the run-up to the 2025 edition of the North American Sustainability & Responsibility Summit series we spoke with Jessica Monserrate and Jordan Keller of BASF, a 150-year-old chemical company with 111,000 employees working in 230 production and R&D sites in 90 countries. BASF is committed to ambitious sustainability targets, including a 25% reduction in Scope 1 and 2 greenhouse gas emissions by 2030 and achieving net zero across all scopes by 2050. In this wide-ranging conversation, we explore how BASF is driving sustainability, which role renewable carbon plays, the importance of mass balance and agriculture, and how all of these efforts can provide significant benefits to both customers and the environment. For all this and more, give this episode a listen!

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How Medical Device Companies and CDMOs are Partnering Together to Drive Innovation and Serve Patients Better
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How Medical Device Companies and CDMOs are Partnering Together to Drive Innovation and Serve Patients Better

January 23, 2025

In the run-up to the 2025 edition of the Medical Device Manufacturing Excellence Summit series we spoke with Shawn McCarthy, Jessica Swanson, and Peggy Hansen of Regenity Biosciences about exciting developments in the Medical Device space, with a particular emphasis on both the power of collaboration and the importance of a regulatory strategy. Regenity is an industry-leading CDMO working with 120 different industry partners and offering special expertise in regenerative devices. In this wide-ranging conversation we talk about industry trends, how medical device manufacturers are evolving to continue to meet the needs of patients, and also about some of the big ideas Regenity wants to share with the executives attending MDMES25. For all this and more, give this episode a listen!

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The Speaker Roundtable from BMWS24 — A Conversation About Biopharmaceutical Manufacturing Issues and Ideas
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The Speaker Roundtable from BMWS24 — A Conversation About Biopharmaceutical Manufacturing Issues and Ideas

December 13, 2024

For this special episode of Executive Platforms’ bluEPrint Podcast series we had some of the most senior speakers and delegates from the 2024 edition of the long-running Biomanufacturing World Summit series sit down and speak to the challenges and opportunities submitted by attendees of the event as they filled out their delegate profiles, weighted by popularity.

With topics ranging from leadership and culture, to talent attraction, development and retention, to supply chain issues, to commercializing CGTs and other ATMPs, change and disruption throughout the business landscape, and how to serve patients better now and in the future, this wide-ranging conversation sees five senior executives from five very different companies speaking to the issues, ideas, innovations, and inspirations that matter to all of them as guided by a moderator who knows the industry inside and out. It is a fantastic deep dive into what is most relevant to biopharma technical operations leaders today. Give it a listen!

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The TechOps Leadership Accelerator Program — A Conversation with Pascal Bécotte and Laurent Rossi
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The TechOps Leadership Accelerator Program — A Conversation with Pascal Bécotte and Laurent Rossi

December 4, 2024

The TechOps Leadership Accelerator Program — A Conversation with Pascal Bécotte and Laurent Rossi

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At the 2024 edition of the Biomanufacturing World Summit series Pascal Bécotte of Russell Reynolds and Laurent Rossi, the former CEO of the F1 team Alpine and a former Google Executive, spoke about Peak Performance Leadership. In this follow-up interview they explain some of the origins and themes behind that presentation, and then launched into details of the TechOps Leadership Accelerator Program first outlined in an interview at PMWS23. How can biopharmaceutical manufacturers address the generational gap in leadership for technical operations roles that will need to be filled as Advanced Therapy Medicinal Products (ATMPs) begin to commercialize and scale? For updates on how the industry collectively is working to address this critical bottleneck to growth, give this episode a listen!

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John H. Adams, Jr. of Spark Therapeutics — Computer Software Assurance for Biopharmaceutical Manufacturers
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John H. Adams, Jr. of Spark Therapeutics — Computer Software Assurance for Biopharmaceutical Manufacturers

December 9, 2024

At the 2024 edition of the Biomanufacturing World Summit series we sat down with John H. Adams, Jr., Spark Therapeutics’ Senior Director, Validation, to talk about Computer Software Assurance in the Life Sciences. John has been doing Computer Systems Validation (CSV) for decades as a regulatory requirement, so when talk of a risk-based Computer Software Assurance (CSA) requirement started making the rounds, he was interested to understand the differences so he could best stay ahead of the compliance curve and ensure his best practices were not out of step with expectations. In this episode, John walks us through where the conversation between industry and regulators currently stands, what validation professionals should already be doing, what they should continue to do, what they should confirm they are doing correctly, and what they should prepare themselves for if and when current guidance becomes new regulations. For everyone in the Life Sciences who cares about the compliance of manufacturing systems, give this episode a listen!

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‘First in Human’ Continuous Manufacturing in Biopharmaceuticals — A Conversation with Magnus Schroeder of Just – Evotec Biologics
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‘First in Human’ Continuous Manufacturing in Biopharmaceuticals — A Conversation with Magnus Schroeder of Just – Evotec Biologics

December 10, 2024

At the 2024 edition of the Biomanufacturing World Summit series we sat down with Magnus Schroeder, the VP, Process & Product Design for Just – Evotec Biologics, to talk about some of the advantages of continuous manufacturing in biopharmaceutical manufacturing, especially for companies whose products are approaching the First in Human (FIH) stage. It is never too early to think about process optimization, scalability, and controlling costs, but there is an understandable position where companies focused on the medicine and the science believe that can be sorted out later. Just – Evotec Biologics is a passionate advocate for taking lessons from other industries that build their businesses’ success into the R&D stage of their products’ development. So what does that look like in the Life Sciences? What role do CDMOs need to play to help the industry succeed at this, especially at the crucial FIH stage? For all this and more, give this episode a listen!

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How CDMOs are Contributing to the Ongoing Future of Medicine — A Conversation with Nick Maragos of Northway Biotech
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How CDMOs are Contributing to the Ongoing Future of Medicine — A Conversation with Nick Maragos of Northway Biotech

December 11, 2024

At the 2024 edition of the Biomanufacturing World Summit series we sat down with Nick Maragos of Northway Biotech to talk about how biopharmaceutical manufacturers are increasingly partnering with CDMOs to advance the future of medicine, how that working relationship is evolving over time, and what CDMOs need to do to continue to grow and meet the needs of the industry. With special reference to Northway Biotech’s own example, Nick talks about how companies can ensure they are compatible, what the working relationship needs to be, and what factors need to be included in any informed decision-making before and during a partnership. Give this episode a listen!

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Martin Müller & Søren Thuesen Pedersen of Novo Nordisk — Collaboration Among Industry Peers to Move the Life Sciences Forward
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Martin Müller & Søren Thuesen Pedersen of Novo Nordisk — Collaboration Among Industry Peers to Move the Life Sciences Forward

December 16, 2024

At the 2024 edition of the Biomanufacturing World Summit series we sat down with Martin Müller and Søren Thuesen Pedersen of Novo Nordisk to talk about opportunities biopharmaceutical manufacturers have to work together to lower costs, standardize equipment, build win-win scenarios for procurement and supply chain, and similar initiatives where competitive advantage and IP are not at stake, but costs and compliance and other performance metrics can be improved through joining forces and agreeing on things collectively rather than each company having to reinvent its own wheel on every issue. Building upon their earlier presentation that covered much of the same content, we discuss what would that collaboration look like in real terms? What does getting started look like, and how can interested companies join the ongoing conversations and deliberations? For all that and more, give this episode a listen!

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