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Making Long-Term Capacity Decisions with Confidence at Bristol-Myers Squibb
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Making Long-Term Capacity Decisions with Confidence at Bristol-Myers Squibb

Lynn leads global teams as VP, Global Biologics Supply Chain at Bristol Myers Squibb since Dec 2022. In this capacity she is leading a transformation to deliver a highly synchronized, transparent, and predictable end-to-end Global Supply Chain. Her role is focused on balancing agility and efficiency while investing in capabilities to enable accelerated delivery of pipeline assets through our supply network.

Lynn joined BMS from Merck, where she had 20 years of global experience across manufacturing, supply chain, strategy, engineering and policy, across developed and developing markets. During her tenure she has worked across small molecule OSD, biologics and vaccines modalities. She has lived overseas in Asia for over eight years on assignment in Taiwan and Singapore. Lynn’s most recent role was Large Molecule Value Chain leader responsible for Established and Global Health Security Vaccine value chains (including pediatric, Ebola and COVID response). In this role she partnered with commercial, research and manufacturing colleagues to manage long-term sustainable supply strategy for these vaccines.

In the community she currently serves as a board member for alma mater- Cornell Engineering (CEAA) and most recently the US-Taiwan Business Council. She is active with ASCEND (Pan Asian Leaders). Mother of three active daughters and avid sports enthusiast, she has coached youth sports for many years attracted to the parallels of leadership through lessons learned on and off the field.

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Leveraging a Skills Strategy to Solve the Biggest Business Challenges
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Leveraging a Skills Strategy to Solve the Biggest Business Challenges

With a business focus on addressing some of the most complex diseases of our time, Amanda Poole leads a global People team working together to foster a highly engaged workforce and inspirational culture at BMS. Made up of Talent and Culture, Total Rewards, Talent Acquisition, Business Partners, Leadership Development, People Services and Inclusion & Diversity, the BMS People Organization is focused on business evolution, growth, development and wellbeing.

Recognizing that people are at the heart of corporate success, Amanda is committed to creating exceptional experiences for our colleagues as they define what’s possible for the future of science and the patients BMS serves.

Amanda has deep pharmaceutical industry experience having joined BMS in 2004 in a career that spans both international and domestic assignments across varied business functions. She brings expertise in global talent management, change management, recruitment, M&A, labor relations and executive coaching. She previously worked for Raytheon, where she was an inaugural member of their HR Leadership Development Program.

Amanda is deeply passionate about the future of the pharmaceutical and People/HR sectors. She is dedicated to harnessing the power of rapidly advancing technologies, including AI, to create cutting edge, yet simple, experiences.

Amanda has a BS degree in Industrial/Organizational Psychology from The College of New Jersey. She serves as the executive sponsor of the Black Organization for Leadership and Development (BOLD) People and Business Resource Group at BMS and is a member of the Human Resources Policy Association (HRPA), Center for Executive Compensation.

She is an avid global traveler, enjoys playing tennis and spending family time with her husband and two teenage boys. At BMS, each colleague is asked “Who are you working for?” and keeps this person in mind each day as their purpose. Amanda works for her mom and brother-in-law.

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Advancing Cell Therapy Industrialization: Key Focus Areas
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Advancing Cell Therapy Industrialization: Key Focus Areas

Thomas has been serving as the Senior Vice President of Cell Therapy Development and Operations at BMS since August 2023. Before joining BMS, he held multiple roles with Merck & Co, where he gained experience in basic research, early and late-stage process development, capital project management, site-based technical operations, commercialization, manufacturing science and technology, and supply chain. Before that, Thomas worked for startup, GlycoFi, founded at Dartmouth College, where he conducted post-doctoral research after receiving his PhD in Bioprocess Engineering from the University of Cape Town in South Africa.

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Building a Leading Quality Management Framework
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Building a Leading Quality Management Framework

Karin Ann Payne is the Vice President of Corporate Quality in BMS.

In this role, Karin provides strategic quality and compliance leadership in the GxP development and implementation of an integrated QMS across the Enterprise including Research and Early development, Global Drug Development, Global Product and Supply and Medical Affairs and in support of the product lifecycle.

Prior to joining BMS she was the VP of NA Quality for Bayer where she was responsible for ensuring that Bayer remained committed to the highest standards of quality, which is paramount to the patients and customers it serves every day. She joins Bayer from Reckitt Benckiser, where she most recently held the role of Head of Global Corporate Quality Compliance. In this role, she was responsible for managing the company’s Global Quality Management System, Corporate Quality audits, and its Global metrics and Computer System Validations teams. She also managed the Europe and North America Commercial Quality teams, responsible for managing market quality. Prior to that, she held a variety of roles in Quality Assurance and Compliance including positions at Actavis and Pfizer, managing the unique challenges and opportunities of both the consumer health and pharmaceutical industries.

She holds an MLS in Pharmaceutical law (High Honors) from Seton Hall, MBA in Financial Management (High Honors) with a Certificate in International Finance from Iona University and a Bachelor’s in Biological Sciences from Rutgers University.

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Becoming a “Best in Class” Supply Chain Network to Deliver More Medicines to More Patients, Faster
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Becoming a “Best in Class” Supply Chain Network to Deliver More Medicines to More Patients, Faster

Catalina Vargas is the Senior Vice President of Global Supply Chain and as such plays a strategic role in driving enterprise initiatives.

Catalina has more than 20 years of experience in the biopharma industry and has held positions of increasing responsibility in a range of local, regional and global roles in global strategic sourcing and procurement as well as manufacturing; she has also served as the Chief of Staff to the CEO prior to current role and also as a product portfolio leader.

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