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Promoting Growth Through Collaboration and Strategic Partnerships
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Promoting Growth Through Collaboration and Strategic Partnerships

March 24, 2025

Dr. Gayle Schueller is 3M’s Senior Vice President and Chief Sustainability Officer. Gayle started in 3M’s corporate laboratory as a product development engineer and has over 30 years of technical and business leadership experience. Her career spans a broad range of businesses from electronics to healthcare to consumer industries. She has led technical and business teams from around the world including Europe, Asia, Latin America and North America.

Gayle’s previous assignments include Vice President of New Platforms for Growth and Commercialization, Directora General for 3M Mexico, and Vice President of Research & Development and Design for 3M’s Consumer and Office Business.

She is passionate about making a positive impact in the world through science and technology.

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The Power of Global Perspective: Cultural Intelligence in Business Transformation and Operational Excellence
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The Power of Global Perspective: Cultural Intelligence in Business Transformation and Operational Excellence

March 6, 2025

Dumi Martinez is the CFO of Mars Global Services (MGS), the global business services division of Mars, Incorporated. As CFO, Dumi oversees all strategic financial initiatives across Mars, including integration services, global portfolio management, and business development. His leadership is instrumental in actualizing the MGS OGSM and the success of the MGS finance team and its business partners. Dumi started his career at Mars in 2020 as the CFO of KIND and subsequently assumed the role of Global CFO, Health and Wellness, overseeing finance and strategy of this new division within Mars Snacking, which, under his leadership, reached $1.1 billion in sales across North America, Europe, Australia, the Middle East, and Asia in 2022. During his tenure, Dumi played a pivotal role in the integration of acquisitions such as KIND North America, Nature’s Bakery, and TrüFrü. Before joining Mars, he served as the CFO for Essity’s Professional Hygiene and Americas business units. Dumi earned his degrees in international management from Arizona State University’s Thunderbird School of Global Management and Instituto Tecnológico y de Estudios Superiores de Monterrey, Mexico. Dumi is passionate about spending time with his family, coaching and mentorship, and travel. To date, he’s traveled to 67 countries (and counting)!

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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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Lead. Inspire. Transform: Advancing Excellence Through Coaching
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Lead. Inspire. Transform: Advancing Excellence Through Coaching

January 21, 2025

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Promoting Quality Excellence and Cultivating a Culture of Proactive Operations
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Promoting Quality Excellence and Cultivating a Culture of Proactive Operations

December 12, 2024

Søren Thuesen Pedersen is Senior Director, External Affairs, Regulatory Policy and Intelligence at Novo Nordisk. He is a Chemical Engineer by education and has been working 30 years in Novo Nordisk. During that that time he has been engaged and lead different areas within Manufacturing, QC-Laboratory and CMC Manufacturing Development. He has been one of the founding fathers of the Novo Nordisk External Requirements’ Process; How does Novo Nordisk ensure compliance of new external requirements? Mr. Pedersen is currently responsible for the External Representation and Advocacy strategy out of Novo Nordisk’s GMP&Q area and represents Novo Nordisk in various associations ISPE, EFPIA, IFPMA and BIO. Specifically, Mr. Pedersen is a member of the EFPIA Manufacturing Quality Expert Group (MQEG) since 2019 and member of the Board of Directors in IQ Consortium.

He has furthermore been member of the Novo Nordisk Board of Directors for 12 years as an elected employee representative.

His spare time interests include Danish and EU Politics.

Martin P. Müller joined Novo Nordisk in 2014 and currently directs development projects for innovative technologies within Aseptic Manufacturing, with particular focus on formulation, filling, wash & sterilization, and environmental monitoring.

Before moving to production in Novo Nordisk, Mr. Müller has served 10 years in Device R&D, driving the digital agenda of the area, external affairs and QMS-processes and project management, among others.

Mr. Müller earned his Master of Arts from Humboldt University Berlin, Germany, and his Master of Business Administration from Copenhagen Business School, Denmark.

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How to Reset the Pharma Trajectory: From Profit to Patient-Centric
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How to Reset the Pharma Trajectory: From Profit to Patient-Centric

December 2, 2024

Andrew “Andy” Ramelmeier, Ph.D. is Adverum’s chief technology officer responsible for leading the company’s technology and operations organization, including process development and manufacturing. Dr. Ramelmeier has more than 30 years of experience in the development and manufacturing of biopharmaceuticals, including monoclonal antibodies, vaccines, gene and cell therapy products and therapeutic proteins. Most recently, Dr. Ramelmeier served as executive vice president, head of technical operations at Sangamo Therapeutics, where he was responsible for quality, process and analytical development, manufacturing and supply chain of viral vector and cell therapy pipeline products, as well as the oversight of two internal GMP facilities and multiple contract manufacturing organizations (CMOs)/contract research organizations (CROs) for manufacturing and quality control (QC) activities. Prior to Sangamo, Dr. Ramelmeier served as senior vice president, technical operations at Portola Pharmaceuticals, responsible for the process development, technology transfer, manufacturing, and supply chain of small and large molecule pipeline products. Before that, Dr. Ramelmeier held positions of increasing responsibility at several companies, including BioMarin Pharmaceuticals, Johnson & Johnson and Merck Research Laboratories.

Dr. Ramelmeier earned his B.E.S. in Chemical Engineering from Johns Hopkins University and a Ph.D. in Chemical Engineering from University of California, Berkeley. He conducted post-doctoral work at The Institute of Enzyme Technology affiliated with the Heinrich-Heine-University of Dusseldorf.

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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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Data as the Difference-Maker for Food Manufacturing — A Conversation with Paul Bradley of TraceGains
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Data as the Difference-Maker for Food Manufacturing — A Conversation with Paul Bradley of TraceGains

October 30, 2024

At the 2024 edition of the North American Food Manufacturing Summit series we sat down with Paul Bradley of TraceGains to talk about the power of Data in the food manufacturing sector, especially as it relates to communicating, coordinating, and collaborating with partners up and down the value chain to reduce risk, improve compliance, keep people safe, improve the customer experience, control cost, and optimize performance. There is a great groundswell of enthusiasm for emerging tools and technologies, of course, but we are also now seeing real-world applications where gathering, sharing, and acting on the right data at the right time is making an enormous impact, and more and better is on the way. For all this and more, give this episode a listen!

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Transparency and Collaboration as a Competitive Edge: Earning Consumer Trust Through Visible and Controlled Supply Chains
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Transparency and Collaboration as a Competitive Edge: Earning Consumer Trust Through Visible and Controlled Supply Chains

October 4, 2024

Sara Mortimore is the former Vice President and Global Subject Matter Expert for Food Safety at Walmart Inc. In this role, Sara was responsible for the global development and oversight of all Food Safety programs and initiatives for the company’s more than 10,500 stores, manufacturing facilities, distribution, and fulfilment centers. A proud accomplishment was leading the team to be awarded the IAFP Black Pearl Award in 2024.

Prior to joining Walmart in May 2019, Sara held the position of Vice President of Product Safety, Quality and Regulatory Affairs with enterprise-wide responsibility at Land O’Lakes, Inc. In this capacity, she covered both human and animal foods and supported non-profit international development work.

Sara began her career with Glaxo SmithKline as a Research Technologist in Research & Development. In 1989, she joined Grand Metropolitan Foods, which later became Pillsbury and was subsequently incorporated by General Mills Inc. Here she led food safety, quality, and regulatory teams throughout international markets, including support of brands such as Haagen Dazs, Wanchai Ferry, Old El Paso, and Green Giant.

She is the co-author of several successful books, chapters and papers on HACCP and food safety management. Sara has served on the board of trustees for the Royal Society of Public Health, for the BRC International Advisory Board, and is a past member of the Global Food Safety Initiative Steering Committee.

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Fireside Chat: The Intersection between Sourcing and Supply Chain
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Fireside Chat: The Intersection between Sourcing and Supply Chain

September 23, 2024

As the Vice President of Surety of Supply and Sourcing Innovation, Kyle Carlyle leads a team dedicated to strengthening the resilience of Walmart’s supply chain and improving access to key product categories and creating strong relationships with our suppliers. His team transforms the company’s global sourcing practices and has introduced innovative approaches and strategic partnerships, having conducted pilots with innovative companies in a variety of industries including unspun, Agritask, and many more.

With nine years of experience at Walmart, Kyle began his career in merchandising logistics and has held roles with increasing responsibilities such as supply chain optimization and network design and strategy. Prior to joining Walmart, Kyle also held various positions at JB Hunt Transport Services, Inc.

Kyle earned his Master of Science in Industrial Engineering from Kansas State University. Outside of work, he is actively involved in the Cancer Challenge as a member of its board of directors. Kyle and his wife are proud parents to three young children.

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Panel: Optimizing the Cloud Supply Chain: Insights on End-to-End Transformation from Microsoft, Behr Paint Company and CloudPaths
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Panel: Optimizing the Cloud Supply Chain: Insights on End-to-End Transformation from Microsoft, Behr Paint Company and CloudPaths

September 27, 2024

Understanding of the importance of change management and user adoption of supply chain solutions across the entire organization
Learn how Microsoft has achieved successful planning for their cloud supply chains.
The impact for Behr Paints of one plan for demand and supply all the way through transportation and logistics
Recognizing why collaboration with multiple tiers of suppliers is integral to the supply chain process
Why Behr Paints needed visibility of end to end plan from raw material to packaging for their supply chain to run smoothly

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Fostering a Culture of Innovation and Collaboration
MANUFACTURING, VIDEO, MANUFACTURING

Fostering a Culture of Innovation and Collaboration

April 22, 2024

Natalia Méndez DeBriones, leads the medical devices manufacturing cluster for Philips. In her current role she is responsible for leading 13 manufacturing plants, located across the world.  She has been in Medical Devices manufacturing for the past 16 years and has experience in different roles:  Quality, Product Design, Plastic Molding & Extrusion, and is passionate about Lean, Six Sigma, and Continuous Improvement. During her career, she has been able to transform and optimize manufacturing processes to better support customer needs and increase value brought to the company.  She enjoys working with interdisciplinary teams and finding new ways to achieve goals, while creating development opportunities for her team and others.

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Connected Supply Chain Planning for Manufacturers — A Conversation with Bob Honer of Anaplan

May 2, 2024

At the 2024 edition of the North American Manufacturing Excellence Summit series we sat down with Bob Honer, Anaplan’s Senior Director of Supply Chain Practice, to talk about connected supply chain planning and what it means for manufacturers. Today’s business landscape is one of frequent disruption and changing customer expectations. Demand planning has never been more complicated, and fulfilling the S&OE requirements of shifting demand with an evolving footprint across a logistical network undergoing sometimes dramatic transformation is a challenge that can only be addressed by having everyone in the value chain sharing the same information and making decisions with the whole picture in mind. What does that look like for manufacturers? What does it allow them to do that they cannot do any other way? How does it allow the strategic and tactical level to align and coordinate? What is involved in moving to a connected supply chain model? For all these questions and more, give this episode a listen!

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Helping Leaders Communicate Better with One Another — A Conversation with Lauren Schultz of Board.org
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Helping Leaders Communicate Better with One Another — A Conversation with Lauren Schultz of Board.org

July 17, 2024

As a Membership Director, Lauren helps to create opportunities for members to share insights, feel connected, and build relationships. She approaches all interactions with genuine empathy and works to create a space for comfortable, candid conversations.

Lauren has spent her career at the intersection of creativity and community. Her professional experience includes building a membership program at a new museum in San Antonio as well as directing the membership department at the oldest and largest national design association based in New York City. Through her work in nonprofit and association management, she has led member-facing teams, advocated for member needs, and strategized plans for community engagement.

Lauren attended The University of Texas at Austin where she earned undergraduate degrees in Art History and Italian. She received a graduate degree in International Arts Administration from St. John International University in Turin, Italy. She also earned a certificate in Business Perspectives for Creative Leaders from Yale School of Management.

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The Secret Sauce to a Seamless People Experience: Lessons from the Golden Arches
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The Secret Sauce to a Seamless People Experience: Lessons from the Golden Arches

December 11, 2023

Shammara serves as Vice President and Global Chief Talent Officer at McDonald’s Corporation. In this role, she is responsible for talent attraction, performance management, leadership development and organizational effectiveness. She’s been a part of the McFamily since 2017 and most recently served as Senior Director, Corporate Human Resources.

Shammara is an accomplished human resources professional who draws on her experience and passion for talent and diversity to create high-impact people strategies. In her role as Senior Director, Corporate HR, Shammara led McDonald’s corporate people initiatives for the global functions, providing leaders with support and advice for cultivating high-performing, agile teams.

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