DDN Executives Mark Wiesman and Michael Bartholomew Featured as Industry Leaders at LogiPharma 2009 in Philadelphia, PA.
New York, NY- July 30, 2009 - Michael Bartholomew, DDN, Vice President of Sales and Marketing, serves as LogiPharma Chairman and Panel Moderator on September 22, 2009.
Michael Bartholomew has more than 17 years of life science sales and management experience, including primary care, hospital and sales team training and development as well as government, managed care and Group-Purchasing Organization account management. Bartholomew worked for Pfizer, Pharmacia, and Baxter before joining life science outsource provider, DDN. In 2007, Bartholomew was promoted from his position as Director of Sales & Account Management to Vice President of Sales & Marketing.
Bartholomew proudly served in the United States Air Force as an aviator, holding the rank of Captain. He flew 33 combat and close-combat support missions during Desert Storm.
Mark Wiesman, Chief Operating Officer of DDN, joins LogiPharma as a Round Table Moderator on September 22, 2009. The Round Table Workshop – Best Practices Exchange is led by industry experts and is purposed to drill deeper into the significant issues of supply chain and logistics executives through open, candid, and engaging discussions.
Mark Wiesman has more than 20 years of broad staff and line management experience including finance, public accounting, consulting, information technology, operations management and general management. Wiesman has a master’s in business administration from Northwestern University’s Kellogg Graduate School of Management. He has extensive experience in strategic planning, mergers and acquisitions, financial modeling, systems implementation and manufacturing and distribution management.
About DDN:
Headquartered in Menomonee Falls, Wis., with distribution facilities in Memphis, Tenn. and Ontario, Calif., DDN is the largest privately held provider of outsourced services to the life science industry. DDN streamlines processes, reduces costs and improves efficiencies for emerging, mid-tier and market leading life science companies. Providing superior business processes and operations DDN frees manufacturers’ resources for R&D, acquisitions, and other core initiatives. DDN now offers data analytics services and recently launched DDN Medical Affairs, providing specialized regulatory knowledge in preparing adverse event reports, labeling management, product complaints and medical and technical product inquiries. For more information please call 888-374-8873.
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LogiPharma is a yearly gathering of life sciences supply chain and logistics executives and their industry partners to talk about the issues in end-to-end supply chain management. With budgets even tighter, profit margins smaller, and the competition tighter, managing this complex supply chain efficiently cannot be overlooked. Logistics and supply chain executives are more active in the strategy and execution of supply chain operations, understanding the pressure and urgency to maintain tight controls and supervision over the management and handling of products.
At LogiPharma, new solutions and innovative practices are recommended through peer-to-peer discussions in the round table sessions, case studies and panel presentations. As LogiPharma is not a huge trade show, it allows participants to meet everyone in attendance, network on a more personal level and be candid in their conversations, raising burning questions and issues on how supply chain management can be done better.
Three days out of the office is a worthwhile investment – where else can you meet your peers and competitors, sharing best practices, solving industry-wide issues than at LogiPharma?
This year's conference offers compelling insights and case studies from top supply chain and logistics leaders including:
Paul Clayton, Vice President Global Logistics, GlaxoSmithKline
Brad Elrod, Senior Manager, Global Logistics Security, Pfizer
David Ulrich, QA Director – Distribution Global Pharmaceutical Operations, Strategic Quality Initiatives, Abbott Laboratories
Andrew Van Ostrand, Vice President, Policy and Research, Health Industry Distributors Association
Joseph Shedlawski, Director of Operations, Sultan Healthcare
John Tatum, Vice President, Supply Chain Management, Myriad Pharmaceuticals
William McLaury, Executive Director, Supply Chain Management, Novartis Pharmaceuticals
Geoffrey Glauser, Director, Package Engineering, Wyeth Biotech
Key topics on this year's agenda include:
- Leveraging Sales & Operations Planning To Master A Volatile Environment
- Managing People In The Supply Chain
- Compliance Prompting Packaging As Part Of A Safe And Secure Supply Chain
- Developing Virtual Supply Chains In Emerging Companies
- Best Practices For Supply Chain Risk Management
- Contracted Relationship Management – A New Advancement In The Supply Chain
- Improvements In Temperature-Sensitive Shipping – Not Only Increasing Efficiency But Decreasing Cost
- Twittering Supply Chains: The Potential Of Social Networking Technology For Improving Communications In The Pharmaceutical Supply Chain
- Developing Bar Code RFID Standards For Track And Trace
For more information about LogiPharma 2009 and to register and receive a 25% discount with booking code 10352004XZ519PR, please visit www.logipharma.com.
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