The bluEPrint by Executive Platforms

In the run-up to the 2024 edition of the North American Food Safety & Quality series we spoke with Amit Jagirdar, Bunge’s Director, Quality & Food Safety, about how training embeds, fosters, and reinforces Food Safety Culture not just with FSQ professionals and the hands-on operations teams but throughout the company as a whole. Listeners of this podcast may remember the excellent intervie...

In the run-up to the 2024 edition of the North American Supply Chain Executive Summit we spoke with John Mau, the Director of Operations & Supply Chain Strategy, about the power and importance of long-term visions for supply chains, and the strategies involved in delivering on those far-reaching objectives. John will be hosting a focus group on this topic as NASCES24. What are some of the idea...

For this week's episode we want to do something a little different. Over the last year and a half the topic of AI has come up over and over again in conversations both on and off the record across all of the events we organize. If there is such a thing as a universally hot topic in the world of business right now, AI has to be among the most popular. Everyone has something to say, questions t...

For today’s episode, we do a deep dive into what must be the hottest topic of strategic and tactical business conversation across every industry and profession over the last 18 months: Artificial Intelligence. AI is not as new as the popular imagination thinks, but there is no denying it has stepped into the spotlight and is now performing an incredibly array of tasks, with more applications and u...

For today’s episode, we want to do something a little different. Mickey Desai is a podcast host whose show, The Nonprofit SnapCast , talks about some of the challenges and opportunities unique to not-for-profit organizations. It’s a terrific series that is going to be of interest to many of our listeners who sit on boards or otherwise contribute to charitable organizations, community associations,...

As part of the 2024 edition of the Pharma Manufacturing World Summit we interviewed Peter Shearstone, Thermo Fisher Scientific’s VP Global Quality & Regulatory Affairs, about a themed lunch discussion he hosted that revolved around Compliance in the pharmaceutical space, especially as it related to companies with a worldwide footprint. How does Compliance shape the way businesses function? How...

At the 2024 edition of the North American Manufacturing Excellence Summit series we sat down with Lauren Schultz, an Executive Director with Board.org, to talk about what her organization does, and how like-minded executives in similar roles with similar seniority can collaborate, coordinate, crowd-source, brainstorm, and sense-check the things they all face in their working lives both on the day-...

At the 2024 edition of the Pharma Manufacturing World Summit we sat down with Serena Peirson, a Senior Director of ParkourSC, to talk about one of the hottest topics in the world of pharmaceutical manufacturing: How Artificial Intelligence is reinventing, reinvigorating, and revolutionizing how supply chain risk management works in the volatile and ever-evolving world of Life Sciences. The tried,...

At the 2024 edition of the Pharma Manufacturing World Summit we sat down with Teresa Gorecki of Compliance Architects to speak with enthusiasm and optimism about the future of medicine, the most recent developments and what they mean for patients, but especially the most recent ideas and information pharmaceutical manufacturers and other senior leaders in the Life Sciences need to know as the indu...

At the 2024 edition of the Pharma Manufacturing World Summit we spoke with Bob Honer, Anaplan’s Senior Director of Supply Chain Practice, to talk about connected supply chain planning and what it means for pharmaceutical manufacturers and the life sciences industry. As global business conditions continue to evolve and a whole new generation of medicine marches towards commercialization, demand pla...

At the 2024 edition of the North American Manufacturing Excellence Summit series we sat down with Shan Muthuvelu, the CEO of UCBOS, to talk about technology trends manufacturers need to be aware of, and how to stay on top of developments as exciting new tools come onto the market. The biggest question that we keep finding new answers for is, “What are we going to do with all the data?” LLMs and Ge...

At the 2024 edition of the Pharma Manufacturing World Summit we spoke with Daniela Ottini, Sanofi’s SVP, Manufacturing and Supply Head of Specialty Care, as a follow-up to a keynote presentation she gave the day before showcasing Sanofi’s ongoing transformation that is turning science into reality for patients. We explore how one of the giants of pharmaceutical manufacturing is embracing Artificia...

At the 2024 edition of the North American Manufacturing Excellence Summit series we sat down with long-time contributor Bart Talloen to talk about the future and how he hopes to contribute to it in his new role as an Executive Fellow at the World Economic Forum for  the Advanced Manufacturing & Supply Chain Center. Bart has been a speaker and advisory board member of Executive Platforms’ event...

In the run-up to the 2024 edition of the North American Information Security Summit we spoke with security evangelist Romanus Prabhu of Manage Engine about how data security and cybersecurity professionals need to rethink and reevaluate their systems to account for new threats. The reality is protection can never get in the way businesses operate, so what is the right balance to strike between pro...

At the 2024 edition of the North American Finance Executive Summit series we sat down with Rob Knferowicz of Wolters Kluwer | CCH Tagetik to talk about Corporate Performance Management and Enterprise Performance Management. A lot has changed in the last five to ten years. How are new regulatory requirements changing the way companies leverage their tools? What is digitization and the next wave of...

In the run-up to the 2024 edition of the North American Information Security Summit we spoke with Jerry Carlson and Jack Wilson of Bulletproof about a top-of-mind issue for every senior leader working in IT today: There are so many options out there right now to address challenges and capitalize on opportunities, and a new generation of AI tools is about to bring still more amazing capabilities in...

At the 2024 edition of the North American Finance Executive Summit series we sat down with Reeka Labh of HighRadius to talk in real terms about what AI and autonomous software can offer senior Finance executives. There is a lot of excitement and enthusiasm about this subject, of course, but Reeka points out that Finance teams actually have a lot of experience and expertise working with data analyt...

In the run-up to the most recent edition of the North American HR Executive Summit we interviewed Christopher Shryock —who was at the time the SVP and Chief People Officer of Sam’s Club— on some of the issues and trends Human Resources professionals are facing, and how the position of Chief Human Resources Officer is changing to better meet the needs of the people and organizations it serves. From...

At the 2024 edition of the North American Manufacturing Excellence Summit series we sat down with Andrew Knez, the CEO of Covalent Networks, to talk about one of the most important issues facing manufacturers today. A number of industry trends have combined to make the tried, tested, and true ways of training a workforce ineffective in the modern business environment. Today’s workers need to be ab...

At the 2024 edition of the Pharma Manufacturing World Summit held earlier this month in Boston, we spoke with JR Humbert, INCOG BioPharma Services’ VP Quality, about the crucial contributions CDMOs are making towards the future of medicine, both for large manufacturers and also for a whole range of new, small companies moving their Advanced Therapy Medicinal Products towards commercialization. Wha...

As part of the 2024 edition of the North American Manufacturing Excellence Summit series we recorded an interview with Will Eadie, the Chief Revenue Officer of WorkJam, on an exciting new development in Operational Excellence for Manufacturers. A new generation of communications tools is allowing everyone from shopfloor to senior executive to coordinate tasks, scheduling, SOP Management, and other...

At the 2024 edition of the Pharma Manufacturing World Summit held earlier this month in Boston, we spoke with Michael Andrews, the Global Product Manager | SmartFactory Rx® of Applied Materials, to talk about an important issue facing pharmaceutical manufacturers and how the experience of the semiconductor industry can help: Alarm Management.  In most manufacturing facilities, an alert, an alarm,...

At the 2024 edition of the North American Manufacturing Excellence Summit series we sat down with Willem Sundblad to talk about how manufacturers are using AI to give shopfloor employees capabilities and knowledge once only available to experiences and senior staff. Right now, one of the biggest challenges manufacturing organizations face is having the skilled labor they need to not only do the wo...

At the most recent edition of the North American Supply Chain Executive Summit series we sat down with Jordan Kass, the president of TMC, a division of C.H. Robinson, to talk about how supply chain executives are rethinking their logistics in the post-pandemic business landscape of frequent disruption, and how 4PLs are contributing to that ongoing conversation. While third-party logistics companie...

At the 2024 edition of the North American Manufacturing Excellence Summit series we sat down with René Buck, the CEO of BCI Global, to talk about geopolitical issues facing manufacturers today. While supply chain disruption and global footprint optimization are hot topics that every company is looking to address, this discussion goes further to expand on major issues and trends that are shaping th...