The bluEPrint by Executive Platforms

At the most recent edition of the North American HR Executive Summit we sat down with Toni Lowe, the Chief Diversity Equity Inclusion Officer at Huge, a creative consultancy that works with organizations ranging from Google and Nike to Audi and the NBA. Toni hosted a themed lunch discussion on the importance of Equity as the foundation upon which all DEI programming should be built upon, and in th...

At the 2023 edition of the North American Supply Chain Executive Summit series we sat down with Michael Conley about the advantages of connecting Supply Chain teams and Finance teams through Integrated Business Planning (IBP), which is a well-established business system that is now offering a wide range of important new capabilities in the current business landscape of frequent disruption we are a...

At the 2023 edition of the Biomanufacturing World Summit series we sat down with Michael Kraich, the Vice President of of Global Project & Product Management for Boehringer Ingelheim Biopharmaceuticals GmbH. The biopharmaceutical industry is at the cusp of a whole new generation of medicine while also still adjusting from the evolving business landscape of a post-pandemic world whose global su...

At North American Food Safety & Quality 2023 we sat down with Sara Jane Bellocchi of TraceGains to talk about how the next generation of Artificial Intelligence and Automation technologies are opening up new capabilities for Food Safety & Quality professionals. What may surprise some people is that predictive and proactive tools and tactics are already well-established, tried, tested, and...

At the most recent edition of the North American HR Executive Summit we sat down with Betty Thompson, the EVP & Chief People Officer of Booz Allen Hamilton about a themed lunch discussion she hosted about how companies can help their employees address Mental Health issues. While these lunch discussions are among the most popular features of Executive Platforms’ events, they are by their very n...

At the 2023 edition of the Biomanufacturing World Summit series we sat down with Jon Gunther of Just – Evotec Biologics to talk about why biopharmaceutical manufacturing is behind the curve when it comes to controlling its costs, and what lessons senior leaders can take from other industries as they work to rein in expenses. One important idea explored at length is the advantage pivoting from batc...

At the 2023 edition of the Biomanufacturing World Summit series we sat down with DeShawn Jordan of Applied Materials to talk about what digital tools and data analytics can offer ATMPs, many of which are still working towards commercialization in an industry so new, it is still very much in the process of inventing itself even as it pushes out into the new frontier of medicine. What can these pion...

At North American Food Safety & Quality 2023 we sat down with Liz Salinas of QIMA-WQS about one of the big issues facing FSQ organizations today: A lack of auditors. The current generation of experienced auditors are beginning to age out, and there seems to be a gap behind them where younger FSQ professionals have not opted into auditing as a focus for their careers. Liz points out that there...

At the 2023 edition of the North American Supply Chain Executive Summit series we sat down with Alex Kahsar of ifm Supply Chain to talk about one of the biggest issues supply chain leaders are struggling with right now: Something has happened to forecasting and S&OP accuracy in the post-pandemic business landscape. The tried, tested, and true best practices built up over years are not producin...

Please note: We are aware of an issue with the audio version of this podcast episode. We are working to correct it. In the meantime, here is a link to the YouTube version with working sound. We apologize for the inconvenience. At North American Food Safety & Quality 2023 we sat down with Louis-Olivier Roy of OPTEL Group to talk about one of the most important challenges and opportunities facin...

At the 2023 edition of the North American Sustainability & Responsibility Summit series we sat down with Nick Balster, the SVP of Operations for Dalkia Energy Solutions, EDF Group, to talk about reducing the carbon impact of companies’ global footprint, especially as it related to existing infrastructure.   Any conversation about improving Sustainability has to acknowledge most of the underpin...

For this special episode of Executive Platforms' bluEPrint Podcast series we had some of the top speakers from the 2023 edition of the long-running and successful North American Supply Chain 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.   With topics ranging...

At the 2023 edition of the European Supply Chain Executive Summit series held in Barcelona, Spain, June 19-21, we sat down with Chris Cutshaw of TMC, a division of C.H. Robinson, to speak about Generative AI, one of the most powerful new tools supply chain leaders are bringing online. Chris had given a presentation earlier at the event entitled, "New Role of Generative AI in Achieving Supply...

Please note: We are aware of an issue with the audio version of this podcast episode. We are working to correct it. In the meantime, here is a link to the YouTube version with working sound. We apologize for the inconvenience. Last month at North American Food Safety & Quality 2023 we sat down with Deepa Thakar, a Key Accounts Manager of Neogen Analytics, to talk about what the Digital Revolut...

At the 2023 edition of the North American Supply Chain Executive Summit series we sat down with Derek Bealby, a Vice President of AFMS, LLC about how supply chain leaders can work with their partners to control shipping costs in a world of inflation, rising labor costs, rising fuel costs, and frequent disruptions. Many 3PLs are under intense pressure to pass their costs on to their customers, and...

At the 2023 edition of the long-running and successful North American Manufacturing Excellence Summit in Fort Worth, Texas, we sat down with Michael Uziel, the Manager of Quality Assurance and Continuous Improvement at Headwater Engineered Systems, to talk about a themed lunch discussion he had hosted for a group of manufacturing executives all interested in improving their Plan-Do-Check-Act probl...

At the 2023 edition of the North American Sustainability & Responsibility Summit series we sat down with Stephen Molen, the Chief Revenue Officer of Cority, to talk about how more and more Environmental Health and Safety professionals have seen their company's Sustainability performance become part of their role. Why is that a natural fit for so many organizations? How does it change the...

At North American Food Safety & Quality 2023 we sat down with Amit Jagirdar, the Director of Quality and Food Safety for Bunge, to talk about Food Safety Culture, one of the most vital parts of every FSQ professional's working life. Amit delivered a case study and hosted a themed lunch discussion on Food Safety Culture at NAFS23, and in this interview he shares some of the key takeaways f...

In anticipation of the next edition of our long-running and successful Biomanufacturing World Summit series, we spoke with Ryan Crisman, the co-founder and Chief Technical Officer of Umoja Biopharma about the industry's current and future capacity challenges, and why Umoja chose to build its manufacturing in-house at an early stage, with some specific examples and references to Umoja’s new Co...

At the most recent edition of the Pharma Manufacturing World Summit we sat down with Andy Alasso, Aizon's Chief Product and Customer Successor Officer, to talk about what Artificial Intelligence is going to do for Pharmaceutical Manufacturers now, in the near-future, and in the years to come. It may surprise many business leaders to learn they are closer to being ready to incorporate AI tools...

At the 2023 edition of the European Supply Chain Executive Summit series held in Barcelona, Spain, June 19-21, we sat down with René Buck, the CEO of BCI Global, to talk about how supply chain organizations are adapting themselves to the new era of frequent disruption in the changed and still-evolving post-pandemic business landscape. Using VUCA (Volatility, Uncertainty, Complexity, and Ambiguity)...

At the most recent edition of the Pharma Manufacturing World Summit we sat down with Hunter Malick of Sharp Packaging Services to talk about how pharmaceutical manufacturers are working internally and externally to improve their capabilities and capacity when it comes to packaging, especially as it relates to changes and updates that could potentially bottleneck the industry's supply chain. I...

At the 2023 edition of the long-running and successful North American Manufacturing Excellence Summit in Fort Worth, Texas, we sat down with Zachary Janosky, the Director of Operations for Global Manufacturing, Inc. He had hosted a themed lunch discussion at the event where manufacturing executives from organizations of all shapes and sizes brainstormed ways to cut costs in an increasingly expensi...

At the 2023 edition of the North American Sustainability & Responsibility Summit series we sat down with Kasper Pater of Novisto to talk about what organizations can be doing to find real value in their ESG data beyond reporting and compliance. As the rapidly changing business landscape around Sustainability continues to evolve, ESG information can build competitive advantage, inform decision-...

At the most recent edition of the North American HR Executive Summit series we sat down with Kim Giangrande of LATICRETE to talk about how the world of Human Resources has changed, and how a gap is appearing in the resources and tools we use to teach and train the next generation of HR professionals. Many teaching resources created before the pandemic are now outdated, and also a focus on memoriza...