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Sarah Audet Director of Technology Planning Medtronic
Sarah received her Bachelor of Science degree from the State University of New York at Upstate Medical Center in the area of Medical Technology, Master’s of Science Degree in Electrical Engineering from Boston University, and her PhD in Electrical Engineering from the Technical University of Delft, the Netherlands. Sarah also received a Master’s in Business Administration in 2008.
Sarah has worked in the area of sensor and emerging technology design, development, and manufacture since 1990 at several companies including AT&T Bell Labs, Princeton Gamma-Tech, Motorola, and Medtronic. Sarah is currently the Director of Technology Planning at Medtronic, where she has worked since 1997.
In addition to her direct responsibilities, Sarah is involved with mentoring local high school students, mentoring women in science fields, and advising k – 12 educational Science, Technology, Engineering, and Math (STEM) programs to educate students in the area of science.
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Beth Autin Manager, Library Services Gen-Probe
Beth Autin has over ten years of experience in the Pharmaceutical, Medical Diagnostic/Biotech, Chemical and Legal industries. She has been Manager of Library Services and Information Management at Gen-Probe Incorporated since March, 2005. In this broad role, she has established the Corporate Information Center, providing centralized information services to colleagues in R&D, Marketing, Strategic Planning, Business Development and Operations. In addition to providing traditional library services, business and competitive intelligence, she led the team to redesign the corporate intranet, playing an integral role in the layout, design and search functionality.
Prior to Gen-Probe, she worked at Pfizer Global Research and Development and Ligand Pharmaceuticals, both in the San Diego area. She is a member of the Special Libraries Association, Pharma & Health Technology and Business & Finance Divisions. She holds a B.A. in Art History and Master of Library and Information Science from Louisiana State University.
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Jeffrey Beeny Corporate Development – Business Intelligence Thermo Fisher Scientific
Jeffrey Beeny is the Senior Manager of Business Intelligence at Thermo Fisher Scientific.
From May 2006 through November 2006, he was a key member of the Fisher Scientific anti-trust team working on the company’s $10.6 billion merger with Thermo Electron. In support of the company’s regulatory filings, Mr. Beeny managed the business intelligence process, an essential component of approval from the Federal Trade Commission (FTC) and European Commission (EC). He joined Fisher Scientific in January 2006 with the responsibility for strategic, market and competitive analysis in support of corporate initiatives and strategic decision-making.
Prior to joining Fisher Scientific, Mr. Beeny was the Principal Market Analyst, Competitive Intelligence at EMC Corporation. At EMC, Mr. Beeny was responsible for competitive and market analysis for the company’s corporate strategy focused on information lifecycle management. Prior to EMC, he was the Manager of Competitive Intelligence at Genuity, where he led competitive and strategic analysis initiatives for senior management. In the mid- to late-1990s, Mr. Beeny was a Risk Financing Analyst at Liberty Mutual and a Scientist for The Gillette Company - Duracell. He holds a B.S. General Science in Chemistry from Purdue University and earned an M.B.A. in Finance and Strategy from Boston College. Mr. Beeny has been a member of the Society of Competitive Intelligence Professionals since 2000.
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Robert Franc Director of Competitive Intelligence Lifescan
Robert Franc has over 26 years of Competitive Intelligence Experience; 12 years working for the US Government and 14 years in the pharmaceutical industry. He has developed CI programs in the US, Europe, Asia & the Middle East. During his 14 years in the pharmaceutical industry, he has supported R&D and commercial organizations, both in the US & Europe.
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Kim Szymanowski Competitive Intelligence Manager Ethicon, a Johnson & Johnson Company
Kim Szymanowski has worked at Ethicon, a Johnson & Johnson medical device company for the past 24 years. She has worked in most functional areas throughout the organization including: 12+ years in Suture, Needle, Packaging and Sterilization Manufacturing 5+ years in New Product Development 3+ years in Resource & Portfolio Management 1+ years in Strategic Planning 3 years in Competitive Intelligence (within Marketing)
Kim has helped build the Competitive Intelligence function and foundation over the past 3 years at Ethicon. This has included developing internal systems to help improve access and disseminate intelligence to the organization. Several of these systems have been highlighted as a Best Practice within J&J and are being leveraged across the sectors. With the medical device business being quite different from the pharmaceutical industry, data access and availability is extremely difficult to obtain. This has resulted in creative approaches to build competitive pipelines using a number of different sources available from public domains. The past three years have been an incredibly exciting time in the medical device Competitive Intelligence business - it’ s been a tremendous learning curve for Kim.
Kim has a Bachelor’s of Science degree in Industrial Engineering and has been a member of SCIP for the past 2 years.
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Richard Traxler Senior Manager of Technology Planning Boston Scientific Corporation
Richard’s resume includes Research & Development and Manufacturing Engineering management positions in Fortune 500 companies in the automotive, (United Technologies Corporation), electronics, (Seagate Technology Corporation), and medical device industries (Boston Scientific Corporation). In his current role as Senior Manager of Technology Planning at Boston Scientific's Cardiovascular Division, Richard has developed & implemented a highly successful form of Technology Roadmapping that is a major element of Boston Scientific’s new product development portfolio planning. This roadmapping practice has significantly helped focus Boston Scientific’s Research and Development investments. Richard has BS & MS degrees in Engineering and holds seven medical device patents. He resides in Minneapolis with his wife and Labradoodle pup.
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David Van Mook Manager, CI Roche Diagnostics
David Van Mook is currently Manager of Competitive Intelligence at Roche Diagnostics.
Prior to accepting his current position at Roche, Mr. Van Mook was an independent competitive intelligence consultant for major corporations such as Microsoft. He was also Manager of Competitive Intelligence at LexisNexis, with primary responsibility for supporting global strategic planning. In this capacity, he managed numerous studies in South America, Asia and Europe focusing on due diligence for potential acquisitions and partnerships.
Mr. Van Mook received an MBA from Kellogg Graduate School of Management at Northwestern University and graduated with high honors from Princeton University.
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