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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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