February 22 - 24 2010, The Hyatt at Bellevue, Philadelphia, PA

The 9th Lean Six Sigma for Pharmaceutical, Biotech, and Medical Device Excellence conference is back by popular demand. Lean Six Sigma has never been in more demand in the pharmaceutical and life science industry. Companies are embracing the powerful statistics and process-driven methodology that aims to radically improve processes throughout the organization and reduce cost in an attempt to boost earnings without putting more people on the payroll. Lean Six Sigma is becoming the most vital strategy to achieve ultimate organizational performance and operational excellence.

Four key modules of case studies will be presented at the all-new developed 9th program:

Reducing Operational Cost while Improving Efficiency
Continuous Improvement: a Foundation for Operational Excellence
Speeding up R&D and Improving Technology
Lean Six Sigma Elevating Organizational Performance

Confirmed Speakers Include:

Paul Casto
Vice President
Value Implementation

Paul is a leading practitioner in reliability and maintenance improvement methodologies with a focus on helping Meridium clients with value creation and realization. He gained hands-on manufacturing plant experience in reliability, maintenance, operations, engineering and construction in a variety of industries including chemical, steel, aluminum, automotive, mining, aerospace, and consumer goods. Before joining Meridium Paul served as the Manager of Reliability Technology for Eastman Chemical. Paul holds a BS in Electrical Engineering from West Virginia University, a Masters in Engineering Management from Marshall University Graduate College, an MBA from Clemson University, and a Masters in Maintenance Management and Reliability Engineering from the Monash University in Gippsland, Australia. He is currently pursuing an MS in Applied Statistics and a PhD in Industrial Engineering at the University of Tennessee. Paul is an ASQ certified Six Sigma Black Belt, holds ASQ certifications in Reliability Engineering and Quality Engineering and is a SMRP Certified Maintenance and Reliability Professional. He has served on the University of Tennessee's Maintenance and Reliability Center's advisory board and is an active member of ASQ and IEEE.

Lyndi Gillespie, Operational Excellence Expert, Global Manufacturing & Supply Biopharm, GlaxoSmithKline
Paul Nelson, Supply Chain Senior Director and Lean Transformation Leader, Shire Pharmaceuticals Inc
Gill Eapen CFA, Founder and Managing Principal, Decision Options, LLC
Charles Aubrey, Vice President Performance Excellence, Anderson Pharmaceutical Packaging
Bruce Sawyer, Senior Director, Global Business Excellence, GPSG,Johnson & Johnson
Keith Russell, PhD., Global Lean Sigma Director, AstraZeneca
Kevin D. Cluff, Ph.D., P.E., Business Excellence and Drug Development MBB, Global Pharmaceutical R&D, Abbott Laboratories
Thomas Bertels, Partner, Valeocon
Mario Roman, Operational Excellence Principal, Genentech
Ron Snee, President, Snee Associates, LLC.
Senan Griffin, European Operation Excellence Manager, Wyeth
Lori Lesko, Continuous Improvement, Pharmaceutical Sciences, Pfizer
Gordon Jonas, Master Black Belt, Manager, Lean Six Sigma, Merck
Kelly Canter, Ph.D., Global Research & Development, Pfizer
Bob King, CEO and Founder, GOAL/QPC
Erik Lissner, Senior Associate, Valeocon
Renee Cveykus, Senior Medical Device Records (MDR) Vigilance Manager – Cardiac Rhythm Disease Management (CRDM), Medtronic ENT
Jeff Slutsky, Global Director of DFSS, Bausch&Lomb Inc.
Keith Russell, Global Lean Sigma Director, AstraZeneca