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PM360 Announces Winners of the Third Annual ELITE Awards
The 100 Most Influential People in the Healthcare Industry
NEW YORK, NY, May 23, 2017: PM360, the premier information resource for marketing decision makers in the pharmaceutical and medical device sectors, today announced the winners of its 3rd Annual ELITE Awards. The ELITE (Exceptional • Leaders • Innovators • Transformers • Entrepreneurs) represent the most influential people in the healthcare industry today.
Out of more than 500 submissions, 100 winners were selected across 18 categories. The nominees were evaluated based on their accomplishments; testimonials from their bosses, clients, and colleagues; and supporting evidence that reflects the impact of their efforts. Ultimately, the ELITE 100 represent a group of individuals and marketing teams who have made a significant impact to the healthcare industry throughout their careers.
“Our ELITE Awards honor the exceptional people who do outstanding work in the healthcare industry— year in and year out,” says Anna Stashower, CEO and Publisher of PM360. “This year, to include more of the talent in our industry, we added two new categories: Talent Acquisition Leaders and PR Gurus. Individuals in these roles help companies to grow internally and externally and help to ensure companies are putting their best foot forward.”
PM360 also selects one person as the “Uber ELITE,” or the individual among the nominees who best personifies the criteria of a PM360 ELITE. This year that honor goes to Nina Tandon, PhD, MBA
CEO and Co-founder of EpiBone, Inc. Dr. Tandon co-founded the world’s first bone reconstruction facility that uses patients’ own stem cells to grow new bones. Dr. Tandon also co-authored, “Super Cells: Building with Biology,” which explores the new frontier of biotech. Additionally, she has been named by CNN as one of the “7 Tech Superheroes to Watch,” is a Ted Fellow, and has won a number of awards including The World Economic Forum Technology Pioneer Award.
The winners were profiled in PM360’s May 2017 issue. You can read the profiles online at https://www.pm360online.com/the-2017-pm360-elite-100.
The winners will also be honored at a celebratory cocktail and networking event on July 11th at 7:00 PM. The event will be held at Manhattan’s posh rooftop bar 230 FIFTH. The Uber ELITE recipient, Dr. Tandon, will serve as the event’s keynote speaker. Tickets are available for purchase at www.pm360online.com/elitetickets.
The 2017 PM360 ELITE are:
Uber ELITE
Nina Tandon, PhD, MBA, CEO and Co-founder, EpiBone, Inc.
Creative Directors
Michael Austin, Executive Creative Director, PALIO
Mike Hodgson, Chief Creative Officer, Cambridge BioMarketing
George Pearson, Account Director, Creative and Design, Virgo Health
Brent Scholz, VP, Executive Creative Director, Intouch Solutions
Data Miners
Iyiola Obayomi, Senior Director, Marketing Analytics, Ogilvy CommonHealth Worldwide, part of WPP Health & Wellness
Dan Stein, SVP, Analytics Services & Product Strategy, Crossix Solutions
Jane Urban, Lead, Specialty Decision Support and Reporting, Takeda Pharmaceuticals U.S.A., Inc.
Denis Wyrwoll, Vice President, Business Intelligence, Healthcasts
Digital Crusaders
Richard Black, Executive Director, Health Systems Marketing, Astellas Pharma US, Inc.
Larry Brooks, Director, Digital Health, Boehringer Ingelheim Pharmaceuticals, Inc.
Rowena Kam-Bergman, Head of Digital & Social Analytics, inVentiv Health Public Relations Group
Michael Leis, SVP, Social Strategy, Digitas Health
Disrupters
Maneesh Arora, Senior Vice President and Chief Operating Officer, Exact Sciences
Angelo Campano, Director, Customer Experience (EHR & CRM), Ogilvy CommonHealth Worldwide, part of WPP Health & Wellness
Stephen Cannata, MBA, Director, Marketing, Iroko Pharmaceuticals LLC
Erica Conroy, PhD, Director, New Product Development, CoverMyMeds
Matthew De Silva, CEO and Co-founder, Notable Labs
Orly Kolatkar, Senior Product Manager, Patient and AHCP Promo, Esbriet, Genentech
Chris Humphreys, VP, Strategic Planning and Innovation, Intouch Solutions
Natalie Mancuso, Senior Product Manager, Marketing, Regeneron Pharmaceuticals Inc.
Ed Mingle, Executive Director, Head of Global Safety Operations, Celgene
Andy Woolf, CEO, US, Bionical LLC
Drug Researchers and Developers
Rick Batycky, PhD, Chief Technology Officer, Acorda Therapeutics
Entrepreneurs
Sundeep Bhan, Co-founder and CEO, Prognos
Evan T. Edwards, Vice President – Innovation, Development & Industrialization and Eric S. Edwards, MD, PhD, Vice President – Innovation, Research & Development at Kaléo, Inc.
William King, Founder, Executive Chairman, Zephyr Health
Matthew Schecter, President & CEO, The Lockwood Group
David Schoonmaker, Partner and Reide Rosen, Partner at D+R LATHIAN
Rishi Shah, CEO and Founder, Outcome Health
Launch Experts
Mark Bubany, Senior Director Access, Pricing & Advocacy, Acadia Pharmaceuticals Inc.
Bernadette Buntin, MS, MBA, Head of Marketing, Blood Disorders, U.S. Hematology, Shire
Michael Gaines, Executive Director of Respiratory Portfolio Marketing, Sunovion Pharmaceuticals, Inc.
Jason Joseph, Head of U.S. Epilepsy Marketing, UCB
Juniette Kang’a, Associate Director, Value Marketing, Clovis Oncology
Eric Krapf, U.S. Commercial Lead – Respiratory, Regeneron
Walter Son, Senior Director, Marketing and Renée Marotta, Associate Director, Marketing at Aralez Pharmaceuticals US Inc.
Leaders of the Future
Jim Bernhard, Scientist, IoT Lead, Vertex Pharmaceuticals
Matthew DeLisle, Senior Director, Marketing, Salix
Sarah Dobson, Director, Market Access, Strategy & Innovation, Novo Nordisk Inc.
Kunj Gohil, PharmD, RPh, Associate Medical Director, MediMedia Managed Markets, an ICON plc company
Josh John, Associate Director, Customer Engagement Strategy, Boehringer Ingelheim Pharmaceuticals, Inc.
Lynn Kirkpatrick, Vice President, Client Service, Snow Companies
Marketing Teams
Cambridge BioMarketing and Intercept Pharmaceuticals Marketing Team
Sunovion Respiratory Marketing Team, Sunovion Pharmaceuticals, Inc.
Team Otezla, Celgene and PALIO
U.S. Marketing Team, Stallergenes Greer
Master Educators
Barbara Blasso, President, IMsci (International Meetings & Science), a division of ghg
Kate Merz, Senior Vice President, Content & Creative, PatientPoint
Mentors
Emil C. Andrusko, RPh, Sr. VP Pharmaceutical Strategy and Principal, Benchworks
Jeff Berg, Senior Vice President, Director of Client Services, AbelsonTaylor
Megan Matakovic, Director, Project Management, Discovery USA
Victoria Sherriff-Scott, Senior Vice President, Medical Communications, Klick Health
Darrell Wakefield, TKI Franchise Director, Bayer
Patient Advocates
Lisa Emrich, HealthCentral MS Social Ambassador, Patient Expert, MS Advocate, and Musician
Andra Stratton, Co-Founder & President, Lipodystrophy United
Mike Veny, HealthCentral Mental Health Social Ambassador and Transforming Stigma Founder
PR Gurus
Gail Cohen, Vice President, Corporate Communications, Acorda Therapeutics
Carly Kuper, VP, Public Relations & Corporate Communications, CMI/Compas
Sales MVPs
Ashik Desai, EVP of Business Operations, Outcome Health
George Jones, Vice President of Sales and Marketing, Pernix Therapeutics
Linda Ruschau, Chief Client Officer, PatientPoint
Strategists
Kendra Fanara, Group Product Director, Consumer & Patient Engagement Marketing, Johnson & Johnson
Rebecca Hussain, President, RHMM Inc.
Georgina Rizik, Global Commercial Head of Oncology Biosimilars Franchise, Boehringer Ingelheim GmbH
Victoria Russo, Product Manager, Neurology, Sunovion Pharmaceuticals Inc.
Jerry Valentine, Business Development New Technologies Director, AstraZeneca
Talent Acquisition Leaders
Leslie Doane, Senior Vice President of Human Resources, DWA Healthcare Communications Group
Edward Frankel, VP, Director of Talent Acquisition, Omnicom Health Group
Ryan Maglione, Vice President, Recruiting & inVentiv Recruitment Services, inVentiv Health
Deb Stevens, President & Executive Recruiter, Deb Stevens Consulting, LLC
Matthew C. West, Director, Advice Personnel, Inc.
Tech-know Geeks
August Allen, Automation Scientist, Recursion Pharmaceuticals
Lisa Flaiz, former Group Product Director, Digital Marketing, Janssen Pharmaceutical Companies of Johnson & Johnson
Transon Nguyen, Lead Engineer, Notable Labs
Elizabeth Quist, Director, Specialty Market Access and Jonathan Israel, Senior Manager, Access & Reimbursement at Takeda Pharmaceuticals U.S.A., Inc.
Transformational Leaders
Steve Andrzejewski, CEO, Spiritus Pharmaeuticals
Roberto Ascione, CEO, Healthware International
Gertjan Bartlema, Vice President Information Knowledge Utilization, Celgene Corporation
Danielle Bedard, President, Managed Markets, inVentiv Health
James R. Berger, Director, Entyvio, Takeda Pharmaceuticals U.S.A., Inc.
Ramon Chen, Chief Marketing Officer, Reltio, Inc.
Susan Flinn Cobian, EVP, Managing Director, HYC Health
Susan Cuozzo, Executive Director, Virgo Health
Jeffrey Dierks, Senior Director, U.S. Migraine Marketing, Teva Pharmaceuticals
Didi Discar, Principal, Carling Communications
Yan Fossat, Vice President, Labs, Klick Health
Mary M. Gallagher, Senior Vice President, Chief Marketing Officer, Seniorlink
Timmy Garde, Chief Innovation Leader, Life Sciences, LevLane
John Keilty, Chief Data Sciences Officer, Decibel Therapeutics
Kristie Kuhl, Senior Partner, Finn Partners
Greg Lewis, EVP, Managing Partner, greyhealth group summit
Mike Marett, Founder, Confideo, LLC
Steven Michaelson, Founder/CEO and Judy Capano, Managing Partner/Chief Strategy Officer at Calcium
Jennifer Redmond, SVP, Medical Strategy, MCME
Matt Spiewakowski, Director, Payer Marketing Market Access and Customer Solutions, EMD Serono
Denise Strauss, Vice President, Marketing, Sunovion Pharmaceuticals Inc.
Lisa Waters, Managing Director, CCA LA
Lorna Weir, Founder & Managing Partner, Elevate Healthcare
Venus Yadav, Associate Director, LUCENTIS Marketing, Genentech
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