Project Manager

IN-Person

An enthusiastic, analytical professional, having experience of residing in 7 countries (IN, FR, KR, SE, NO, PL, DE) across the globe with an academic background in engineering and business studies coupled with practices in the domains of leader– ship, supply chain, industrial operations, business, financial and data analytics.

Associate Director | Blockchain for Pharma Supply Chain

IN-Person

An engineer at heart, Alex is a T-shaped professional, with deep interdisciplinary knowledge and passion for Digital Transformation in healthcare. He enjoyed positions throughout his career in technical operations, solutions delivery, infrastructure architecture, product management, agile transformation, consultancy, innovation, and strategy. In his current role, Alex is using both business and technical skills to orchestrate business and technology professionals working diligently to integrate the blockchain with underlying enterprise capabilities, supervise the development of custom-built protocols and applications focused on particular use cases that can relive pain points to challenges in Pharma industry.

External Manufacturing Operations Manager

Virtually

LUIZ ALBERTO BARBERINI is a mechanical engineer, CQE and APICS certified, MBA, and
post-graduated in Marketing, Logistics and Transports.
Has worked for almost 30 years in activities related to Supply Chain , Procurement and
Logistics. Ford Motors, Rhône-Poulenc, British American Tobacco, Pfizer, Takeda Pharma-
ceutical and Merck, Sharp & Dohme are some companies where he worked for. Currently
as Latin America External Manufacturing Operations Manager, Consumer Care, at Bayer.
Additionally, also teaches Negotiation, Demand Management , Quality in Supply among
others for major post-graduation schools in São Paulo – Brazil.

Global Head, Services Procurement & Vendor Management

In-person

Milind Tailor is an accomplished Supply Chain and Procurement Leader with significant multinational / multi-category experience and an unyielding record of optimizing cost and maximizing performance within complex supply chain environments.

During his 18+ years career in Hi-Tech Services, FMCG & Third Party Logistics sector, Milind has built a distinct capability of positioning companies for a competitive edge by repurposing and reshaping the supply chains with resilience and responsibility at their heart.
Milind is an expert in securing the supply base, managing and mitigating supply uncertainty with suppliers of all sizes – small, medium and large. Milind has also built resilience for the future by designing risk management strategies to ensure resilient, purpose-led procurement decisions.

Milind specializes in unlocking funds intelligently within the supply chains thru interventions to minimize unnecessary spending, improve cash flows and preserve cash for future growth initiatives. Milind also has the experience of integrating supply chains, systems, people & culture during M&A’s.

Milind has profound experience in supply chain strategy formulation working with global consultants like BCG/Alix Partners/EY. He has a very strong program management experience in managing multinational performance improvement initiatives.

Milind currently works as Global Head, Services Procurement & Vendor Management at Diebold Nixdorf a Global Leader in the Self-Service Industry responsible for annual spend of over $800 Mn across wide spectrum of categories and geographies in an ecosystem of over 3000+ suppliers. He has international experience in managing teams across 60 countries in North America, Latin America, Brazil, EMEA and Asia Pacific to create and deliver global deals to drive value and innovation. Milind is adept in dealing with complex supply chain negotiations and embedding transformation.

Milind moved into Diebold from the NCR Corporation, where he worked as Head for Service Part Operations, APAC managing 13 countries responsible for spare parts planning, forward & reverse logistics and parts repair with an annual P&L of $15Mn.

Milind has spend 5 years with Drive India Enterprise Solutions Ltd -A TVS Logistics Company as Head of Service Delivery wherein he was responsible for managing an annual revenue
of $30Mn responsible for organic growth and profitability of the business across 60+ clients
across a warehouse network of 100+ warehouse managing primary and secondary distribution.

Milind has done his Master’s in supply chain management and holds Bachelor’s degree in
Electronics Engineering along with a Diploma in Digital Electronics. He was Co-Chair of American Chambers of Commerce India Supply Chain Committee from 2017-2019 and also part of various other industry forums. He is a thought leader having authored articles on supply chain & procurement in various renowned supply chain magazines. He is also an invited speaker at various Supply Chain forums.

Milind is also a Non-Executive Director at Insight Plum, a unique start up providing emerging and established supply chain and procurement technologies under one roof.

Business Developer Medical Drone Service

In-person

Maurits Dogterom is a business developer at the Medical Drone Service, a start-up part of PostNL and ANWB. He graduated in Transport, Infrastructure and Logistics, specializing in Aviation and Rail Network Planning.

He has been working at PostNL for 2 years, during which he had different roles as operational manager and supply chain developer at the Cross Border Solutions division of PostNL. Currently, he is working at the Medical Drone Service, in which he is expert in connecting healthcare IT-systems to the network and expanding the network by optimizing the utilization of the drones.

His ultimate passion is to develop innovative mobility solutions, by designing drone delivery networks, which aim to keep (healthcare) systems accessible and available.