Archives: Speakers

A passionate car nut, Stephen has held Senior positions in Nissan, Fiat, Alfa Romeo, Jeep, and Chrysler, among others. He has a wealth cross functional expertise encompassing Sales, Marketing, Product Management, Logistics, Used Cars, and Light Commercial Vehicles specialisation. In 2012 he co-founded LUMINOSTY; creating digital solutions for real-world challenges he’d encountered in automotive. In 2015, they launched SOAR their pioneering digital inventory (self) auditing solution, and based on its success, the company was acquired in 2021 by Sopra Banking Software. Rebranded SFP Digital Audit, it continues to be the industry leader; now joined by further solutions, with more coming.

Federico Pirovano is the Chief Data Officer at KyaEdge, an AI-enabled platform for the leasing and rental industry that helps companies manage asset portfolios, assess risk, and enable ESG-compliant, pay-per-use business models through IoT and machine-learning technologies. He is also the Founder & CEO of Dynius, a Swiss AI consulting firm officially recognized as an ETH Zurich spin-off for its contributions to data-driven innovation.

He holds a Master’s degree in Data Science from ETH Zurich and a Bachelor’s in Automation Engineering from Politecnico di Milano, both earned with top honors.

Federico has previously taught management strategies at the University of Bergamo and served as a teaching assistant in Dynamic Programming and Optimal Control at ETH Zurich. His research in artificial intelligence and machine learning has been published in leading venues such as NAACL and MLG.

Throughout my career, I have focused on driving innovation by applying sophisticated approaches to leveraging data to life sciences. My previous companies are recognized as industry leaders in their respective spaces; TSS clearly fits that mold in the area. At Medidata, the leading eClinical platform provider, I led the growth of the of their RTSM solution from product startup to an industry leader. Responsibilities included RTSM go-to-market strategy, solution roadmap development, subject matter expert consulting, strategic partnership development Had the opportunity to meet with 100’s of supply chain leaders globally, gaining broad insights into the challenges they face Received feedback from large pharma, startup biotech’s, CRO’s, and regulatory agencies such as the FDA, and the NCI on biopharma supply challenges. Served as a delegate to the FDA to promote innovation in clinical trial approaches At Cytel, a company that provides analytical software and knowledge intensive services, I promoted the industry adoption of adaptive clinical trial designs to streamline drug development Have been an invited speaker at various conferences discuss topics including adaptive clinical trials, drug supply forecasting, and supply management technologies.

Haneen Mazahreh-Boivert is a global clinical supply expert and end to end supply chain advocate.  Throughout her 15+ year career, she has worked and consulted for numerous companies of varying footprints.  Haneen has successfully established and led numerous clinical supply chains from forecasting and planning, to vendor selection and management, clinical manufacturing and global distribution, to site management and drug accountability.  Her mantra is the right supplies at the right place at the right time and focuses her knowledge of operational excellence, KPI improvement, and process optimization to achieve this goal and build efficiencies into her projects. 

She is a graduate of the American University, Rowan University, and Yale University with BS. Chemical Engineering, MS. Chemical Engineering, and Certification of Executive Leadership respectively.  Haneen is active in the Global Clinical Supply circuit, has published several articles and regularly speaks at industry conferences.  She is also active in Women in Engineering groups.