BEGIN:VCALENDAR VERSION:2.0 PRODID:-//wp-events-plugin.com//7.3.5//EN TZID:America/Phoenix X-WR-TIMEZONE:America/Phoenix BEGIN:VEVENT UID:1576@azbio.org DTSTART;TZID=America/Phoenix:20210414T090000 DTEND;TZID=America/Phoenix:20210414T100000 DTSTAMP:20210412T193912Z URL:https://www.azbio.org/events/growing-your-business-with-bio-business-s olutions SUMMARY:Growing Your Business with BIO Business Solutions® - - 14 Apr 21 09:00 DESCRIPTION:Growing Your Business with BIO Business Solutions®\n\n\nWednes day\, April 14th\, 2021   09:00 – 10:00 AM\n\nFeatured speakers:\n\n P eter Frey- National Business Development Director\, BIO\n Thomas Kelland - Director of Operations for PSC Biotech\n Tedd Adams\, Director of Sale s\, Research Solutions\n April Crowell Thurfield\, Relationship Manager\, Mercer                        \n Jim Finn\, Regi onal Sales Manager\, VWR                            \n\nSession lead by: Joan Koerber-Walker\n\nJoin us for a discussion about the AZBio programs in place to grow your business and reduce your costs. \n\n   \n\n \;\nREGISTER\n \;\nAbout Our Speakers:\nPete r Frey\n\nNational Business Development Director\, BIO\n\n\n\nPeter is Nat ional Business Development Director for BIO supporting the BIO Business So lutions® program.  He has been with BIO since June of 2015.   He has a BS in Accounting and a MBA in Marketing. He has over 30 years of sales an d operational experience.\n\nCompany Bio:  BIO Business Solutions® is th e largest cost savings purchasing program for the life sciences industry\, operated by BIO.  BIO Business Solutions® pools the purchasing power of thousands of life sciences companies across North America to negotiate fo r exclusive pricing and favorable terms on things like lab supplies\, offi ce supplies\, insurance\, shipping and more.\n\n \;\n\n \;\n\nThom as Kelland- Director of Operations for PSC Biotech\, Southwest Region\n\n Thomas Kelland is the Director of Operations for PSC Biotech in the Southw est Region\, which includes Arizona\, New Mexico\, Nevada\, Colorado and U tah. He has over 12 years professional engineering experience in USA\, Can ada and Australia. Throughout this time he has worked in manufacturing\, v alidation and engineering roles in the pharmaceutical and medical device i ndustry.\n\nCompany Bio: PSC is BIO's preferred partner for consulting se rvices and software solutions. We provide Regulatory Affairs\, Technical W riting\, Audit\, Validation\, Calibration\, Engineering\, and Project Mana gement services. PSC Software™ comprises of AuditUtopia – inspection m anagement software\, ACE – enterprise eQMS\, and ACE Essentials – turn -key eQMS for  small companies.\n\nTedd Adams-  Director of Sales\, Rese arch Solutions\n\n\n\n \;\n\nTedd Adams is the Director of Sales for R esearch Solutions/Reprints Desk and covers the US – West Coast territory . He has over 20 years of sales and management experience\, with the last 10 focused in the publishing and print industry. He holds an Economics deg ree from San Diego State University.\n\n \;\n\n \;\n\n \;\n\nA pril Crowell Thurfield -  Relationship Manager\, Mercer\n\nApril is a Pri ncipal at Mercer\, Her role is to serve as a trusted advisor you can call upon as necessary as she works cross functionally across Marsh McLennan in the Association and Non Profit Verticals.  She created and leads the Glo bal Non Profit Executive Forum on behalf of Mercer\, an invitation only co nvening  comprised of executives serving at the highest level of their or ganizations discussing “Justice:  what is the confluence of Racial\, So cial\, Economic and Environmental Justice within your organizations” ove r the course of the year.\n\nShe has 17 years experience leading teams wit h complex projects. Prior to coming to Mercer\, April was in Mergers &\ ; Acquisitions for a regional behavioral health company\, leading engageme nts in Lafayette\, Louisiana and Raleigh\, North Carolina.\n\nShe has spok en at various regional SHRM Conferences and most recently at the Universit y of Pittsburgh’s Capstone Project on the Art’s influence on the Criti cal Skills in the Future of Work. April graduated form the University of A rizona with a Bachelors of Fine Arts and earned a Masters of Fine Arts fro m the California Institute of the Arts.  She has served on the Advisory B oard of the Weight Smart Initiative at Mount Washington Pediatric Hospital combating urban childhood obesity. She is a current Board Member of YogaM edCo and a member of Maryland Tech Council\n\n \;\n\nJim Finn- Regiona l Sales Manager\, VWR\n\nJim Finn has been serving our customers as the Re gional Sales Manager for VWR\, part of Avantor\, since 2018. With over 20 years of industry experience\, Jim leads our sales professionals in the fo ur-corner states to give them the skills and tools they need to serve our biotech\, pharmaceutical\, production\, cleanroom\, environmental\, and ot her laboratory customers.\n\nAvantor is a globally trusted provider of mis sion-critical products and services\, enabling customers to move science f orward\, from scientific discovery to scale-up and commercial delivery.  And through VWR®\, our premier deliver platform\, our customers receive s eamless\, standardized purchasing and fulfillment and innovative\, customi zable solutions and services. CATEGORIES:webinars END:VEVENT BEGIN:VTIMEZONE TZID:America/Phoenix X-LIC-LOCATION:America/Phoenix BEGIN:STANDARD DTSTART:20200414T090000 TZOFFSETFROM:-0700 TZOFFSETTO:-0700 TZNAME:MST END:STANDARD END:VTIMEZONE END:VCALENDAR