Charles A. Clerecuzio, PE, CPIP is Vice President, PharmBio & Chemicals with AMEC Power & Process Americas, an engineering, construction and compliance consulting company. He has responsibility for the strategy and project execution for Pharmaceutical, Biotech and Chemical projects in the Americas. He has over 23 years experience in the Pharma / Biotech industry and has held management and line positions at both engineering consulting and operating companies. Chuck is licensed Professional Engineer and one of the first six Certified Pharmaceutical Industry Professionals (CPIP's). He has a BA if Zoology (specializing in Molecular Biology) and MS in Chemical & Biochemical Engineering, both from Rutgers University, as well as an MBA in Finance and Operations from The Stern School of Business at New York University. He is a member of AIChE, PMI and ACS. He is a Visiting professor in Chemical Engineering at Rowan and Rutgers and on the Industrial Advisory Board for Chemical Engineering for University of Akron, Rutgers and Rowan. Chuck has been an ISPE member for more than 19 years and has been a member of the Delaware Valley Chapter, New Jersey Chapter and Great Lakes Chapter. He has held offices at both the DVC (Vice President, Student Activities Chair) as well as the International levels (University Relations Chair). He has been a speaker for both local and national meetings and is a member of the Biotech Community of Practice Steering Committee, CPIP Eligibility Committee and University Relations Committee.
Robert V. Pragada, is Group Vice President with Jacobs. Bob joined Jacobs in 2006 as Vice President Operations, North America Field Services. Bob was promoted to Group Vice President of the Northern Region and Jacobs Global Pharmabio Line of Business in February 2009. Prior to joining Jacobs, Mr. Pragada was the Chief Operating Officer of Kinetic Systems and held other executive positions globally. He began his career in the United States Navy serving in various global assignments as a Civil Engineer Corps Officer.
Mr. Pragada graduated from the U.S. Naval Academy with a degree in Electrical Engineering (Control Systems) and holds a Master of Science degree in Engineering Management from Stanford University.
Mark B. Hassenplug is a principal in Ernst & Young's Business Advisory Services practice and is the Global Pharmaceutical Markets Leader for the Pharmaceutical Industry. He has more than 23 years of management consulting and business advisory services experience in the areas of strategic planning, business transformation, supply chain and manufacturing operations, customer relationship management, shared services design and implementation and enterprise resource planning systems implementations. Mark has extensive experience advising senior management on the achievement of top and bottom line growth through improvements in operations, compliance and information systems and has served clients in the pharmaceutical, biotechnology, medical device, managed care, consumer products, manufacturing, high technology, oil and gas and government industry sectors. Having conducted engagements for clients in the United States, Europe, Africa, Middle East and Asia he has a unique perspective on the global issues that face multi-national pharmaceutical corporations.
Mark has served a number of pharmaceutical clients including Sanofi-Aventis, Schering-Plough, Eli Lilly, GlaxoSmithKline , Bristol Myers Squibb and Novartis.
Kathye A. Johnson, PMP, LEED AP, Ms. Johnson is Vice President of Operations with Jacobs Engineering Group, Inc. She is responsible for managing Jacobs Philadelphia Operation which serves as the global Center Of Excellence providing Engineering, Procurement, Construction Management and Validation services to the Pharmaceutical and BioTech Industries. Ms. Johnson joined Jacobs in 2007. Prior to joining Jacobs she served as Director of Reconstruction for the Department of the Army in Iraq, overseeing the $12 billion Iraq Relief and Reconstruction Program.
Ms. Johnson has thirty years of Operations and Business Development Leadership in Engineering, Procurement and Construction Projects for the Power and Energy, Chemical, Pharmaceutical, Infrastructure and Commercial Buildings Industries. Private and Public Sector experience includes the U.S. and international arenas including assignments in The Netherlands, Thailand, China and Iraq.
Specific expertise includes Program/Project Management, Operations Management, Strategic/Business Development, Planning and Scheduling, Estimating/Cost Engineering, Information Systems Management, Computer Integrated Engineering, Contract Management, Training, and Systems Development and Design.
Ms. Johnson holds a Master of Business Administration degree from the University of Pennsylvania, Wharton School, and a Bachelor of Science in Civil Engineering Technology from Southern Polytechnic State University.
