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#254: Charting New Courses: Reshaping Opportunities and Breaking the Expert Mold in Career Development
Tuesday June 17, 2025 1:45pm - 2:45pm EDT
206
Component Type: Session
Level: Intermediate
CE: ACPE 1.00 Knowledge UAN: 0286-0000-25-592-L04-P; CME 1.00; RN 1.00

This session outlines an approach to developing technical experts into global leaders by breaking the "expert trap" and aligning talent development with organizational growth strategy.

Learning Objectives

Identify strategies for breaking the "expert trap" and enhancing career growth for technical talent; Recognize how to align talent development with organizational growth through strategic initiatives; Identify methods to cultivate a diverse leadership pipeline in life sciences.

Chair

Amber Meriwether, JD, MA

Speaker

Industry Perspective
Elizabeth Iorns, PhD

Industry Perspective
Michael Torok, PhD

Industry Perspective
Cecilia Zvosec


Speakers
avatar for Elizabeth Iorns

Elizabeth Iorns

Science Exchange, CEO and Co-Founder, United States
Elizabeth Iorns, Ph.D., is the CEO and co-founder of Science Exchange. Science Exchange accelerates scientific discovery by enabling instant connections to the world’s best R&D facilities through a marketplace of pre-qualified and pre-contracted scientific service providers. Science... Read More →
avatar for Amber Meriwether

Amber Meriwether

Corporate Strategy, Astellas Pharma, United States
Amber Meriwether is a global leader with 20+ years in healthcare, driving initiatives that accelerate innovation and deliver measurable impact. As Director of Corporate Strategy at Astellas Pharma, she leads cross-functional teams to develop strategic capabilities and deliver key... Read More →
avatar for Michael Torok

Michael Torok

Vice President, Global Head of Quality Assurance Programs, Genentech, A Member of the Roche Group, United States
Michael Torok, Ph.D. is the Global Head of Quality Assurance Programs at Genentech/Roche. He is energized and driven by the mission of positioning Quality to be an accelerant in developing new therapeutics, rather than a guardrail or "policemen". To enable this shift, cross-functional... Read More →
CZ

Cecilia Zvosec

Strategy & Insights, ZS, United States
Tuesday June 17, 2025 1:45pm - 2:45pm EDT
206 Walter E. Washington Convention Center 801 Allen Y. Lew Place, NW Washington, DC 20001-3614 USA
  12: ProfDevelopment, Session

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