This episode of The Vaccine Challenge is hosted by Priyanka Asera and features Jean-Cedric Meeus, the Chief of Global Transport at UNICEF. UNICEF plays a KEY role in ensuring that low income countries get access to vaccines and medicines. This is something they’ve been doing for decades and are one of the biggest buyers of vaccines globally. Today,…

This episode of The Vaccine Challenge is hosted by Priyanka Asera and features Derek Wallace. Derek is the VP and Global Dengue Program head at Takeda. Derek has been at Takeda since 2013, but has over 16 years of experience in clinical development, infectious diseases and medical affairs from working at Merck, Novartis and Sanofi Pasteur. Takeda i…

This episode of The Vaccine Challenge is hosted by Priyanka Asera and features Jaimie Shaffs. Jamie Shaffs is the Chief Data Scientist of the New York department of Health and Mental Hygiene as well as a member of the COVID-19 Emergency Response Task Force. Jaimie has assisted various emergency responses in India, Africa prior to this for health an…

This episode of The Vaccine Challenge is hosted by Priyanka Asera and features Niels van Namen. Niels van Namen is an experienced Healthcare supply chain professional, entrepreneur and TED speaker. Niels is passionate about Patient Centric supply chains, improving patient outcomes and making Healthcare affordable and accessible for everyone. Niels …

This episode of The Vaccine Challenge is hosted by Priyanka Asera and features Bill Keough. Bill Keough is the Director of the Institute for Supply Chain Development (ISCD), which provides leading-edge supply chain training for health professionals working in low-resource environments. ISCD combines online technologies and platforms with a unique p…

This episode of The Vaccine Challenge is hosted by Priyanka Asera and features Craig Fuller, Founder & CEO, FreightWaves. FreightWaves is the leading publication in freight and brings data and analytics to the global $9.6tn industry. Where there was so much speculation about how difficult the logistics was going to be for vaccine distribution, we a…

This episode of The Vaccine Challenge is hosted by Priyanka Asera and features Peter Marks, Director, Director Center for Biologics Evaluation and Research, Food & Drugs Administration. We’ve asked Peter some really important questions around how FDA has been giving vaccine approval at record speed, why the embargo on vaccine raw materials to rest …

This episode of The Vaccine Challenge is hosted by Priyanka Asera and features Carlo de Notaristefani, Lead Advisor Manufacturing & Supply Chain at Operation Warp Speed. Operation Warp Speed is a public–private partnership initiated by the US government to facilitate and accelerate the development, manufacturing, and distribution of COVID-19 vaccin…

This episode of The Vaccine Challenge is hosted by Priyanka Asera and features Adarsh Kumar, CEO of TagBox. TagBox helps support track & trace for critical supply chains through the use of IoT sensing. The sensors they use have been developed in-house and are merely the size of a matchbox. They claim it offers a better substitute to the age-old dat…

This episode of The Vaccine Challenge is hosted by Priyanka Asera and features Katrina Liddell, President Global Forwarding & Expedite, XPO Logistics. Prior to XPO, Katrina’s also been on the shipper side– working at Johnsons Controls for 14 years. XPO is one of those unique providers that assist in vaccine deployment throughout the supply chain – …

This episode of The Vaccine Challenge is hosted by Priyanka Asera and features Cimarron Buser, Founder and CEO of The Appointment Scheduling & Booking Industry Association (TASBIA). Cimarron is an industry expert, and represents providers of appointment scheduling solutions. He appreciates the value--and the challenges--of using technology to help …

This episode of The Vaccine Challenge is hosted by Priyanka Asera and features Julie Copeland, CEO of Arbill. Arbill, a women-owned company that has been protecting workers for 75 years, focuses on saving lives every day through an array of PPE products including: hand protection, eye protection, hearing protection, head protection, respiratory pro…

This episode of The Vaccine Challenge is hosted by Priyanka Asera and features Catherine Cooper, President & CEO of World Connections. Catherine has been in the logistics industry for two decades and has served various leadership positions. She now helps Fortune 500 companies to build resilient supply chains, and sits at the intersection of technol…

This episode of The Vaccine Challenge is hosted by Priyanka and features Gary Newbury - an Interim Executive and a Last Mile Expert in Canada. 2020 was all about the pandemic. 2021 is all about the COVID-19 vaccines. With different pharma companies rolling out their respective vaccines consisting of various types of storage requirements, we talk to…

This episode of The Vaccine Challenge is hosted by Priyanka Asera and features Sid Chakravarthy, CEO & Founder of StaTwig. StaTwig leverages emerging technologies such as blockchain, Internet of Things and AI to create continuous visibility and complete traceability of every single vial of vaccine along its journey from a manufacturer to a benefici…

This episode of The Vaccine Challenge is hosted by Priyanka Asera and features Jim Tompkins, Founder and Chairman of Tompkins International. Jim has had four and a half decades of experience in the industry – and is an absolute legend in the space. 2020 was all about the pandemic. 2021 is all about the COVID-19 vaccines. We change gears in this epi…

This episode of The Vaccine Challenge is hosted by Priyanka Asera and features Markus Reckling, CEO of DHL Express, Germany. Markus has decades of experience in the industry – both in logistics and retail. 2020 was all about the pandemic. 2021 is all about the COVID-19 vaccines. With different pharma companies rolling out their respective vaccines …

This episode of vaccine challenge hosted by Priyanka features Frank Sportolari, CEO of UPS Germany with 35 years of experience in the industry. About Frank: Frank Sportolari joined UPS in Munich, Germany in 1986 and held various positions of increasing responsibility in Germany, Spain, Italy and Brussels. In September 2011 he was appointed as Presi…